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Religious Discrimination, Unsanitary Food Suit Denied Summary Judgment by The United States District Court for the District of Columbia has partly granted, and mostly denied, the defendants' motions for summary judgment on a District of Columbia (D.C.) prisoner's claims that he was racially discriminated against by the defendants' arbitrary handling …
Dominican Women Prisoners Strike for Conjugal Visits by Julia Lutsky In November of 2001, women prisoners in the Najayo public prison in San Cristóbal on the southern coast of the Dominican Republic, carried out a protest during which they set fire to and burned all the books, doors and shelving …
ADA/RA Suit for Sign Language Interpreters Proceeds for Prospective Injunctive Relief by John E Dannenberg ADA/RA Suit For Sign Language Interpreters Proceeds for Prospective Injunctive Relief by John E. Dannenberg The Eighth Circuit US Court of Appeals ruled that a deaf-mute Missouri State prisoner's ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) and …
Jail Policy to Not Segregate Gangs Does Not Violate Constitution by John E Dannenberg Jail Policy To Not Segregate Gangs Does Not Violate Constitution by John E. Dannenberg The Seventh Circuit US Court of Appeals ruled that the Cook County (Chicago), Illinois jail did not violate the Constitution by failing …
Ohio Prison Supervisors Possibly Liable for Employing Known Racist Guard by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a district court's grant of summary judgment to Ohio prison officials and remanded for trial a case involving alleged official indifference to the actions of a known racist guard. The appeals …
Eighth Amendment Challenge to California Integrated Yard Policy Is Triable by Marvin Mentor In a California prisoner suit claiming cruel and unusual punishment for the prison's "integrated yard" policy, the Ninth Circuit US Court of Appeals ruled that the factual question presented could proceed to trial, thus rejecting prison defendants' …
U.S. Cited for Human Rights Violations by Gary Hunter ( On May 15, 2001, at a human rights conference in Geneva, the United States was denounced for its inhumane and discriminatory practices. Amnesty International and the U.N. Committee Against Torture cited the U.S. for oppressive tactics by both public law …
U.S. Cited for Human Rights Violations by Gary Hunter On May 15, 2001, at a human rights conference in Geneva, the United States was denounced for its inhumane and discriminatory practices. Amnesty International and the U.N. Committee Against Torture cited the U.S. for oppressive tactics by both public law enforcement …
Arizona DOC's Endless Isolation of Suspected Gang Member Enjoined by Roger Smith Afederal District Court in Arizona recently enjoined Arizona Department of Corrections (ADOC) officials from indefinitely isolating a prisoner whom they suspect to be a gang member. Mark Koch, an Arizona prisoner and successful prison litigator of long standing, …
Illegal Strip Searches Cost Chicago Jail $6.8 Million by Lonnie Burton In July 2001, the Cook County, Illinois Board of Supervisors unanimously agreed to end a five-year long class-action suit brought by female prisoners who alleged that the strip-searches they were subjected to at the Cook County jail were unconstitutional. …
Rape and Racism in Washington Prisons by The Second Division of the Court of Appeals of Washington overturned a jury verdict against the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) in which a prison sergeant sued DOC for racially discriminatory treatment against him. Geronimo Subia is a male prison sergeant of Native …
Pubic Hair Search by Medical Personnel Constitutional by The Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has overturned a district court's order that held as unconstitutional a Sheriff's policy of searching a prisoner's pubic hair prior to release. PLN previously reported the district court's order. (See: Skurstenis v. Jones , …
Detainee's Strip Search Unconstitutional, But Qualified Immunity Granted by The court of appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has held that a jail strip search of an arrestee without reasonable suspicion violates the Fourth Amendment, but granted qualified immunity. DeAngela Wilson was arrested at a checkpoint for driving under the influence …
Failure to Protect States Claim in High Profile Case by The Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has held the failure to protect a pre-trial detainee in a highly charged and well-publicized case states a claim. Morritz Weiss, a white male, was the principal suspect in the rape of …
Death Toll Hits 87 as Turkish Prison Protest Strike Continues by Julia Lutsky On November 4, 2001, Turkish police used armored vehicles to batter down the barricades protesters had erected in Kucakarmutlu, an outlying district on the European side of Istanbul. The semi-official news agency Anatolia reported four protesters had …
Article • April 15, 2002 • from PLN April, 2002
$250,000 Award for Paraplegic Dallas County Jail Prisoner by $250,000 Award For Paraplegic Dallas County Jail Prisoner by Matthew T. Clarke A paraplegic Texas prisoner has been awarded a quarter million dollars for pain and suffering caused by conditions in the Dallas County Jail (the jail). Brent Lawson, a Texas …
Johnson v. Johnson, TX, Complaint, Rape by Prisoner, 2002 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS WICHITA FALLS DIVISION RODERICK KEITH JOHNSON (#623028), Michael Unit, Tennessee Colony, Texas, ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) GARY JOHNSON, Executive Director, Texas ) Department of …
Article • March 15, 2002 • from PLN March, 2002
Third Circuit Holds PLRA Bars Claims for Compensatory Damages by Third Circuit Holds PLRA Bars Claims For Compensatory Damages by Matthew T. Clarke The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has held that although the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) barred a prisoner from recovering compensatory damages for violations of his …
Hitching Post Unconstitutional by David Reutter The Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has held that handcuffing a prisoner to a hitching post for prolonged periods violates the Eighth Amendment, but granted guards qualified immunity. Alabama prisoner Larry Hope was assigned to the chain gang at Limestone Correctional Facility …
Claims Dismissed in First Challenge to BOP Communications Ban by by Matthew T .Clarke The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered the claims in the first published challenge to the implementation of Special Administrative Measures (SAMs) by the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) dismissed without prejudice for failure to …
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