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Chains of Love
Loaded on Sept. 15, 2007
by Siobhan O'Connor
published in Prison Legal News
September, 2007, page 12
by Siobhan O?ConnorNearly half a million women are married to men in prison. Maintaining these relationships involves a constant struggle with an often unsupportive penal system, despite growing evidence that a healthy marriage is one of the best tools for rehabilitation. Welcome to the intersection of prisons, love and …
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More from this issue:
- Management & Training Corp. Struggles to Maintain Market Share, by Gary Hunter
- Houston Jail Has Highest Number of Deaths in Texas: 101, by Gary Hunter
- Florida Jails: State’s Largest Mental Health Providers, by David Reutter
- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
- Chains of Love, by Siobhan O'Connor
- Gannet New Jersey’s Witch Hunt for Public Employees with Criminal Records, by Matthew Clarke
- Colorado Investigates Former Prison Director for Malfeasance Following State Audit
- Sixth Circuit Now Permits § 1983 Complaint to Proceed Even if Prisoner Did Not Initially Plead Exhaustion Below, by John Dannenberg
- 20 Florida Prison Officials Fired or Suspended After Prisoner Beating, Party, by David Reutter
- Ohio Lawyer Suspended for Bilking Prisoners’ Families
- Florida’s Civil Commitment Center Exhibits Little Change Despite New Contractor, by David Reutter
- Connecticut Takes Cut of Prisoner Judgments and Inheritances, by Matthew Clarke
- Florida Homeless Sex Offender Ruling Reversed, FDOC Changes Policy Anyway, by David Reutter
- Texas Must Afford Prisoners Due Process in Trust Fund Garnishment, by Matthew Clarke
- Texas Court of Appeals Reverses Termination of Prisoner’s Parental Rights, by Matthew Clarke
- China Admits Illegally Harvesting Organs From Executed Prisoners, by Gary Hunter
- Big Brother Monitoring Michigan Sex Offenders
- CCA Pays $438,626 for Discriminatory Hiring Practices in Arizona
- U.S. Parole Commission Rules are “Laws” for Ex Post Facto
- California Contract Healthcare Management Firm Locked Out; Fees Withheld;, by John Dannenberg
- California DOC Finally Discloses Some Records In $4.1 Billion Of Public Contracts, by John Dannenberg
- Maryland Closes Decrepit, Scandal-Plagued House of Correction
- § 1983 Suit Challenging New York’s Blanket Parole Denial “Policy” Survives Motion to Dismiss, by John Dannenberg
- Washington’s Criminal Justice System Racially Biased; Voting Rights Act Claim Fails Anyway
- $1,000,000 Award for Attorney’s Failure to Prosecute Prisoner’s Lawsuit
- Eighth Circuit Reverses Dismissal on Wrong Medication Claims
- Pennsylvania DNA Act Not Ex Post Facto
- Guards Settle “Sick Building” Claim at Florida Jail for $495,000
- Erroneous Jury Instruction Nets Raped Missouri Prisoner New Civil Trial
- New Investigative Solution by LexisTracks Sex Offenders, Wherever They Are
- Illinois Parole Board Pays Nearly $11,000 in Attorney Fees, Can Only Charge Reasonable Postage and Copying Costs
- Forced Work in Dangerous Washington Prison Job Conditions States Eighth Amendment Claim, by John Dannenberg
- CCA Fined for Florida Jail Escape; County Commission Poised to Impose More Fines
- Bivens Claims Against Private Prison Employees May Fail When Other Remedies Available
- California: Disciplinary Conviction Upheld Where Petitioner Argued Only Violation of Constitutional Rights, Not State Law Rights, by John Dannenberg
- California Sexual Predator Commitment Requires Trial; Cannot be Based on Civil Discovery Admissions
- Fulton County Jail Consents to Improve Dismal Conditions, by David Reutter
- Collection-Rate of Appellate Costs Taxed to Prisoner Reduced to Rate for PLRA Filing-Fees, by John Dannenberg
- Direct Contempt of U.S. Court Must Be in Court’s Presence; Conviction Reversed
- Evidentiary Hearing Ordered For AEDPA Equitable Tolling Claim Arising From Transfer to Out-Of-State Prison
- Refusal to Give Nitro Tablets to Prisoner With Chest Pain Actionable, by Matthew Clarke
- Nevada Psychological Review Panel Hearings Subjected to Open Meeting and Constitutional Due Process Requirements, by Matthew Clarke
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More from Siobhan O'Connor:
- Chains of Love, Sept. 15, 2007
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