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$13,500 Damages Paid to Two Illegally Detained Washington DOC Prisoners by The Washington state Division of Risk Management (DRM) paid claims totaling $13,000 to two state prisoners who were illegally arrested and incarcerated by the Washington Department of Corrections. Michael Buffington had been sentenced in King County Superior Court to …
Article • May 11, 2004
Former Military Police Officer Jailed for 17 Yrs Describes Routine Mistreatment and Brutality in U.S. Prisons by We speak with former military police officer Paul Wright, editor and founder of Prison Legal News, who was recently released from prison after serving 27 years for murder about the physical and sexual …
Jails for Jesus by Samantha M. Shapiro Pastor Don Raymond isn't trained in corrections and is not employed by the government, but he runs a new 140-person wing of the Ellsworth, Kansas, medium-security prison that draws prisoners from throughout the state system. In the phylum of prison staff, Raymond defies …
City Immune in California Drunk Tank Beating Suit Because Prisoner Was Criminal, Not Civil Detainee by The California Supreme Court ruled that California Govt. Code § 844.6(a)(2) [governmental immunity for injury to prisoner] prevented a city jail detainee who had been beaten by another drunk tank prisoner from maintaining a …
Article • April 15, 2004 • from PLN April, 2004
Filed under: Mail, Mail Regulations
Kansas Gift Subscription Ban Rejected by State Court But Upheld By Federal Court by John E Dannenberg Kansas Gift Subscription Ban Rejected by State Court But Upheld By Federal Court by John E. Dannenberg In two independent but inconsistent rulings, Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC) policy IMPP 11-101 (banning gift …
Article • April 15, 2004 • from PLN April, 2004
From the Editor by Paul Wright With our recent expansion to 48 pages we will be bringing readers more information than ever before and we also hope it will be more timely than it has been in the past. Readers that send us newspaper clippings and similar information help us …
Article • April 15, 2004 • from PLN April, 2004
Alabama Restores Voting Rights to Some Ex-Prisoners by On June 24, 2003, Republican Alabama governor Bob Riley announced he was vetoing the felons' voting bill passed by the state legislature. The bill would have made it easier for certain felons to have their voting rights reinstated. Alabama law imposes a …
Another Death in a Wisconsin Prison by Gary Hunter "Unremarkable." That's what prison nurse Jolinda Waterman called Donnie Powe's condition when she relegated him to an observation cell. Guards perfunctorily recorded his declining health right up until he died, face down on the floor of his 6 by 8 foot …
Article • April 15, 2004 • from PLN April, 2004
PLRA Fee Payments Cease Upon Release from Prison by PLRA Fee Payments Cease Upon Release from Prison The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held a prisoner who was granted in forma pauperis (IFP) status is not required to continue filing fee payments upon release from prison. Prisoner Keith William DeBlasio …
Thirty-Two Years of Resistance: Free the Angola Three! by Shana Griffin by Shana Griffin and Brice White Thirty two years in solitary confinement would be enough to drive many of us to despair. Yet as of April 17, 2004, Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox of the Angola 3 have each …
Article • April 15, 2004 • from PLN April, 2004
Thirty Years in Segregation May State Claim by Michael Rigby The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld the denial of prison authorities' motion to dismiss based on qualified immunity because no proper determination was made as to whether prisoners' over 30 years of confinement in extended …
Article • April 15, 2004 • from PLN April, 2004
Washington DOC/King County Settles Negligent Supervision Case for $3.1 Million by Washington DOC/King County Settles Negligent Supervision Case for $3.1 Million On March 9, 2003, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) and King County agreed to pay $3.1 million to the family of a woman who was brutally raped and …
Article • April 15, 2004 • from PLN April, 2004
Supplemental Parole Violation Warrant Filed After Sentence Expiration Illegal by Supplemental Parole Violation Warrant Filed After Sentence Expiration Illegal A federal district court for the District of Columbia has held that a parolee cannot be violated for activity alleged in a supplemental warrant filed after expiration of the original sentence. …
Fighting for Fair Phone Rates by Deborah M Golden Fighting For Fair Phone Rates by Deborah M. Golden In 2000, a group of prisoners, loved ones of prisoners, and attorneys filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging the high cost of collect calls …
California Initial Cell Assignments By Race Upheld, U.S. Supreme Court Grants Review by John E Dannenberg California Initial Cell Assignments By Race Upheld, U.S. Supreme Court Grants Review by John E. Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that the policy of the California Department of Corrections (CDC) …
County May Be Liable for Private Prison's Customs and Policies by Bob Williams County May Be Liable For Private Prison's Customs And Policies by Bob Williams The New Mexico federal district court has held that a county could potentially be liable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for the customs and …
Article • April 15, 2004 • from PLN April, 2004
Wisconsin Pro Se Co-Plaintiffs Must Maintain Separate § 1983 Actions by Wisconsin Pro Se Co-Plaintiffs Must Maintain Separate § 1983 Actions Federal district court Chief Judge Bar-bara B. Crabb, of the Northern District of Wisconsin, has decided that all pro se prisoner plaintiffs filing in this district must file and …
Article • April 15, 2004 • from PLN April, 2004
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by Bolivia: Protesting bad conditions and long sentences, two prisoners at the Palmasola prison in the capital of La Paz were crucified on February 11, 2004. Prisoners Fredy Acosta and Walter Ortiz were nailed to crosses in the prison. The protest was filmed by local television crews …
Article • April 15, 2004 • from PLN April, 2004
Filed under: Sentencing, Good Time
Prior To Reversal And Reconviction, California Prison Credits, Not Jail Credits, Apply by Prior To Reversal And Reconviction, California Prison Credits, Not Jail Credits, Apply The California Supreme Court held that when a prisoner's conviction is overturned on appeal, and a new conviction is obtained upon retrial, the time that …
Article • April 15, 2004 • from PLN April, 2004
Prison Mailbox Rule Applies to Civil Rights Complaint by Jon Michael Withrow Prison Mailbox Rule Applies To Civil Rights Complaint by Jon Michael Withrow The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th circuit reversed and remanded a district court's dismissal of a prisoner's § 1983 complaint as untimely filed, holding …
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