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Article • August 15, 1999 • from PLN August, 1999
Costs Imposed Regardless of Ability to Pay by The court of appeals for the Sixth circuit held that the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) allows courts to impose costs on losing prisoner litigants regardless of their ability to pay. The court held that the PLRA overruled prior circuit precedent to …
Article • August 15, 1999 • from PLN August, 1999
PLRA Consent Decree Termination Provision Upheld by 2nd and 3rd Circuits by The courts of appeal for the Second and Third circuits have upheld the consent decree termination provisions of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) against a wide array of constitutional challenges. In the July, 1998, issue of PLN …
PLRA Attorney Fee Cap Applies in $65,000 Beating Case by Afederal district court in Texas has ruled that the attorney fee cap in the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997e, applies to work performed by attorneys appointed after the enactment of the PLRA to represent pro se …
Article • August 15, 1999 • from PLN August, 1999
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by Bolivia: On April 27, 1999, more than 1,500 prisoners in seven prisons went on hunger-strike to protest overcrowding, delays in case processing and the denial of good time credits. At least five prisoners sewed their lips shut, 19 tied themselves to prison bars in a mock …
Article • August 15, 1999 • from PLN August, 1999
From the Editor by Paul Wright Starting with last month's issue of PLN we have expanded the number of books we offer for direct sale. This month we have added some more titles. As funds become available we hope to expand our list of titles further. For years PLN has …
Article • July 15, 1999 • from PLN July, 1999
Retaliation Suit States Claim by Afederal district court in Illinois held that a jail prisoner had stated a claim upon which relief could be granted in his lawsuit alleging retaliation. David Lewis was a prisoner in the Cook county (Chicago) jail in Illinois where he worked as a law library …
Article • July 15, 1999 • from PLN July, 1999
376 Days in New York Seg "Atypical and Significant" Hardship by 376 Days in New York Seg "Atypical and Significant" Hardship Afederal district court in New York held that a state prisoner's 376-day confinement in segregation was an atypical and significant hardship pursuant to Sandin v. Conner, 515 U.S. 472 …
Article • July 15, 1999 • from PLN July, 1999
FRAP 24 Good Faith Standard Not High by The court of appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that district courts should not apply inappropriately high standards when making "good faith" determinations on in forma pauperis (IFP) motions under Rule 24 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure (FRAP). The court …
Florida Guards Acquitted in Brutality Case by Alex Friedmann Florida prisoner John Edwards, 28, an HIV+ double-murderer serving a life sentence, was transferred to the Charlotte Corr. Institution (CCI) on Aug. 18, 1997 after biting a Zephyrhills prison guard on the cheek. According to federal prosecutors, once Edwards arrived at …
Article • July 15, 1999 • from PLN July, 1999
Filed under: Reviews, Mental Health
The Mentally Disordered Inmate and the Law, by Fred Cohen (Book Review) by Paul Wright Civic Research Institute, 578 pp. Reviewed by Paul Wright With the steady criminalization of mental illness over the past thirty years, prisons and jails now hold hundreds of thousands of mentally ill prisoners. Conservative estimates …
Behind Bars in Brazil (Review of Human Rights Watch Report) by Julia Lutsky Reviewed by Julia Lutsky Since Brazil is the largest nation in Latin America it comes as no surprise to know that its prisons hold more people than do the prisons of any other Latin American nation. Its …
Article • July 15, 1999 • from PLN July, 1999
Human Feces in California Prison's Water by Willie Wisely Human Feces In California Prison's Water by W. Wisely For years, guards and staff at California's Tehachapi prison have kept a secret. A secret now exposed in a lawsuit pending trial in a Fresno County federal court. A secret discovered by …
Article • July 15, 1999 • from PLN July, 1999
Iowa to Close Prison Law Libraries by In February, 1999, Iowa Department of Corrections director W.L. "Kip" Kautzky announced that within the next two years all prison law libraries in Iowa would be phased out. Kautzy claimed that the state of Iowa currently spends $500,000 a year to maintain its …
Article • July 15, 1999 • from PLN July, 1999
South Korea Frees Political Prisoner after 41 Years by South Korea Frees Political Prisoner After 41 Years On February 25, 1999, South Korea freed Woo Yong Gak, the world's longest serving political prisoner. Woo spent 41 years in solitary confinement in a 12' by 12' cell in the Taejon penitentiary. …
Article • July 15, 1999 • from PLN July, 1999
Ohio Prisons Cited by EPA by Dan Cahill In Ohio, the task of keeping water safe and pure is delegated to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA). The task of keeping prisoners locked up belongs to Ohio's Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections (DORC). Under Ohio Revised Code (R.C.) §2921.44, the …
Article • July 15, 1999 • from PLN July, 1999
Missouri Ends Ad Seg Ban on Publications by On October 22, 1998, the Potosi Correctional Center (PCC) in Missouri ended its ban on publications sent to prisoners in administrative segregation (ad seg). PCC houses a control unit where prisoners are kept in ad seg for lengthy periods of time. The …
Detainee Beaten to Death at Nassau County Jail by Alex Friedmann When Thomas Pizzuto entered the Nassau Co. jail in East Meadow, New York to serve 90 days for traffic violations, he didn't know the jail term would become a death sentence. Pizzuto, 38, a recovering heroin user who was …
Article • July 15, 1999 • from PLN July, 1999
Federal Habeas Not Subject to PLRA by The court of appeals for the Fifth circuit held that 28 U.S.C. § 2241 habeas petitions are not subject to the filing fee provisions of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA). Samuel Davis, a federal prisoner, filed a writ of mandamus to compel …
Adequate Opportunity for Discovery Required by The court of appeals for the Second Circuit held that when a pro se prisoner brings a colorable claim against supervisory prison officials, and those officials respond with a dispositive motion based on the prisoner's failure to identify the real culprits, dismissal should not …
Article • July 15, 1999 • from PLN July, 1999
Washington Restitution Order Expired Ten Years After Release by The Washington state court of appeals granted a prisoner's personal restraint petition, holding that under RCW 9.94A.142(1994) his restitution obligation expired 10 years after his release from confinement for the crimes which gave rise to the restitution order. In 1986, Brandt …
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