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Pierce County Jail Sued by On January 19, 1995, a class action suit was filed against Pierce County (Tacoma, Washington) concerning massive overcrowding at its jail. The jail was built in 1984 and designed to hold 470 prisoners, it was later remodeled to hold 628. On January 17, 1995, the …
Article • April 15, 1995 • from PLN April, 1995
$50,000 Awarded in Groin Kneeing by Fred Culver is a mentally disabled alcoholic. He was arrested by city police in Sparta, Georgia and taken into custody. Once in the jail he began slapping at one of the policemen. In an ensuing melee Culver was twice kneed in the groin. He …
New Trial for Improper Voir Dire by California state prisoner Floyd Scott claimed that prison officials used excessive force in physically restraining him after he attacked a guard. The case went to trial and the jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendant prison officials. Scott appealed claiming that …
Article • March 15, 1995 • from PLN March, 1995
FBI Investigates CDC Shootings by In the January, 1995, issue of we ran an article about the shooting death of a San Quentin prisoner by California Department of Corrections (CDC) guards. In the past ten years CDC guards have shot and killed 36 prisoners, including three since September, 1994. That …
Article • February 15, 1995 • from PLN February, 1995
Brutality Protested by On October 10, 1994, more than 25 protesters marched on the Oak Park Heights state prison in Minnesota The demonstrators entered the prison lobby and demanded to meet with warden Erik Skon, who declined. The march was organized by the Love & Rage Anarchist Federation of Minneapolis …
Rikers Island Detainees in Struggle by Rikers Island is the largest penal colony in the world, holding more than 19,000 prisoners on a 410 acre island. Most of them are New York City pretrial detainees not convicted of any crime. The number of detainees is expected to increase to as …
Tight Handcuffs State Claim by Ronald Davidson is a New York state prisoner. While being transported to the segregation unit of another prison he was handcuffed and shackled. The devices were so tight that they cut into Davidson s flesh and reduced circulation into his hands and feet, causing swelling. …
Article • January 15, 1995 • from PLN January, 1995
Prisoner Shot Dead by On September 30, 1994, death row prisoner Timothy Pride was shot dead by San Quentin, California, prison guards after being involved in a fight with another prisoner. According to witnesses, Pride was backing away from the other prisoner when shot. A prison spokesperson justified the killing …
Article • January 15, 1995 • from PLN January, 1995
Award for Prisoners Beaten by OH Guards by In April of 1993, the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility (SOCF) at Lucasville, Ohio, erupted in one of the longest, costliest, and most violent prisoner rebellions in recent history. The rebellion brought Lucasville to national attention, but Ohio prisoners and prisoncrats had long …
Article • January 15, 1995 • from PLN January, 1995
Lucasville 1994 "Spilt Milk" by John Perotti By John W. Perotti It's been almost two years since the 11-day siege at the southern Ohio Correctional Facility located in Lucasville, Ohio. The problem? "Spilt milk" is just the beginning. Millions of dollars have been spent on reconstruction of the prison and …
Federal Courts Must Rule on State Law Claims in Beating by Michael McLaurin is an Arkansas state prisoner. A prison guard accused McLaurin of stealing cigarettes from another prisoner despite assurances from both prisoners that McLaurin was only holding the cigarettes as a favor to the owner. The guard struck …
TX Guards Charged in Beating Murder by On October 7, 1994, 15 of about 300 prisoners in the recreation yard of the Terrell Prison Unit in Livingston, TX, attacked prison staff. One guard suffered a broken nose. Prison guards beat several prisoners in retaliation for the attack. On October 9, …
Article • January 15, 1995 • from PLN January, 1995
Discriminatory Jury Selection Reversed by In the September, 1994, issue of PLN we reported on the unconstitutionality of racially discriminatory jury discrimination with regards to criminal trials. The right to a jury composed of members of the community also applies to civil rights suits. Frederick Davidson, a black Missouri state …
Brief • January 1, 1995
Moffitt v. Meyers, PA, Plaintiff's Interrogatories to Mercy Health System Northeast,1995 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA GARY A. MOFFITT, Plaintiff, - against RICHARD MEYERS, JANUSZ WOLANIN, MERCY HEALTH SYSTEM NORTHEAST REGION, MERCY SPECIAL CARE HOSPITAL, MERCY HOSPITAL, NANTICOKE, and MERCY HEALTH CARE CENTER, Defendants. : : : …
Attorney Fee Awards Analyzed by Larry Jones is an Arkansas state prisoner. He filed suit against various state prison officials claiming deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs, use of excessive force by guards and inadequate staff supervision. The case went to trial and a jury found in favor of …
Article • November 15, 1994 • from PLN November, 1994
No Immunity for Beating by Thomas Munz was an Iowa state prisoner called to testify in federal court. Munz was taken to the court by federal marshals. En route to the court, while bound hand and foot, Munz became violent and vandalized the interior of the marshal's car. When Munz …
Article • November 15, 1994 • from PLN November, 1994
4th Circuit Clarifies Eighth Amendment Standard by In the May, 1994 issue of PLN we reported Norman v. Taylor, 9 F.3d 1078 (4th Cir. 1994) in which the appeals court reversed the dismissal of a Virginia jail prisoner's § 1983 suit which alleged that a jail sergeant had hit him …
Sexual Assault by Police States Claim by Susan Huffman was arrested by Pacific Grove Police and taken to the police station to be held pending a recognizance hearing. During the booking procedure a policeman molested and sexually assaulted her as two other policemen ignored her cries for help, looked on …
Peruvian Government to Stand Trial for Prison Massacres by On June 19, 1986, political prisoners of the Communist Party of Peru (PCP) held at three prisons revolted demanding government compliance with agreements previously reached governing the prisoners' conditions of confinement. The Peruvian government of then President Alan Garcia refused to …
MS Prison Officials Indicted by On June 14, 1994, US Attorney Alfred Moreton III made public a grand jury indictment of six current and five former Mississippi state prison officials in the 1991 beating of Larry Floyd, a prisoner at the Mississippi State Penitentiary (MSP) at Parchman. The five former …
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