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Article • September 15, 2006 • from PLN September, 2006
Filed under: Mail, Publications/Books
Washington DOC Settles Mail Censorship Suit with PLN for $442,500 in Fees and Damages by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg As previously reported in PLN, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed the U.S. District Court ruling (Prison Legal News v. Lehman, 272 F.Supp.2d 1151 (W.D. Wash. 2003); …
Article • September 15, 2006 • from PLN September, 2006
Virginia Prisoners Challenge Grooming Policy Under RLUIPA by Get in a fight behind bars and in most states, youll serve somewhere between a few days or months in segregation. Refusal to cut your hair in Virginia and youll be segregated until you comply. In 1999 the Virginia Department of Corrections …
Sexually Abused Texas Prisoner Loses Federal Lawsuit, Returns To Prison by Michael Rigby Roderick Keith Johnson, a prisoner who garnered national attention with allegations that Texas prison officials allowed him to be bought and sold as a sex slave, has lost his federal lawsuit against the Texas Department of Criminal …
Article • September 15, 2006 • from PLN September, 2006
Florida County Bucks Paying $300,000 in Prisoner Medical Bills by Florida's Brevard County has been sued by three local hospitals seeking payment for medical care rendered to prisoners who incurred injuries during their arrests. The County refused to pay, arguing the detainees technically were not in custody at the time …
Article • September 15, 2006 • from PLN September, 2006
Asthmatic South Carolina Prisoner Awarded $3,200 on ETS Claim by A federal court in South Carolina found that prison officials were deliberately indifferent to an asthmatic prisoner's medical condition by exposing him to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), from February 1999 to November, 2001. The court awarded $3,200, or $100 a …
Article • September 15, 2006 • from PLN September, 2006
FL Work Releasees Reporting to Work Late Doesnt Amount to Escape by FL Work Releasees Reporting to Work Late Doesn't Amount to Escape Leon Williams, a prisoner in a state work release center, left the center to walk to work but was 90 minutes late getting there. When he arrived …
Article • September 15, 2006 • from PLN September, 2006
Delaware Legislature Rejects Bill Upgrading Prison Health Care by David Reutter by David M. Reutter After a public outcry condemned the health care services provided to prisoners held by the Delaware Department of Corrections, (DDOC) the Delaware Legislature has passed a bill that provides an inflation adjustment for services and …
Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief: by Arizona: On February 23, 2006, Jamie Wanek, a guard at the Maricopa county jail in Phoenix was charged with 57 felony and misdemeanor counts of having sex with a jail prisoner Joshua Lopez, 30, and bringing him alcohol, drugs and other contraband. Lopez has also been …
Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006
Actual Innocence Required in Washington Criminal Malpractice Actions by Actual Innocence Required in Washington Criminal Malpractice Actions In a 5-4 decision, the Washington Supreme Court held that plaintiffs suing criminal defense attorneys for legal malpractice must prove that they are innocent of the underlying criminal charge. Dr. Jessy Ang and …
Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews
I Wake Up in Middle-of-Night Terror by Erika Huggins next to the warm sleeping body of my lover yet alone in the conviction that I am in a prison cell shut away, suddenly, from all that makes my life. I sense the great weight of the prison pressing down on …
Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006
Guards Rape of Prisoners Rampant, No Solution in Sight by Gary Hunter Psychologists will quickly tell you that rape is not about sex. It's about power. It's about imposing one's will on another. It's about masking feelings of inadequacy with intimidation about artificially inflating one's low self esteem by abusing …
Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006
From the Editor by Paul Wright The sexual assault of prisoners is one of the largest problems in American prisons and jails today (the lack of adequate medical care is probably the biggest). As regular readers of PLN know, we have had extensive and ongoing coverage of prison rape issues …
Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Reinvigorates DNA Testing Law by Matthew T. Clarke The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (CCA) handed down a decision that removed previous restrictions against prisoners seeking DNA testing to prove their innocence. Billy James Smith, a Texas state prisoner, filed a motion for DNA testing. …
$769,000 Awarded For Death of Asthmatic Virginia Jail Prisoner by On May 11, 2005, a jury in Portsmouth City, Virginia, awarded $769,000 to the family of an asthmatic prisoner who died in the city jail due to inadequate medical care. While serving a five day sentence in the Portsmouth jail …
No Qualified Immunity for Retaliatory Transfer; Jury Awards $219,000 in Damages by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a guard is not entitled to qualified immunity for initiating a retaliatory prison transfer against a prisoner who had complained to the guards supervisor that the guard failed to …
California Third-Level Administrative Appeals May Be Filed with Prison Appeals Coordinator by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Solano County Superior Court ordered that when a California Department of Corrections (CDC) prisoner files a third (Director) level administrative appeal, he need not mail it via U.S. Mail to the …
Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006
Filed under: Sentencing, Parole
Ohio Pre-S.B. No. 2 Indeterminately Sentenced Prisoners Who Took a Plea are Entitled to Meaningful N by John E Dannenberg Ohio Pre-S.B. No. 2 Indeterminately Sentenced Prisoners Who Took a Plea are Entitled to Meaningful New Parole Hearings by John E. Dannenberg The Ohio State Court of Appeals, Tenth Appellate …
Ninth Circuit Holds Prisons Not Immune In ADA and RA Suit by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that state prisons are not entitled to Eleventh Amendment immunity from suits brought by prisoners under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Billy Ray Phiffer, an Oregon state prisoner, filed suit …
Alabama Clarifies Prisoners Right to Call Witnesses At Disciplinary Hearing by Matthew T. Clarke Alabama Clarifies Prisoners Right to Call Witnesses At Disciplinary Hearing by Matthew T. Clarke The Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama held that prison officials may not use excuses such as off duty or unable to …
RLUIPA Bars Total Ban on Melanic Literature by A Michigan federal district court has entered an injunction that bars the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) from continuing a total ban on Melanic literature, requiring MDOC officials to screen such literature to ensure prohibited materials are prevented entry into MDOC prisons. …
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