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Archive: 2002

December

Medical Care Still Deficient in Texas Prisons by Gary Hunter (p 1)
Pro Se Tips and Tactics by John Midgley (p 6)
Ohio Prisons Make Almost $5 Million in Improper Food and Education Payments by Roger Hummel (p 8)
Correctional Medical Services Pays Out Another $1 Million in 1997 Ohio Escape, Murder (p 9)
HUD Leases Must Evict Innocent Tenants for "Any" Drug Activity (p 10)
Complaint Needs Only Short, Plain Statement of Claim (p 10)
Unnamed Class Members Can Object to Settlement (p 10)
Jail Over Detention From Lack of Release Policy Actionable Under Section 1983 (p 10)
Good Time Allowed on Washington Weapon Enhancements by Sam Rutherford (p 12)
From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 13)
Colorado Sex Offenders Freed from Mandatory Parole by Bob Williams (p 14)
Texas May Not Revoke Parole Without a Hearing (p 16)
Private Employer Must Pay $841,000 Back Wages to 167 California Prisoners by John E Dannenberg (p 16)
Washington Gift Publication Ban Not Clearly Unconstitutional Before Crofton (p 17)
Prisoner Allowed Discovery in Mail Destruction Case (p 18)
Louisiana Sheriff Pays $1.35 Million Settlement in Death of Diabetic Prisoner (p 18)
2003 Political Prisoner Calendar Available (p 19)
Fatal Overdoses: Drugs and Death in Prison (p 20)
Georgia Supreme Court Bans Use of the Electric Chair (p 20)
Ex-Georgia Sheriff Convicted in Ambush Killing of Successor by Lonnie Burton (p 21)
Prisoner's Medical Information Privacy Right Established in Third Circuit (p 22)
The Unmourned Death of Felony Murder by Assault in Washington by David Zuckerman (p 22)
Alaska Prison Design Case Settles for $1 Million (p 23)
Washington DOC Pays $2,306.22 in Prisoner PDA Suit (p 24)
Dismissal of Legal Mail and Retaliation Claims Reversed (p 24)
Furniture Makers Challenge UNICOR by Gary Hunter (p 25)
Son of Sam II Law Enacted in California (p 26)
California's "Son of Sam" Law Held Unconstitutional by John E Dannenberg (p 26)
Washington Sex Offender Community Placement Dilemma by Roger Smith (p 27)
Summary Judgment Denied on New York Medical Isolation Conditions (p 28)
Florida Prisoner Sues for Contracting HIV by David Reutter (p 28)
Texas Cannot Use Enhancement to Deny Mandatory Supervision (p 29)
Failure to Treat Ruptured Tendon; Qualified Immunity Denied (p 29)
News in Brief (p 30)

November

October

Into the Twilight Zone by Mumia Abu-Jamal (p 6)
From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 7)
Represent Yourself in Court: How to Prepare & Try a Winning Case, 3rd Ed. by Sam Rutherford (p 7)
Supreme Court Upholds Forced Confessions in Kansas Sex Offender Treatment by Bob Williams (p 8)
Danish Security Firm Buys Out the Wackenhut Corporation (p 10)
CMS Overdoses Five Boston Jail Prisoners (p 10)
Washington Good Time Depends on When Crime Occurred (p 11)
Supreme Court: No Punitive Damages Allowed Under RA and ADA (p 12)
Credit for Time Served Required in Idaho Commute to Work Release (p 13)
German Economics Minister Comments on U.S. Prison Labor (p 13)
Habeas Hints: Editor's Choice by Kent Russell (p 14)
Attorney Fee Award Upheld in Washington Excessive Force Case (p 16)
Exoneration of Conviction a Prerequisite to Legal Malpractice Claim in California (p 16)
Exhaustion Not Mandatory for Kansas Habeas Petitioners; Retained Counsel at Disciplinary Hearings is Discretionary (p 17)
Washington District Court Grants Preliminary Injunction for Kosher Meals (p 18)
California Prison Law Libraries Survive (p 19)
Guards at New York Juvenile Center Charged with Extortion (p 19)
New York Guards Sentenced in Animal and Prisoner Killings by Lonnie Burton (p 20)
Texas Sex Slave Sues Prison System for Failure to Protect (p 20)
Remand to Determine if TDCJ Grooming Policy Unconstitutional (p 21)
Connecticut District Court Orders Post-Judgment Monitoring Fees (p 21)
Ball Park Franks Fiasco: 21 Dead, $200,000 Fine by Russell Mokhiber (p 22)
Honolulu Police Officers Indicted in Jail Food Scandal (p 23)
Summary Judgment Denied in Colorado Hepatitis-C Treatment Suit Based on Lack of Internet Access by Bob Williams (p 24)
Jailers Liable for Foreseeable Prisoner Suicide (p 25)
All Things Censored by Mumia Abu Jamal by Gary Hunter (p 25)
Florida Prisoner Dies in CCA Jail by Lonnie Burton (p 26)
Ohio Nearly Closes 100 Year Old Asylum/Prison by Gary Hunter (p 27)
Georgia Lawmaker Indicted for Aiding Prisoner Transfer by Lonnie Burton (p 28)
Oklahoma Rejects Prisoner Mail Box Rule (p 28)
Nominal Damages Not Automatic (p 29)
Sixth Circuit Upholds Denial of Prison Doctor's Qualified Immunity (p 29)
News in Brief (p 30)
Mexican Sweatshops Go Behind Bars by Michael Rigby (p 32)

