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Article • December 15, 1993 • from PLN December, 1993
Washington Civil Commitment Law Upheld by The Washington State "Civil Commitment" law was upheld by the Washington Supreme Court In Re Young, Wash Sup. Ct, No. 578637-1, 8/9/93. In this case ...
requested relief included: (1) a declaration that such use of stun belts is unconstitutional; (2) an injunction prohibiting their use; and (3) damages. After filing an amended complaint, Hawkins moved ...
to make life harder for prisoners as well as restrict their access to the courts. The laws went into effect on July 1, 1994. § 31-201.01 of the Arizona Revised Statutes (ARS) was modified to authorize ...
Article • May 15, 1997 • from PLN May, 1997
Correctional Center in Virginia. Cited in that article was the high level of tension in the Virginia prison system due, in part, to the January 1, 1997 implementation of new statewide restrictive property ...
an eighth amendment cruel and unusual punishment violation. In order to prevail in this case, Benter had to establish (1) that he had a serious medical need, and (2) that prison officials were deliberately ...
Article • March 15, 2005 • from PLN March, 2005
Filed under: Guards/Staff, Guard Unions
, settled the last week of October, 2004 for $810,000. The settlement covered the period from April 27, 2001 to November 1, 2004. When you have people show up to perform necessary activities before they can ...
Court of Claims to Alton M. Stroud, a prisoner of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DORC). In its 2-1 decision, the appeals court found that DORC “may be found liable for the tort ...
. Johnson's suit consisted of three types of claims: (1) prison officials denied him protection from other prisoners in violation of the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment; (2 ...
as being in violation of USDB Regulation 28-1, Paragraph 5- l a(2)(1), which prohibits mail that did not come directly from the publisher or vendor.... Leavenworth is a high-security facility and upholding ...
to the complexity of the case." (28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1).) Precedent held that such appointment is reserved for exceptional circumstances. Analyzing Agyeman's case, the Ninth Circuit found a triple complexity." First ...
Article • August 15, 2005 • from PLN August, 2005
(RLUIPA), 42 U.S.C. §2000cc-1(a) (1-2), which proscribes the government from imposing a substantial burden on the religious exercise of incarcerated persons, does not thereby offend the First Amendment's ...
Article • October 15, 2005 • from PLN October, 2005
Filed under: PLRA, Injunctions (PLRA)
that he was entitled to all fees because they were ultimately proportionately related to the court-ordered relief' (42 U.S.C. § 1997e(d)(1)(B)(i)) of expungement of his prison records, and that because he ...
to the [prisoner] or his family." The policy also prohibits receipt or possession of photographs of spouses, other family members, or friends." Meanwhile, Level 1 prisoners are permitted one subscription newspaper ...
Article • November 15, 2005 • from PLN November, 2005
found. Among prisoners serving sentences of 1 year or more at yearend 2003, black males (586,300) outnumbered white males (454,300) and Hispanic males (251,900). Especially high was the number of young ...
), amending CARP, to cure the constitutional problem identified in the Pope decision. The Department then appealed to the court of appeals but the appeal was denied as untimely on July 1, 2002. The Department ...
Article • November 15, 2005 • from PLN November, 2005
earn 10 days per month. The audit was conducted to: (1) determine whether DOC's policies and procedures properly reflect relevant state laws, regulations, and court rulings relating to diminuation ...
Article • February 15, 2006 • from PLN February, 2006
of Custodial Sexual Misconduct in the First Degree, a Class C felony punishable by up to 5 years in prison and Custodial Sexual Misconduct in the Second-Degree, a Class A misdemeanor punishable by up to 1 ...
Article • February 15, 2006 • from PLN February, 2006
Department Of Corrections' (FDOC) pharmaceutical contract with Terry Yon & Associates, Inc. (TYA). The current three-year contract became effective January 1, 2004. Its estimated worth is $72 million ...
Article • January 15, 2006 • from PLN January, 2006
a gubernatorial policy against parole for murderers." (See: PLN, Apr. 2000, p.1, California's No-Parole Policy.) Melvyn Coleman was convicted in 1974 of first degree murder, attempted second degree murder, robbery ...
that although Goodman's claims were formulated only under the Eighth Amendment (cruel and unusual punishment), they also appeared to sound, at least in part, in § 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment [no deprivation ...
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