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Texas Prison Reform Suit May Reopen
In 1972, a Texas state prisoner, David Ruiz, filed a lawsuit in Federal Court alleging many conditions in the Texas prison system violated the constitutional rights of those incarcerated. The suit was consolidated with other Texas prisoners' complaints and certified as a class action suit. It would become one of …
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More from this issue:
- Supreme Court Defines "Deliberate Indifference" in Prison Rape Case
- Lockdown May Be Unconstitutional
- Media Hype Exposed
- NM Visitors May Refuse Searches
- 2nd Cir. Declines to Rule on Informant Testimony
- Prisoners Retain Right Against Self-Incrimination
- Prison Industries Supervisor Liable for Attack
- Prisoners Denied Right to Vote, by Paul Wright
- WA Prisoners Must Exhaust State Remedies
- WA S.Ct. Upholds Sex Offender Registration
- Cross Gender Strip Searches Illegal
- English Only Rule for Prayer Illegal
- CO Ad Seg Rules Don't Create Liberty Interest
- Non-English Mail Okay
- Filthy Cell Standards Clarified
- Change in Parole Hearings Violates Ex Post Facto
- Delay in Treatment States Claim
- No Right to Self-Defense in Prison
- Shackling States Claim
- Prisoners Have Right to Jury from Community
- Court is Ultimate Arbiter of Consent Decree
- Urinalysis is Search
- Administrative Exhaustion May Be Required
- RFRA Supersedes O'Lone
- RFRA Has Retroactive Application
- Court Upholds Denial of Prisoner Witness Fees
- Transport of Prison Made Goods Illegal
- Photos Unlawful
- FL DOC to Deport Aliens
- Suit Filed Against "Shoot to Wound" Policy
- Texas Prison Reform Suit May Reopen, by Tim Queen
- The ACLU Takes Indiana Prison Officials to Court
- From The Editor, by Paul Wright
- PLN Suit Filed Against ISRB, by Paul Wright
- Drug Use Legalized in Columbia
- Prisoner Dies at Purdy
- News in Brief
- Prison Psychologist Opens Brothel
- HIV+ Cellmate Doesn't State Claim
- Prison Overcrowding Crisis Continues, Says ACLU Report
- OH Double Standard, by Reader Mail
More from Tim Queen:
- Texas Prison Reform Suit May Reopen, July 15, 1994
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