September

August

News in Brief by Roger Hummel (p 1)
From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 7)
Ill Treatment on Our Shores by Anne-Marie Cusac (p 8)
New Jersey Goes Online with Sex Offender Website (p 11)
Florida Guards Murder Another Prisoner, Get Another Acquittal by David Reutter (p 12)
No 85% on New Jersey Murder Conviction (p 13)
The Parents' Project by Denise Johnston (p 14)
Prisoner's Guerrilla Handbook to Correspondence Programs in The United States and Canada , 2 nd Ed. by Hans Sherrer (p 15)
Officials Netted in Kansas Jail Bribery (p 16)
Courts Retain Power To Grant TROs Under PLRA (p 16)
Washington PDA May Be Used for Pre-Trial Discovery (p 17)
Kansas Sexual Predator Civil Commitment Standards Refined by U.S. Supreme Court (p 17)
USPC Reverses Stance on HIV Discrimination after Suit Filed by Deborah M Golden (p 18)
Washington Prisoner Attorney Disciplined for Negligence (p 18)
Remand Defeats Georgia DOC's Attempted 11th Amendment Immunity Bar by John E Dannenberg (p 19)
Texas Juvenile Jail Suicide Settles for $100,000 (p 19)
BOP Policy Denying Electric Musical Instruments Upheld; Religious Exception Enjoined (p 20)
Wisconsin DOC in Contempt for Not Collecting PLRA Fees (p 21)
Statute of Limitation Tolled by Administrative Exhaustion (p 21)
Motion Accepted as Appeal Notice; Damage Award Set Off Against Costs (p 22)
New Florida Trend: Abuse in a Spray Can (p 22)
Nevada Juvenile Road Accident Kills Six, Settles for $3.5 Million (p 24)
$54,750 Damages Awarded Asthmatic Prisoner in Michigan ETS Suit by John E Dannenberg (p 25)
States Capitulate on Reading Legal Mail by John E Dannenberg (p 26)
Court Criticizes PLRA Attorney Fee Cap by David Reutter (p 26)
Judge Awards $2.8 Million to Victims of CSC Texas Boot Camp Sexual Abuse (p 27)
Oklahoma Jailhouse Informants Settle Failure to Protect Suit for $80,000 (p 27)
CCA Conditions Claim Not Frivolous (p 28)
Criminal Guards in Texas (p 28)
PLRA and AEDPA Have Different Effects on Prisoner Petitions (p 29)
Court Reviewability of California Parole Denials Survives; No Parole Policy Goes to State Supreme Court by Marvin Mentor (p 30)
News in Brief (p 32)

July

June

Collateral Damage: The Children of Prisoners by Tom Lowenstein (p 1)
Oregon Bulk Mail Ban Struck Down Again (p 5)
From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 6)
$525,000 Paid in California Prisoner Beating Death (p 7)
Prisoner Killed in California Prison by Michael Rigby (p 7)
Habeas Hints: Post Conviction Relief by Kent Russell (p 8)
Dominican Women Prisoners Strike for Conjugal Visits by Julia Lutsky (p 10)
Book Review: The Prisons by Maggie Jaffe by Michael McIrvin (p 10)
U.S. Supreme Court Holds Warrantless Probationary Searches Are Valid (p 11)
The Death Penalty in the U.S.A. -- Past, Present, and Future by Roger Hummel (p 12)
$540,000 Settlement in Minnesota Jail Beating (p 13)
$540,000 Settlement in Minnesota Jail Beating by Robert Woodman (p 14)
Ex-Ohio Sheriff's Deputy Wins $650,000 Verdict Against CMS for Prisoner Escape (p 15)
Two Federal Courts Grant Injunction for HCV Treatment (p 16)
U.S. Supreme Court: Administrative Exhaustion Required for All Prisoner Section 1983 Suits by John E Dannenberg (p 17)
Summary Judgment Denied in Ohio Jail Booking Fee Challenge by Robert Woodman (p 18)
U.S. Supreme Court: Qualified Immunity Determination Must Precede Trial on Merits by John E Dannenberg (p 19)
$1,500 Awarded in New York Slapping Case (p 20)
Punch & Jurists: Criminal Law News You Can Use by Paul Wright (p 21)
California Jury Awards $1 Million in Jail Rape (p 21)
Third Circuit Vacates $300,000 Beating Award, Orders New Trial (p 22)
Disciplinary Board Must Assess Confidential Informant's Reliability (p 22)
New Mexico Caps High Telephone Rates (p 23)
Three Arkansas Guards Sentenced in Beating (p 23)
Washington Infraction Invalid Where No Notice of Prohibited Conduct Given (p 24)
ADA/RA Suit for Sign Language Interpreters Proceeds for Prospective Injunctive Relief by John E Dannenberg (p 25)
Forced AA/NA for Parolee Defeats Qualified Immunity (p 26)
Tenth Circuit Vacates Religious Diet Awards Under PLRA Physical Injury Rule (p 26)
TDCJ Not Immune from Suit in Medical Malpractice Death Case (p 27)
California Jail Settles Rape Case for $95,000 (p 27)
Denial of Grievance Forms Is Denial of Remedy (p 28)
Jail Policy to Not Segregate Gangs Does Not Violate Constitution by John E Dannenberg (p 28)
Texas Appeals Court Grants Prisoner Mandamus on Discovery (p 29)
Complaints Must Be Concise, To the Point (p 29)
News in Brief (p 30)
California Guards Bust Budget by Willie Wisely (p 32)

