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PLN Sues Bureau of Prisons Over ADX Censorship by On December 10, 2003, PLN sued Harry Lappin, director of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP), former director Kathleen Hawk Sawyer; Robert Hood and Michael Pugh, the current and former wardens, respectively, of the Administrative Maximum (ADX) facility in Florence, Colorado. The …
Article • February 15, 2004 • from PLN February, 2004
When Incarcerated Parents Lose Contact With Their Children by Denise Johnston When Incarcerated Parents Lose Contact with Their Children by Denise Johnston and Michael Carlin, Center for Children of Incarcerated Parents It is becoming increasingly common for incarcerated parents to lose contact with their children, or knowledge of their whereabouts, …
Article • February 15, 2004 • from PLN February, 2004
Montana Supreme Court Denies Hepatitis-C Treatment by A divided Montana Supreme Court denied a state prisoner's habeas corpus petition seeking treatment for his Hepatitis-C (Hep-C) disease because the factual basis presented was inadequate. Keith Brown, incarcerated at the Crossroads Correctional Center in Shelby, Montana, alleged he suffers from diagnosed Hep-C …
Nassau County NY Settles Prisoner's Beating Death Suit for $7.75 Million by On March 31, 2003, Nassau County, New York agreed to settle a suit brought in the wake of the beating death of Thomas Pizzuto at the hands of guards at the Nassau County Correctional Center. The $7.75 million …
Article • February 15, 2004 • from PLN February, 2004
Virginia Downsizing Overbuilt Supermaxes by Critics have long claimed that Virginia grossly overestimated its need for supermaxesprisons that ostensibly house "the-worst of the worst." Early in 2003, Virginia undertook actions which reduced the number of beds classified as supermax from 2,400 to 550. This seems to confirm the criticism. "I …
Court Mail Is Legal Mail; Damages and Fees Upheld in Legal Mail Opening by Daniel E. Manville by Dan Manville The Sixth Circuit has held that mail from a court is entitled to First Amendment protection, which means that prison officials had to open legal mail in the presence of …
Article • February 15, 2004 • from PLN February, 2004
Book Review: Inner Lives: Voices of African American Women in Prison by Silja JA Talvi by Paula C. Johnson, 339 pp. , New York Univiversity Press, 2003, hardcover Review by Silja J.A. Talvi Attention to African American women in prison is paid so rarely, and with so little depth, that …
Missouri Jail Guard Convicted of Urinating on Prisoners, County Settles for $100,000 by The recent sentence imposed on a jail guard exhibits the disparities in physical integrity to which prisoners are entitled. This is revealed upon review of the sentence the guard received for urinating on prisoners and that imposed …
Article • February 15, 2004 • from PLN February, 2004
Filed under: Work, Prison Labor
Exceeding Doctor's Work Limit Order Actionable Under Eighth Amendment by The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that prison officials' forcing of a prisoner to work in excess of a four hour doctor-established daily limit, resulting in dangerous blood pressure elevation, was sufficient to state an Eighth Amendment civil …
Article • February 15, 2004 • from PLN February, 2004
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by Ecuador: On January 15, 2004, president Lucio Guitierrez declared the nation's prisons to be in a "state of emergency" and would immediately appropriate funds to be used to upgrade the nation's overcrowded, violent and dilapidated prison system. On January 12, 2004, rioting prisoners at two prisoners …
$900,000 Settlement in California Alcoholic's Jail Death From "DTs" by The County of San Joaquin agreed to pay $550,000, and the City of Lodi, California, $350,000, in a March, 2003 settlement of the 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint by the surviving children of a 31 year-old detainee with a long …
California Has Difficulty Placing First Released Sexually Violent Predator by The California Department of Correc-tions (CDC) released its first civilly committed sexually violent predator (SVP) in August, 2003, after he had "graduated" from seven years of rehabilitation at Atascadero State Hospital (ASH), CDC's lockup unit for SVPs. A large public …
Book Review: The Disciplinary Self-Help Litigation Manual: A Guided Tour of Wonderland by Stuart G. Friedman by Dan Manville, 350 pages, paperback Review by Stuart G. Friedman As any criminal litigator knows, dealing with prison issues feels like jumping through the looking glass and into Wonderland. Despite court statements suggesting …
Prisoners and Guards Charged With Murder as Drugs and Brutality Plague State Prisons by Vermont: Four prisoners died in the custody of the Vermont Department of Corrections during a five week period between April and May 2003. Only one died of natural causes. [Editor's Note: PLN contributing writer James Quigley …
California DOC Under Fire For Ex-Con Job Placements by Lonnie Burton In March 2003, California lawmakers launched an investigation seeking information as to why the state Department of Corrections (DOC) assisted in placing former prisoners in jobs that were termed questionable and inappropriate. DOC officials were called to testify and …
$177,000 Awarded in California Jail Medical Neglect Trial by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg On March 26, 2003, an Orange County, California Superior Court jury returned a verdict of $77,000 in compensatory damages against Orange County and County Sheriff Mike Carona, plus $100,000 in punitive damages, for ignoring …
Palestinian Child Political Prisoners Detained by Israel by Catherine Cook Palestinian Child Political Prisoners Detained By Israel by Catherine Cook Since the political process between Israel and the Palestinians was reinvigorated in May 2003, prisoners, including children, have been high on the Palestinian political agenda. With one of the highest …
$850,000 Settlement in LA County Jail Failure to Medicate Wrongful Death by The County of Los Angeles (LA), California settled a wrongful death claim on March 14, 2003 brought by the wife of an LA County Jail prisoner who died 2 ½ days after incarceration in August, 1999 because he …
Washington Sex Offenders' Release Plans Must Be Processed by The Washington State Court of Appeals for Division 1 has held that the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) must process sex offenders' release plans, even if they are being referred for civil commitment as sexually violent predators. William Dutcher was a …
PLN Sues Florida DOC Over Censorship and Writer Punishment by On January 12, 2004, Prison Legal News filed suit in federal district court in Jacksonville, Florida, against James Crosby, Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections and Chester Lambdin, the Warden of the Charlotte Correctional Institution, Joseph Thompson, warden of …
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