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The New Bedlam
Loaded on June 15, 2000
by Willie Wisely
published in Prison Legal News
June, 2000, page 1
by W. Wisely
Filed under:
Mental Health,
Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
Locations:
California,
United States of America.
Gary Hahn walks his dog, tugging at the leash, back and forth on the hardpan track at Lancaster prison's maximum security D Facility in California. Right arm folded, fist crammed into the small of his back, Gary walks bent over, his curved spine and emaciated frame belying ...
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More from this issue:
- The New Bedlam, by Willie Wisely
- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
- Riot at Private Prison
- Pro Se Tips and Tactics, by John Midgley
- Wisconsin Prisoners Rebel at Private Tennessee Prison
- My Statement in Response to the State
- Defiant Texas Death Row Activist Executed
- New York Prisoner Wins $50,000 In Failure To Treat Mental Illness Suit
- $59,177 in Damages and Fees Awarded in Georgia Braille Suit
- Contradictory Disciplinary Hearing Evidence Not Precluded From Use of Excessive Force Suit, by Ronald Young
- Retaliation Claim Requires Trial
- $15,000 Awarded to Ohio Prisoner Beaten by Guards
- Attica Suit Settled for $12 Million
- Attica Uprising Verdict Reversed
- Illinois Jail Guards Charged with Smuggling Gun
- Women in Prison: GAO Report, by Julia Lutsky
- Marijuana Law, 2nd Edition, by Allan Parmelee
- Federal Judge Hits BOP Mule with Two-by-Four
- Republican Political Prisoners in the North of Ireland, by David Fanning
- Prison Working Conditions Protected by Eighth Amendment
- Mark Cook Freed
- U.S. Supreme Court to Revisit Civil Commitment
- Illinois Phone Suit Dismissed
- West Virginia Prisoners Protest Visit/Phone Restrictions
- Former BOP Director Fingered in Sex Scandal
- Colorado Prison Population Exploding, by Bob Williams
- Four Texas Guards Nabbed in Bribery Sting
- $200,000 Awarded in Michigan Jail Wrongful Medication Suit
- New York Jail Guards Charged with Raping Prisoners
- Washington Restitution Orders Are Invalid After 10 Years
- Oregon Execution Viewing Rules Invalidated
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- Prison Psychologist Pleads Guilty to Aiding Escape
- News in Brief
- U.S. Parole Commission Bound by Own Rules
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- California Guards Bust Budget, June 15, 2002
- California Pays for Guard's Sexual Misconduct, Jan. 15, 2002
- Prison Guard Sentenced in Escape Plot, Dec. 15, 2001
- California Dials Wrong Number, Nov. 15, 2001
- Plug Pulled in California Prison, Nov. 15, 2001
- Cowboys and Prisoners, Sept. 15, 2001
- Racist Knot of Florida Guards, Sept. 15, 2001
- Brutality Behind the Orange Curtain, Aug. 15, 2001
- Pelican Bay Guard's Conviction Upheld, July 15, 2001
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