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Article • February 15, 2000 • from PLN February, 2000
PLRA Administrative Remedy Exhaustion Requirement Not Retroactive by The Second Circuit has held that the Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies requirement of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a), does not apply to suits pending prior to the PLRA's enactment. Abdullah Y. Salahuddin, a New York state prisoner, …
Nine Florida Guards Injured in Scuffle by Heightened tensions between prisoners and guards stemming from the July beating death of Frank Valdes at the hands of Florida State Prison guards may have contributed to a September clash between prisoners and guards at the Union Correctional Center in Raiford. According to …
Article • February 15, 2000 • from PLN February, 2000
Whitestone Foundation by Whitestone Foundation Focusing on New Post-Sentence Civil Commitment Laws Whitestone Foundation exposes programs designed to warehouse sex offenders. Since organizing in 1998, Whitestone has gained national attention. Our missions: 1) provide critical analysis of civil commitment programs designed to re-incarcerate criminals in indefinite confinement (touted as mental …
Oregon DOC Liable for Attacks by Parolees by The Oregon Court of Appeals upheld a trial court judgment against the Department of Corrections (DOC), concluding that violent crimes committed by a parolee were a reasonably foreseeable consequence of inadequate parole supervision. In 1984, Cal Brown was convicted of assaulting an …
Article • February 15, 2000 • from PLN February, 2000
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by Brazil: More than 40 prisoners escaped from a jail in Sao Paulo on August 15, 1999 after twenty men overpowered, beat and tied up the guards and unlocked the cell doors. A shoot-out with police left one of the jailhouse liberators dead. CA: A July 10, …
California Guards Abuse Young Prisoners by Willie Wisely by W. Wisely In a developing investigation eerily reminiscent of the abuse, corruption, and cover-ups at Corcoran prison, California Youth Authority guards stand accused of beating, and setting up fights between, youthful offenders at Youth Correctional Facility (YCF) in Chino, California. A …
Georgia Prisoner Wins $60,000 Retaliation Verdict by On September 30, 1999, U.S. district court judge Orinda Evans awarded Georgia state prisoner Ray Yelverton $60,000 in compensatory and punitive damages in a retaliation suit against prison officials. Yelverton was convicted of child molestation charges in 1990. He was imprisoned at the …
Article • February 15, 2000 • from PLN February, 2000
From the Editor by Paul Wright PLN's fundraiser to pay for the second staff position has raised $5,645 as of January 10, 2000. We need to raise a total of $24,000 above and beyond what we normally bring in so we will be able to pay for a much needed …
Article • February 15, 2000 • from PLN February, 2000
Filed under: Reviews, Court Access
Reviews: Legal Research: How to Find & Understand the Law, 7th ed. by Allan Parmelee Reviews: Legal Research: How to Find & Understand the Law, 7th ed. by Stephen Elias and Susan Levinkind, Nolo Press, 392 pages. Reviewed by Allan Parmelee Have you ever wondered what the difference is between …
Article • February 7, 2000
$1.8 Million Award in Illinois Federal Prisoner’s Suicide by An Illinois federal district court awarded $1.8 million to the estate of a pretrial detainee who committed suicide at the Chicago Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC). The evidence before The Court showed that Bob Johnson was incarcerated from December 1, 19992, until …
Article • January 15, 2000 • from PLN January, 2000
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by CT: In October, 1999, the state DOC announced it would send 900 prisoners to the Wallens Ridge State Prison in Virginia to relieve overcrowding. Wallens Ridge is a "super-max" prison that has been repeatedly cited for human and civil rights abuses by various human rights organizations. …
Arizona Incarceration Cost Setoff Law Upheld by The Arizona Court of Appeals held that, as applied, the state's incarceration cost setoff law does not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment or the anti-abrogation provisions of the Arizona Constitution. A jury awarded $15,000 to Felix Duarte and $1,500 …
Article • January 15, 2000 • from PLN January, 2000
Amnesty International Calls for Stun Belt Ban by Julia Lutsky In 1996 Amnesty International called on the United States to "establish a rigorous independent inquiry into the use of stun belts and all other types and variants of electro-shock weapons;" it now calls for the outright banning of stun belts. …
Article • January 15, 2000 • from PLN January, 2000
Drug Seizures Pay for Death Celebrations by In 1998 the East Baton Rouge District Attorney's Office shelled out $1,291.27 for steak dinners to celebrate three death penalty verdicts. The DA's office used money and other assets seized in drug arrests to bankroll the celebratory dinners at a local steak house. …
Article • January 15, 2000 • from PLN January, 2000
California Governor Vetoes Media Access Bill by In September, 1999 California Governor Gray Davis vetoed legislation that would have rescinded his predecessor's policy of barring reporters from interviewing state prisoners. The measure was supported by the California Correctional Peace Officers' Association (CCPOA) which said that barring reporters from prison makes …
Article • January 15, 2000 • from PLN January, 2000
Florida DOC Curtails Use of Stun Belts by After several Florida circuit judges ordered the state prison system to stop using stun belts on prisoners, DOC Chief of Operations James Upchurch ordered the routine use of the of the belts temporarily discontinued, the Palm Beach Post reported in its 23 …
BOP Can't Keep Prisoner Who Refuses to Pay Fine Indefinitely by A federal district court judge in Virginia held that a prisoner's refusal to sign an agreement to pay a court ordered fine does not allow the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to keep him imprisoned indefinitely. This ruling amply illustrates …
Washington Municipalities Liable for Attacks by Probationers by The Washington state Supreme Court held that municipalities have a duty to protect others from reasonably foreseeable harm resulting from the dangerous propensities of probationers and pretrial releasees under their supervision. In 1990 Barry Krantz raped a 6 year old little girl …
Article • January 15, 2000 • from PLN January, 2000
A Day at the Prison Fun Park by Daniel Burton-Rose "Have you guys been here before?" a female high schooler asks two young guys in baseball caps and shorts. "We have," she goes on. "We liked it so much we came back a second time." I hear an older man …
Article • January 15, 2000 • from PLN January, 2000
From the Editor by Paul Wright Welcome to another year of PLN. This issue contains our case and subject index for 1999. In 1995 we decided that indexing PLN would greatly enhance its value as a research tool. All of our back issues are indexed and each January we have …
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