May

April

March

Idaho's Prison Labor Scandal by Silja JA Talvi (p 1)
Stun Gun, Four-Point Restraint Use Curtailed in Virginia Prisons (p 4)
From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 5)
Washington DOC Settles Wrongful Death Suit for $245,000 (p 6)
BOP Settles Prisoner Beating/Restraint Lawsuit for $99,000 (p 7)
Res Judicata Dismissal of Texas Prisoner's Suit Reversed (p 8)
Puerto Rico Prison Officials Fined $10 Million (p 8)
Third Circuit Holds PLRA Bars Claims for Compensatory Damages (p 9)
Hitching Post Unconstitutional by David Reutter (p 10)
Claims Dismissed in First Challenge to BOP Communications Ban (p 11)
Prison Coffee and Games: Starbucks and Nintendo Admit Their Contractor Uses Prison Labor by Erica C Barnett (p 12)
No Qualified Immunity for Prison Officials Who Upheld Grievance (p 13)
Recent Significant Decisions by Reaves, Jr, Walter M (p 14)
Qualified Immunity Upheld for Probation Officer in HIV Privacy Action (p 17)
State Prisons Abrogate Attorney-Client Mail Privilege (p 18)
Pennsylvania's Released Felons Granted Right to Register to Vote (p 19)
Equitable Tolling May Apply to Administrative Exhaustion (p 19)
$630,000 Plus Paid in Ulcer Related Death (p 20)
$225,000 Paid in Mentally Ill Prisoner's Death (p 20)
The Cost of Medical Neglect in Washington Prisons by Sam Rutherford (p 20)
$62,000 in Slip and Fall/Medical Neglect/Retaliation Case (p 21)
$100,000 for Brain Damaged Prisoner (p 21)
$40,000 for Achilles Tendon Injury (p 21)
$180,000 for Loss of Vision in Left Eye (p 21)
$25,000 Paid for Misdiagnosed Blood Clot (p 21)
$5,000 Paid for Failure to Treat Iritis (p 22)
$15,000 in Allergy/Retaliation Suit (p 22)
$13,500 for Ruptured Appendix (p 22)
$8,500 for Surgical Mishap (p 22)
$6,000 for Amputated Ring Finger (p 22)
$1,500 Paid for Failure to Provide Pain Medication (p 23)
Inadequate Dental Care Results in Settlement (p 23)
$200 for Providing Wrong Medication (p 23)
$250 for Providing Wrong Medication (p 23)
$250 for Lack of Aftercare Following Stroke (p 23)
$1,000 for Unnecessary Appendectomy (p 23)
$1,500 for Failure to Assist Disabled Prisoner (p 23)
$1,500 for Refusal to Treat HIV Positive Cancer Patient (p 23)
$5,000 for Severed Tendon (p 23)
Washington DOC Virtually Uninsurable (p 24)
New Retaliation Standard Defined (p 25)
Pro Se Appellants Must Cite Authority (p 25)
NCIA Report Finds Prison Race Statistics Distorted (p 26)
New York Court Limits "Son of Sam" Law (p 27)
New York Expands "Son of Sam" Law Giving Crime Victims More "Clout" by Lonnie Burton (p 27)
PLN Awarded $58,059 in Attorneys' Fees in Oregon Bulk Mail Suit; PLRA Doesn't Apply, Injunction Entered (p 28)
New York Failure to Protect Claim Set for Trial: Bilingual Counsel Appointed (p 29)
Sixth Circuit Finds Ohio Response to Jewish Prisoner's Hair 'Exaggerated' (p 30)
Ohio Appeals Court Allows Prisoner's Request for Past Work Information on Guards (p 31)
Arizona Prisoner Adequately Pleaded Section 1983 Claim (p 31)
News in Brief (p 32)

February

January