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Strip Mining Human Rights in Virginia's Supermax Dungeons
Red Onion State Prison stands out like a hideous scar among southwest Virginia's otherwise beautiful, rolling and wooded hills. Viewed from the air it looks like a mountain whose crown was hacked off and leveled flat. I remember looking at an aerial photo that appeared in the New York Times ...
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More from this issue:
- Strip Mining Human Rights in Virginia's Supermax Dungeons, by Dan Pens
- Florida Guards Acquitted in Brutality Case, by Alex Friedmann
- The Mentally Disordered Inmate and the Law, by Fred Cohen (Book Review), by Paul Wright
- From the Editor, by Dan Pens
- Behind Bars in Brazil (Review of Human Rights Watch Report), by Julia Lutsky
- Human Feces in California Prison's Water, by Willie Wisely
- Iowa to Close Prison Law Libraries
- South Korea Frees Political Prisoner after 41 Years
- Ohio Prisons Cited by EPA, by Dan Cahill
- Missouri Ends Ad Seg Ban on Publications
- Detainee Beaten to Death at Nassau County Jail, by Alex Friedmann
- Wisconsin Prisoners Stage Food Protest
- Exhaustion Required
- PLRA Physical Injury and Administrative Exhaustion Requirements Not Retroactive
- Illinois Exhaustion Described
- Federal Habeas Not Subject to PLRA
- PLRA Doesn't Affect Court Contempt Powers
- PLRA Physical Injury Requirement Not Retroactive
- Guard Guilty of Penis Stomping
- Florida Prison Erupts
- Washington Gift Subscription Ban Injunction Affirmed
- $660,000 Awarded in Post-Sandin Segregation Suit
- Private Prison Guard Is State Actor for § 1983 Purposes
- VitaPro President Arrested
- Liberty Interest in Parole-Required Custody Classification
- Withholding Dental Care Violates Eighth Amendment, by Ronald Young
- No Interlocutory Appeal on Supervisory Liability When Guard Stabs Prisoner
- Denial of HIV Medication Subjects Medical Contractor to Liability
- Kansas Good Time Forfeiture Violates Ex Post Facto
- Arizona Prisoners Can Pay Filing Fee in Installments
- Infraction Inadmissable at Criminal Trial
- BOP Erred in Running State Sentence Consecutive to Federal Sentence
- Washington Restitution Order Expired Ten Years After Release
- Adequate Opportunity for Discovery Required
- Texas Courts Must Hold Hearing Before Dismissing Suit for Having No Arguable Basis in Fact
- No Suspicion Required for California Parolee Searches
- IDEA Confers Right to Education Even in SHU
- $130,000 in Damages and Fees Awarded in New York Retaliation Suit
- Qualified Immunity in Transsexual Treatment Case
- New York Work Release Suit Dismissed
- Edwards No Bar to Seg Suit
- Washington EFV Cut-Off Date Questioned
- News in Brief
- Retaliation Suit States Claim
- FRAP 24 Good Faith Standard Not High
- 376 Days in New York Seg "Atypical and Significant" Hardship
More from Dan Pens:
- Federal Religious Freedom Law Passed, April 15, 2001
- South Carolina Prison Chief Fired as Scandal Widens, April 15, 2001
- Bag'm, Tag'm and Bury'm; Wisconsin Prisoners Dying for Health Care, Feb. 15, 2001
- Food Strike Puts Washington DOC on Spin Control, Feb. 15, 2001
- Fraud Charged by Washington DOC Whistleblower, Feb. 15, 2001
- CMS Fined Nearly $1 Million in Virginia, Dec. 15, 2000
- Death as a Salesman: Benneton Ad Campaign Comes to Death Row, Dec. 15, 2000
- Illinois Supermax Hunger Strike, Dec. 15, 2000
- Whistle-blowing Doctor Shakes Up Nebraska DOC, Nov. 15, 2000
- Corcoran Show Trial Ends with Acquittals, Nov. 15, 2000
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- These Men Fought White Supremacists and Got Sentenced to Over 200 Years, May 1, 2024. Guard Misconduct, Political Prisoners, Racial Discrimination, Prison Rebellion, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Guards/Staff.
- Pennsylvania Jail Warden Fired, Deputy Warden Resigns After Guard Assaults Detainee, May 1, 2024. Guard Misconduct, Drug Overdose, Guard Brutality/Beatings.
- “There you go, Agent Orange!” Former South Carolina Sheriff Federally Indicted for Assaulting Jail Detainee, May 1, 2024. Guard Misconduct, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Stun Guns/Tasers, Police/Govt Misconduct.
- Ninth Circuit Says Federal Prisoner in California May Have Bivens Claim for Delays in Medical Care Allegedly to Cover Up Assault by BOP Guard, April 1, 2024. Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Failure to Protect (General), Guard Brutality/Beatings, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Dismissal, Medical Treatment/Expenses.
- Sixth Circuit Refuses Michigan Prisoner’s Excessive Force Claim Despite Guard’s Conviction for Battery, April 1, 2024. Jail Misconduct, Eighth Amendment, Guard Brutality/Beatings, State Law Claims, Immunity - Absolute and Qualified.
- Four Dead in One Month in San Bernardino County Jails, $3,232,500 in Settlements Paid So Far, March 1, 2024. Liberty Behavioral Health Corp., Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Failure to Treat, Jail Specific, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides.
- Alabama Prisons Facing Third Class-Action Lawsuit, March 1, 2024. Parole Board Misconduct, Prison Labor, Failure to Protect (General), Staffing, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Assaults on Staff.
- Four TDCJ Guards Resign, Seven Suspended for Beating Handcuffed Prisoner Into Coma, March 1, 2024. Guard Misconduct, Guard Brutality/Beatings.
- Tenth Circuit: No Qualified Immunity for Oklahoma Jail Guard Who Kneed Handcuffed Prisoner’s Face, Feb. 1, 2024. Jail Misconduct, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, Qualified Immunity.