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Prisoner 'Stress Response Syndrome' Described
The Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) and related court rulings have raised imposing obstacles to prison civil rights litigation, effectively gutting class action claims against overcrowding and other conditions of confinement. Increasingly, courts require a showing of how such conditions are violating the constitutional rights of individual plaintiffs, rather than ...
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More from this issue:
- U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Heightened Pleading Standards for Intent Based Claims, by Paul Wright
- Youth in Washington Prisons Challenge Lack of Education, by David C Fathi
- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
- Letter of Apology from TCI
- PLN Sues Utah Department of Corrections Over Bulk Mail Ban
- Where International Law Ain't Law, by Mumia Abu-Jamal
- No Interlocutory Appeals in Decree Terminations
- PLRA Three Strikes Ruling Vacated
- Consent Decree Termination Upheld
- Seventh Circuit Upholds Constitutionality of Physical Injury Requirement
- DARK NIGHT Field Notes, by Dan Pens
- Prisoner 'Stress Response Syndrome' Described, by Dan Pens
- Truth Takes a Holiday in Virginia DOC Press Release
- Behind Closed Doors: Struggle in Washington IMU's, by Jennifer Vogel
- Former Texas Prison Chief Indicted
- Eight California Prison Guards Indicted, by Willie Wisely
- Presence of Prison Rape in Utah Denied, by Julia Lutsky
- New Mexico S.Ct Grants Asylum to Little Rock Reed
- FBI Law Enforcement Sting Nabs 53 in Ohio
- High-Tech Vendors Penetrate Prison Market
- $350,000 Awarded in Ohio Prisoner Death
- California Whistleblowers Silenced, Punished
- Wisconsin Joins the Control-Unit Fraternity
- Former Arizona Governor Sentenced, by O'Neil Stough
- Another Florida Gain-Time Statute Unconstitutional
- Transgender Treatment Questioned
- Sexual History Evidence Limited in Rape Suit
- Hepatitis C Epidemic Threatens California Prisoners, by Willie Wisely
- Pennsylvania Consent Decree Clarified
- 8th Circuit Orders BOP Sentence Reductions
- Seg Conditions Analyzed for Sandin Purposes
- News in Brief
- Right to Psychiatric Care Clearly Established
- Gender Motivated Violence Act
- Injury Required to Enforce Grand Jury Law
- Washington Child Support Minimum Struck Down
- Criminal History Inadmissable for Impeachment
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
More from these topics:
- Policing the Vulnerable: The Criminalization of Disability, May 15, 2025. Disabled Prisoners, Mental Health.
- No State Oversight of Overcrowded, Understaffed, and Non-Compliant Idaho Jails, April 1, 2025. Overcrowding, Staffing.
- TDCJ to Run Out of Beds in 2025, April 1, 2025. Cost of Prison Systems, Overcrowding, Staffing.
- Fourth Circuit Reverses Denial of Counsel for “Low IQ” North Carolina Prisoner, March 1, 2025. Mental Health, Counsel - Constructive denial of.
- Oregon DOC Investigation Puts Top Medical Officials on Leave, Feb. 15, 2025. Systemic Medical Neglect, Malpractice, Staffing, Mental Health, Official Investigation.
- Mentally Incompetent Maine Defendants Sent to South Carolina Wellpath Lockup Called “Essentially Prison”, Jan. 15, 2025. Private Contractors, Bankruptcy, Mental Health, Involuntary Treatment/Drugging.
- Second Rapper Stabbed in Atlanta Jail During Record-Long Trial, Jan. 15, 2025. Prison Gangs, Overcrowding, Speedy Trial Clock - Tolling of, Civil Rights Violations.
- Trends Show Mortality Risks Increase with Higher Jail Turnover Rates, Dec. 15, 2024. Medical, Wrongful Death, Mental Health.
- More Alabama Prisoners Murdered in Overcrowded Lockups, Oct. 15, 2024. Prison/Jail Murders, Overcrowding, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death).
- North Carolina Expands Supervision for Mentally Ill Probationers, Oct. 15, 2024. Mental Health, Lifetime Supervision.