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Arizona's New Tin Horn Dictator
The tyrannical rule of Arizona prison director, Sam Lewis, came to an end with his resignation in December, 1995. PLN has previously reported the oppressive tactics employed by Lewis which rolled back many of the gains made by prisoners during the 1960's and 70's. Prisoners struggled through riots, strikes, and …
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More from this issue:
- Microsoft Out-Cells Competition, by Dan Pens
- The Keepers and the Caged: Heroes and Necromancers in the Prison System Today (Book Review), by Michael Spencer
- Racist Guards at Florida Prison, by Dan Pens
- From the Editor, by Dan Pens
- Prison Population Statistics Available
- Not All Prisoner Lawsuits Are Frivolous, by Jon O Newman
- Iowa Supreme Court: Hearing Required Before Prisoner Funds Seized
- $55,540 in Attorney Fees for RFRA Suit
- Parole Change Violates Ex Post Facto Clause
- Washington DOC Enjoined from Taking Blood
- Grievance Discipline Struck Down
- Disciplinary Findings Must State Evidence Relied On
- Oklahoma Pre-Parole Status Creates Liberty Interest
- Exploitation of Ohio Prison Labor, by William Ridenour
- Grievance Retaliation Unlawful
- Jury Not Waived in "Doubtful Situation"
- Peruvian POWs Rescued
- Genital Groping States Claim
- Michigan ACLU Protests Religious Prison College
- Seventh Circuit Decides "Mail Box" Rule
- Damn Lies and Statistics
- Georgia Prisons Enter Dark Ages
- Michigan Consent Decree Not Changed
- Arizona's New Tin Horn Dictator, by O'Neil Stough
- RFRA Applies to Retaliation Claims
- Pelican Bay Psychiatrists Resign in Protest
- Jailhouse Lawyers Retain Right to Assist Prisoners
- Texas Guard Killed by Riot Shield
- No Jurisdiction for Some Qualified Immunity Appeals
- Permanent Injunction Issued in Madrid
- $460,800 Verdict in Ohio Beating Affirmed
- Discrimination Dismissal Reversed
- Administrative Reversal of Disciplinary Sanction Doesn't Bar Suit
- Fourth Circuit Rules on IFP Statute, Again
- Sandin Inapplicable to Detainee Disciplinary Claims
- $150,000 Jury Award in Beating Case Affirmed
- News in Brief
- Tuberculosis TRO Issued
More from O'Neil Stough:
- Former Arizona Governor Sentenced, July 15, 1998
- Experiment in Access: Law Libraries Eliminated in Arizona Prisons, Oct. 15, 1997
- Arizona's New Tin Horn Dictator, April 15, 1996
- Oppression on the Rise in Arizona, Aug. 15, 1994
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