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Article • August 15, 2000 • from PLN August, 2000
Notes From the Unrepenitentiary: Transcending Hell by Marilyn Buck Notes From The Unrepenitentiary: Transcending Hell By Marilyn Buck Nuh Albert Washington was a friend, brother and comrade to me and many others. He died this Spring. He was a Black Panther, a Muslim and a soldier of the revolutionary Black …
Political Prisoners in Spain by Julia Lutsky Political Prisoners In Spain By Julia Lutsky Political prisoners exist in every country and every country denies their existence. Spain is no exception. It has seen three distinct waves of modern political prisoners: those who defended the popularly elected Spanish Republican Government against …
Sweeping ADA/RA Jail Settlement Benefits Hearing Impaired Prisoners by by Matthew T. Clarke A federal district court in California has approved a sweeping settlement of hearing impaired prisoners' claims in a civil rights, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and Rehabilitation Act (RA) class-action suit against the Santa Clara County (California) …
Article • August 15, 2000 • from PLN August, 2000
Sixth Circuit Terminates Glover v. Johnson by In 1977, two groups of female prisoners of the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) brought two separate §1983 civil complaints against the MDOC and various staff alleging Equal Protection and First Amendment violations with regard to educational and vocational programming (female prisoners sought …
Wackenhut Wracked by Sexual Abuse Scandals by Ronald Young Wackenhut Wracked By Sexual Abuse Scandals by Ron Young After a decade as a leading operator of corporate-owned prisons, Wackenhut Corrections has become a prisoner of its own problems. In New Mexico, a 500-page legislative report written by five consultants calls …
Rockwall, TX Jailers Indicted in Sex-For-Contraband Case by Rockwall, TX Jailers Indicted In Sex-For-Contraband Case Three Rockwall County, Texas jailers were indicted and all plead guilty after allegations that jailers gave drugs and alcohol to female prisoners in exchange for sex. A jail captain also resigned in lieu of prosecution. …
Article • August 15, 2000 • from PLN August, 2000
$800,000 Settlement in AZ Jail Restraint Suit by In August, 1999, the Maricopa County board of supervisors, approved an $800,000 settlement for a pretrial detainee subjected to excessive force in the Maricopa County (Phoenix) Jail in Arizona. Richard Post, a wheelchair bound paraplegic was arrested and taken to the county …
One Dead, Thirty-one Hospitalized in TX Prison Riot by One Dead, Thirty-one Hospitalized In TX Prison Riot A riot in a west Texas state prison Tuesday, April 25, 2000, has left one prisoner dead and thirty-one injured severely enough to require hospitalization according to National Public Radio. The riot, which …
Article • August 15, 2000 • from PLN August, 2000
Jail Discrimination Violates Equal Protection by The Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit held that different treatment of similarly situated prisoners because of their race, states an equal protection claim. In 1998, Ricky L. Powells, a black prisoner, filed three separate lawsuits alleging that several defendants violated his rights …
Article • August 15, 2000 • from PLN August, 2000
Ohio Prisons Change Birthing Policy by In January, 2000, the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and corrections (DORC), announced it would change its policies for pregnant prisoners at the Franklin Pre-Release Center in Columbus, Ohio, which houses the state's pregnant prisoners. The policy change is a result of a lawsuit filed …
Brown v. ID DOC, ID, Complaint and Demand for Jury Trial, ADA Medical Care Denial, 2000 "" 7"" I)F 1.n-ii COMPREHENSIVE ADVOCACY. INC. 845 West Center, CI07 Pocatello, ID 83204 Telephone. (208) 232..Q922 Facsimile (208) 232..Q938 Amy Cunningham, Attorney for Plaintiff, Douglas Brown UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE OISTRICTOF …
Brown v. ID DOC, ID, Complaint, Paraplegic Disabled Prisoner Neglect, 2000
Brief • August 2, 2000
Filed under: Discrimination
WA State Human Rights Commission v. WA DOC, WA, Settlement Agreement, Discrimination Case, 2000 0,-:""!.-: '"-, .,.', ..... 1"-00 ...... / rl"'''\ • -I' 1 '!,7"' L..;..J r-,...·..... \...:~-I-,\..·.:: oc ""',....lviE I .... -'.:' ...., -;-1" -NT t I.' ••/ . " I. ,_,_ ") AN 10: 27 '!'~ ••• …
Brief • August 2, 2000
Filed under: Discrimination
WA State Human Rights Commission v. WA DOC, WA, Tort Claim and Complaint, Discrimination Case, 2000 .' . to. STANDARD 'tORT a,AIM FO~ :'.. ATI'AaiMENT A Pwsuam UI RCW 4.~ this 1iJml is pmvid.eIifDr ~ ~ wbt:a.~ a tart claim agaiDsE 1bc Swc of WashingraD. If filiDI a daim iuvolviDg …
$47,500 Settlement in Pennsylvania Restraint Suit by In May, 1999, the Northampton County Prison (NCP) paid Maria Merced $47,500 to settle a "hogtying" lawsuit she had filed. In August, 1996, while awaiting trial in the NCP, Merced argued with a guard and eventually spat on him. A number of guards …
Showing Of Malice Under Eighth Amendment Excessive Force Test Not Required For Sexual Assault Claim by Ronald Young By Ronald Young The court of appeals for the Tenth Circuit held that it was plain error to instruct a jury that, to find a prison guard liable on excessive force claim …
Article • July 15, 2000 • from PLN July, 2000
Prison Riots in Peru by On Monday, Feb. 7, prisoners from the Communist Party of Peru (PCP, or "Shining Path" in the media) led an uprising at the maximum-security prison of Yanamayo in Puno, taking over 30 hostages. Seven guards and police were wounded, and one prisoner was killed, identified …
Article • July 15, 2000 • from PLN July, 2000
From the Editor by Paul Wright On May 16, 2000, the Prison Activist Resource Center in Berkeley sponsored a fundraiser party for PLN in San Francisco. The hip hop/dance party featured DJ Neta, Bamudhi, Local 1200 DJs, Vine Folks and Emma Said. PLN co-founder Ed Mead spoke at the party …
Another Texas Prison System Lockdown-Politics as Usual? by by Matthew T. Clarke For the second time in two years, the entire Texas prison system was locked down in a delayed response to isolated incidents in two Texas prisons, once again raising the specter of political motivation for the lockdown. The …
Women in Prison: GAO Report by Julia Lutsky Reviewed by Julia Lutsky During the calendar years 1995 to 1998, approximately 31,400 women prisoners in the three largest U.S. jurisdictions made a total of 506 allegations of staff sexual misconduct; of these only 92, or 18 percent, were sustained. "Because many …
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