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The Connally Seven - A Texas Prison Escape and its Aftermath
The John B. Connally State Prison is a 2,800-capacity maximum security facility for men. As part of Texas' $2 billion prison building frenzy of the 1990's, construction of the so-called "Michael prototype" unit was completed in 1994; the first prisoners arrived in the summer of 1995.
Located in rural Karnes …
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More from this issue:
- America's Jails: The Dungeons of the New Millenium, by Sam Rutherford
- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
- The Connally Seven - A Texas Prison Escape and its Aftermath, by Roger Hummel
- Not Part of my Sentence: The Rape of Washington Prisoners, by Silja JA Talvi
- The Cost of Running Washington's Rape Camps, by Paul Wright
- Male Prisoner Settles Guard Rape Suit for $6,000
- Qualified Immunity Denied in Washington Rape of Transsexual Prisoner
- Jury Awards $5,000 to Beaten Texas Prisoner
- BOP Lieutenant Pleads Guilty to Brutality Charges, by Robert Durkee
- Malicious Use of Force Violates Eighth Amendment, by John E Dannenberg
- Damages in Denial of Exercise Suit Reversed
- Use of Restraint Chair Not Cruel and Unusual Punishment
- Chinese Company Convicted of Using Forced Prison Labor
- The Prison Payoff: The Role of Politics & Private Prisons in the Incarceration Boom
- PLN Wins Nevada Censorship Suit
- California State Prisoner's Handbook, by John E Dannenberg
- Sanction Excessive When It Excludes Medical Expert's Testimony
- Administrative Exhaustion Not Jurisdictional, by John E Dannenberg
- Federal Appellate Rule 4(a)(6) Trumps Civil Rule 60(b)
- Diabetic Prisoner's Deliberate Indifference Claim to Proceed to Trial
- Denial of Interest Does Not Violate Takings Clause
- Ohio ACLU Challenges Supermax
- The Prison Activist Resource Center: It's About Sharing Resources and Working Collectively, by Marti Hiken
- Sixth Circuit Upholds PLRA Attorneys' Fees Cap
- News in Brief
More from Roger Hummel:
- Book Review: From Prison to Home, Jan. 15, 2003
- Ohio Prisons Make Almost $5 Million in Improper Food and Education Payments, Dec. 15, 2002
- Boot Camp or Boot Hill? Troubled Teens Suffer From Too Much Tough Love, Sept. 15, 2002
- News in Brief, Aug. 15, 2002
- The Death Penalty in the U.S.A. -- Past, Present, and Future, June 15, 2002
- Telemarketing and Computer Programs Crash at Utah Prison, Dec. 15, 2001
- The Connally Seven - A Texas Prison Escape and its Aftermath, Oct. 15, 2001
- Actual Innocence--Five Days to Execution and other Dispatches From the Wrongly Convicted, Dec. 15, 2000
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- New York to Become First State to Require Judges to Visit Prisons, July 1, 2026. Classification, Conditions of Confinement, Staffing, Prisoner Privileges.
- Corrections Board Seeks to Join California Justice Department Juvenile Halls Lawsuit, July 1, 2026. Classification, Conditions of Confinement, Guards/Staff, Discretionary/Inherent Powers, Prison Regulations.
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- Arizona Lawmakers Refuse to Fully Fund Prison Healthcare Staffing Ordered by Federal Court, July 1, 2026. Systemic Medical Neglect, Staffing, Injunctions, Contempt (Civil Procedure).
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