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$35,000 Awarded for Beating by Leon Davis is a Georgia state prisoner. He filed suit claiming that his eighth amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment was violated when a guard shoved him down the stairs of a fire escape and another guard punched him in the …
Intake Center Prisoners Have Right of Access to Courts by After conviction and sentencing, Oregon prisoners are taken to the Oregon Corrections Intake Center (OCIC) which conducts an initial assessment and classifies the prisoner to the prison he/she will ultimately be sent. The average stay is between four to twelve …
AK Disciplinary Hearing Violates Due Process by Richard Brandon is an Alaska state prisoner. During a search of his cell prison guards found homemade liquor and a stolen radio. Brandon was infracted and found guilty at a disciplinary hearing and his administrative appeals were denied. Brandon filed an appeal with …
Article • June 15, 1994 • from PLN June, 1994
No Court Review of Work Credit Denial by Daniel Waletzki is a federal prisoner. While imprisoned at the US Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, he worked in the kitchen. Prison officials refused to award him good time credits for meritorious job performance which would have reduced his sentence. The statute …
Article • June 15, 1994 • from PLN June, 1994
Modification of Consent Decree Denied by In 1971 jail detainees of the Suffolk County Jail in Massachusetts filed suit concerning unconstitutional conditions at the jail. In 1979 the prisoners and sheriff entered into a consent decree which forbade the double-celling of jail prisoners. In 1989 a new jail was built …
Article • June 15, 1994 • from PLN June, 1994
Filed under: Computers, Court Access
Computerless in Alaska by W.C. It was with intense interest that I read your editorial in the February, 1994, issue in which you described the end of your 5 year struggle to get your computers back for in-cell use. I am sorry to tell you, our struggle has only recently …
Article • June 15, 1994 • from PLN June, 1994
Public Strip Searches Unlawful by Alvin Canell is an Oregon state prisoner held at the Oregon Corrections Intake Center (OCIC), which is jointly operated by the Oregon DOC and Clackamas County. Upon arriving, leaving or after any trip outside of OCIC, prisoners are made to disrobe, lift their genitals, bend …
Article • June 15, 1994 • from PLN June, 1994
ABC Benefit Tape by The Anarchist Black Cross is composed of different groups around the world whose purpose is to aid and support class struggle prisoners. ABC Manchester has recently put out a pretty good benefit tape to help raise funds for their activities, which include supporting prisoners, putting out …
Article • June 15, 1994 • from PLN June, 1994
From The Editor by Paul Wright By Paul Wright Welcome to another issue of PLN. We received a lot of letters from readers inquiring about the late delivery of their March, April and May issues. That was due to delays in the desktop publishing which delayed the March issue. The …
Article • May 15, 1994 • from PLN May, 1994
Guard's Attack for Smoking States Claim by Allain Norman was a detainee in the Norfolk County jail in Virginia. While being processed into custody he asked a trusty for a drag off his cigarette. As soon as he began to smoke, jail deputy Otis Taylor ran down the hallway and …
Article • May 15, 1994 • from PLN May, 1994
Witnesses May Be Subpoenaed at Government Expense by Larry Williams was a prisoner in the Poinsett County, AR, jail. He filed suit challenging various conditions at the jail as being unconstitutional and that the sheriff threatened him in an attempt to prevent him from pursuing the suit. After an evidentiary …
Atheist Challenges AA Probation Requirement by Robert Warner was convicted of drunk driving in New York state and sentenced to three years probation. One of the probation conditions was that he attend meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). Warner is an atheist and objects to compulsory attendance of AA meetings because …
Article • May 15, 1994 • from PLN May, 1994
CDC Spreads Gangs by According to the Intelligence Operations Bulletin, published by the California Attorney General's office, the California DOC's policy of trying to remove prisoners from their "negative" (i.e. city) environment is contributing to the spread of gang membership in rural areas. Cited as an example was the Los …
Improper Testimony Requires Reversal by Ronald Davidson is a New York state prisoner. He filed suit claiming that a prison guard had destroyed his legal materials after they had an altercation. The case went to trial. The guard's attorney, from the state's Attorney General's office, sought to admit evidence to …
Article • May 15, 1994 • from PLN May, 1994
Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Crime
Petty Drug Criminals Fill BOP by Attorney General Janet Reno ordered a study to determine if the growing use of mandatory minimum sentences was causing overcrowding in the federal prison system. The study, produced by former Deputy Attorney General Philip Heyman, the BOP and selected U.S. Attorneys, found that 16,316 …
Article • May 15, 1994 • from PLN May, 1994
Prisoner Litigants Have Right to Out of State Citations by Rick Petrick is an Oklahoma state prisoner. The sentence he is serving in Oklahoma was enhanced as a result of prior convictions from Minnesota and North Dakota. While confined at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary (OSP) he sought to bring collateral …
Article • May 15, 1994 • from PLN May, 1994
Prisoner Beating Filmed by The January 5, 1994, issue of the New York Times reported that two New York state DOC guards, Korey Gordon and Edward Sharrow, had been fired after they were caught on video tape brutally beating prisoner Jason McDade. McDade was handcuffed and not resisting when the …
Article • May 15, 1994 • from PLN May, 1994
Filed under: Sentencing, Good Time, Parole
ISRB Must Follow Own Rules by Charles Cashaw was a Washington state prisoner. He filed a Personal Restraint Petition (PRP, a state habeas petition) challenging the actions of the Indeterminate Sentence Review Board (ISRB) in setting a minimum prison term to coincide with his court imposed maximum sentence. The court …
Article • May 15, 1994 • from PLN May, 1994
Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Crime
Ask the Media if Crime pays, Then Who's Footing the Bill? by Dan Pens Ask The Media if Crime Pays, Then Who's Footing the Bill? By Dan Pens A recent survey by the Center for Media and Public Affairs shows that the three major networks aired more than twice as …
VT Class Action Suit by On December 13, 1993, lawyers from the National Prison Project of the American Civil Liberties Union, together with Vermont attorneyMitchell Pearl of Langrock, Sperry and Wool, filed a class action lawsuit against the State of Vermont on behalf of all Vermont prisoners. Filed in federal …
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