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Reader Mail: PA Settlement Correction
Regarding your article in the July issue of Prison Legal News on page 11 about the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, you state "attorneys representing all PA state prisoners had reached a settlement...." Two Pennsylvania prisons were not part of that litigation. SCI Pittsburgh was involved in ongoing litigation, Tillery v. ...
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More from this issue:
- The Bottom Line: California's Prison Industry Authority, by Willie Wisely
- Editorial, by Paul Wright
- AZ Chain Gangs Protested
- 10,000 Kurdish POWs on Hungerstrike
- Police Chiefs Scoff at Death Penalty
- U.S. Supreme Court: Time on Bail Doesn't Count
- Delay in Dental Care States Claim
- WA Publisher Only Rule Challenged
- Loompanics Unlimited
- Jail Population Report
- The Citebook, by Paul Wright
- US Prison Population Report
- Strangeways 1990: A Serious Disturbance, by Reviewed by Bowden, John
- South Africa Bans Death Penalty
- Detainees Entitled to Exercise and Law Library
- No Immunity for Hearing Officers
- 7th Cir. Clarifies "Deliberate Indifference" for Medical Cases
- Translators Required for Medical Interviews
- Retaliatory Discipline Violates Due Process
- Cocaine Sentencing Disparities May Change
- Disciplinary Segregation Bars Criminal Prosecution
- Retaliatory Infraction Illegal
- Death Row Prisoners Keep Right to Contact Visits with Counsel
- All Writs Act Limited
- Asbestos Exposure States Claim
- Population Cap, Fines Affirmed
- Article Clarification
- CBCC EFV Stabbing Trial
- Worked to Death: OH Work Release Programs, by Dan Cahill
- Gunslingers Dressed in Hot Pink
- MN Passes Laws Against Prison Litigators
- FL Enacts More Anti-Prisoner Laws
- Madrid Published
- AZ Court Affirms Food Packages
- Reader Mail: PA Settlement Correction, by Scott Rudnick
- AZ's War on the Federal Judiciary
- News in Brief
More from Scott Rudnick:
- Reader Mail: PA Settlement Correction, Oct. 15, 1995
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- $1.2 Million in Settlements Reached in Suit Over Sacramento Jail Murder, May 1, 2025. Settlements, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
- $18,000 for New York Prisoner Who Alleged Guards Planted Shank in Cell, May 1, 2025. Guard Misconduct, Cell Searches, Settlements.
- Missouri Pays More Than $1.2 Million for Deputy Warden’s Sexual Harassment Claim Against Warden, May 1, 2025. Staff-Staff Harassment, DOC/BOP misconduct, Settlements.
- New York Prisoner Awarded Almost $280,000 in Retaliation Claim Against Guards, May 1, 2025. Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements.
- $3.4 Million Settlement for Minnesota Jail Death Called “Real-Life Nightmare”, May 1, 2025. Drug Overdose, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
- New Orleans Public Defender’s “Redeem Team” Says: “Re-entry Is Never Over”, May 1, 2025. Settlements, Wrongful Conviction, Life without Parole (LWOP), Juveniles, Post-release, ex-offender, re-entry, Remands/Rehearings/Resentencings.
- Los Angeles County Pays $24 Million to Two Former Prisoners Wrongly Convicted as Teens of 1997 Murder, May 1, 2025. Informants, Settlements, Wrongful Conviction, False Exculpatory Statements.
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