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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
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 …
No Immunity for Abestos Exposure; Toxic Water Claim Remanded by The court of appeals for the second circuit held that prison officials are not entitled to qualified immunity for exposing a prisoner to airborne asbestos. The court also held that a prisoner plaintiff was entitled to present evidence that a …
San Francisco City and County Jail Conditions Held Unconstitutional by A federal district court in California ruled that numerous conditions of confinement at San Francisco county jail # 3 violated contemporary standards of decency and the eighth and fourteenth amendments. Of particular importance to West coast readers, the court found …
Beating by Unknown Guards States Claim by Afederal district court in the District of Columbia held that a prisoner's claim that he was beaten unconscious by three unknown guards stated a claim for violation of the eighth amendment. James Arnold, a District of Columbia (DC) prisoner, was returning to his …
Beating and Strip Cell Require Trial by The court of appeals for the tenth circuit held that beating a naked, handcuffed, non-resisting prisoner violates the eighth amendment; that placing a prisoner in a strip cell without blankets or heating violates the eighth amendment as well. The court also discussed when …
Chemical Toilets May Violate Eighth Amendment in Massachusetts Class Action by A federal district court in Massachusetts has set for trial a class action suit by state prisoners claiming that chemical toilets pose a health hazard that violates the eighth amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Also to be …
Hazardous Waste Found in WI Prison by Since 1993 the Wisconsin Department of Corrections has been the subject of several scathing investigations by that state's Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The investigations have made several alarming discoveries, concluding that the DOC is failing to keep track of and properly dispose …
$273,000 Settlement for Gassing by A hallucinating diabetic was sprayed in the face with a chemical spray called "Freeze + P." after he had been arrested and tried to escape. The spray contains tear gas and a red pepper derivative. After being held in the Montgomery County, Alabama, jail for …
Article • August 15, 1994 • from PLN August, 1994
Prisoner Unrest in Georgia by GA Prisoner, Anonymous By A Georgia Reader On Sunday, June 19, 1994, prisoners at Hancock Correctional Institution in Sparta, Georgia revolted in one of the worst prison riots in Georgia history. Damages were estimated at over one million dollars. Establishment media reports erroneously blamed the …
Suit Filed Over Conditions at Virgin Islands Criminal Justice Complex by For almost two years, prisoners at Criminal Justice Complex have been locked up for 23 hours a day in overcrowded, filthy, rat and roach infested cells. They are only allowed out for a short period each day to shower …
Jail Sued Under ADA by In 1990 Congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. § 12131-12134, which prohibits discrimination against the disabled by public services. Readers will note that this law applies to prisons and jails who can be sued for failing to provide disabled prisoners with …
Article • January 15, 1994 • from PLN January, 1994
Making Con Drink from Toilet States Claim by Making Con Drink From Toilet States Claim Apro se prisoner at the Indiana State Prison, Craig Thomas, filed a civil rights claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The complaint raised a number of issues, only one of which survived the state's motion …
Damages Awarded to Paraplegic Prisoner by Robert Hicks was a pretrial detainee in the Jefferson County jail in Kentucky. He attempted to escape by climbing out of a window, his rope broke and he was severely injured in the resulting fall. After a stay in the local hospital he was …
Article • December 15, 1993 • from PLN December, 1993
Lead Poisoning by Ronald Wren by Ronald Ronniel Wren There is no proper way to explain how vital "lead poisoning" is without causing alarm. I am writing this in the hopes that prisoner advocates will step forward and explore the lead poisoning problem in the institutions in which they are …
Article • October 15, 1993 • from PLN October, 1993
Prison Flooded by We at Menard are suffering the ravages of the Mississippi river flooding. Because of the flooding, all normal services are up in the air. We are given potable water in half ounce little milk containers, and not in sufficient quantities to wash with. The prevailing wind comes …
Article • October 15, 1993 • from PLN October, 1993
Right to Hot Water Clearly Established by Philip Mathews is an Illinois state prisoner. While he was confined in the segregation unit of the Stateville prison he was held in a cell without hot water for eleven months. His repeated oral and written requests that the hot water be fixed …
Inhumane Conditions Suit Requires Trial by Marshal Jackson, an Indiana state prisoner filed suit on the subhuman prison conditions he was subjected to in the Indiana penal system. He claimed he was forced to live with filth, inadequate plumbing, roaches, rodents, poor lighting, inadequate heating, rusted out toilets, drinking water …
Prisoner Entitled to Protection and Toilet Access by Kenneth Young is an HIV positive federal prisoner who was transferred to the US Penitentiary at Lewisburg, PA. While in the transfer segregation unit at Lewisburg Young was sexually assaulted by his cellmates several times. He repeatedly requested protective custody from a …
Article • July 15, 1991 • from PLN July, 1991
Bad Water, Backed Up Toilet States Claim by A prisoner filed a civil rights lawsuit alleging that the conditions in the housing unit in which he was confined violated his eighth and fourteenth amendment rights. The trial court refused to dismiss the claim that living conditions in the housing unit …
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