×
You've used up your 3 free articles for this month. Subscribe today.
Cheaper Than Lab Rats: Can Prisoners Glow in the Dark?
Loaded on March 15, 1999
by Hans Sherrer
published in Prison Legal News
March, 1999, page 1
We get outraged and indignant when we read or hear of atrocities committed by Nazi doctors in the name of medical science. [1] Yet, if what the Nazis did is what triggers our sense of outrage, then we need not travel so far back in time or cast our gaze ...
Filed under:
Misconduct/Corruption,
Medical Misconduct,
Medical Experiments/Exploitation.
Locations:
Michigan,
Ohio,
Oregon,
Washington,
United States of America.
Full article and associated cases available to subscribers.
As a digital subscriber to Prison Legal News, you can access full text and downloads for this and other premium content.
Already a subscriber? Login
More from this issue:
- Cheaper Than Lab Rats: Can Prisoners Glow in the Dark?, by Hans Sherrer
- Former 'Guinea Pigs' Protest
- No Private Rights Under International Treaties
- Book Review: Acres of Skin: Human Experiments at Holmesburg Prison, by Daniel Burton-Rose
- Book Review: Sensible Justice: Alternatives to Prison, by Daniel Burton-Rose
- From the Editor, by Dan Pens
- PLN Sues Utah Jail Over Publication Ban; Suit Settled
- Wisconsin Resists Out-of-State Transfers
- Pro Se Tips and Tactics (Appointment of Counsel), by John Midgley
- No Administrative Exhaustion Required for Monetary Claims; No Qualified Immunity for the Malicious Use of Force
- Administrative Exhaustion Doesn't Include Judicial Remedies
- PLRA "Three Strikes" Provision Upheld and Discussed
- Pennsylvania Consent Decrees Terminated Under PLRA
- Colorado Prisoner Beaten, Not Stabbed
- Florida Nicotine Addiction Suit Settled
- Pennsylvania Supreme Court Draws the Line on Jailhouse Snitches
- Arkansas Sheriff Bent on "Saving" Prisoners
- "Tough" Florida Sheriff Arrested
- Eighth Amendment Applies to Escaped Convicts
- AHCC Bulk Mail Ban in Miniken Settled
- Full Court Overrules Clarke v. Stalder in Part
- Lengthy Ad Seg Is Atypical and Significant Hardship
- Kansas Good Time Rules Violate Ex Post Facto
- Retroactive Kansas Good Time Recalculation Unlawful
- South Carolina Grooming Rules Upheld
- Judicial Sentence of Life in Solitary Upheld
- Warden May Be Liable for Rape
- Jail Brutality Verdict Reversed Due to Improper Argument and Jury Instruction
- Work-Release Prisoners Eligible to Vote on Union Representation
- News in Brief
- Retaliatory Beating of Prisoner Is Triable Fact Issue
More from Hans Sherrer:
- Tulia Undercover Deputy Tom Coleman Convicted of Perjury, Nov. 15, 2005
- The Complicity of Judges in Wrongful Convictions, Aug. 15, 2004
- Report Downplays Wrongful Convictions in U.S., March 15, 2003
- Tulia Travesty Settled for $6 Million, March 15, 2003
- A Sentence of Their Own, Nov. 15, 2002
- Prisoner's Guerrilla Handbook to Correspondence Programs in The United States and Canada , 2 nd Ed., Aug. 15, 2002
- Snitch Culture: How Citizens Are Turned into the Eyes and Ears of the State, Sept. 15, 2001
- Washington Radiation Suit Settled for $2.4 Million, Nov. 15, 2000
- Discovering America As It Is, April 15, 2000
- Prison-Industrial Complex Conferences Are Spreading the Word, Aug. 15, 1999
More from these topics:
- Medical Copays Blamed for Reducing Prisoner Access to Healthcare, May 1, 2025. Medical Misconduct, Medical Expenses, Ability to Pay.
- Deaths, Deplorable Conditions, Staff Misconduct Plague Memphis Jail, April 1, 2025. Misconduct/Corruption, Conditions of Confinement, Wrongful Death.
- DOJ Finds “Horrific” Unconstitutional Conditions at Atlanta Jail, April 1, 2025. Misconduct/Corruption, Malpractice, Conditions of Confinement.
- Fifth Circuit Revives Texas Prisoner’s Sleep Deprivation Claim—Again, Feb. 15, 2025. Medical Misconduct, Systemic Medical Neglect, Lighting, Noise, Sleeping on Floor.
- New York Governor Orders Firing of 13 Guards, Nurse in Prisoner’s Fatal Beating, Feb. 15, 2025. Guard Misconduct, Medical Misconduct, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Deliberate Indifference.
- The Crisis in Prison Healthcare: Understanding Your Rights and Fighting for Change, Dec. 15, 2024. Medical Misconduct.
- Third Circuit Affirms Qualified Immunity for Pennsylvania Guards Who Pepper-Sprayed Asthmatic Prisoner, Nov. 15, 2024. Guard Misconduct, Medical Experiments/Exploitation, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Qualified Immunity, Guards/Staff, Immunity - Absolute and Qualified.
- Medical Examiners’ Biased Manner of Death Determinations Sending Innocent People to Prison and Exonerating Bad Cops, June 15, 2024. Police Misconduct, Medical Misconduct, Government Misconduct, Forensic Sciences, Police/Govt Misconduct.
- Tuberculosis Outbreak Exposed Weak Washington DOC Response, June 1, 2024. Medical Misconduct, Tuberculosis.
- Alabama Woman Jailed for “Fetal Endangerment” Sues After She Was Forced to Give Birth Alone in Jail Shower, May 1, 2024. Medical Misconduct, OB/GYN, Failure to Treat.