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Article • January 15, 1992 • from PLN January, 1992
Filed under: Medical, Tuberculosis
Deadly Strain of TB Found in New York Prisons by Deadly Strain Of TB Found In New York Prisons [Editor's Note: The following article is reprinted from the November 15, 1991, issue of "The Colombian."] A virulent new strain of tuberculosis has killed 12 inmates and one guard in the …
Racial Discrimination in Prison Challenged by Racial Discrimination In Prison Challenged New York's Elmira Correctional Facility is plagued by racism toward prisoners in the areas of job placement, housing assignments, and discipline, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York held. Relying on both anecdotal and statistical …
Article • January 15, 1992 • from PLN January, 1992
Non-Specific Infractions Violated Due Process by Two prisoners found guilty of participation in "violent group conduct" challenged the sufficiency of the evidence presented at their hearings to establish their guilt. The principal evidence utilized were written misconduct reports stating that all inmates present in a mess hall (numbering around 140) …
Article • December 15, 1991 • from PLN December, 1991
New York Prisons Profiled by A prisoners' advocacy group in New York City on September 27 released a profile of the state and city inmate population and found a pattern of minority offenders being increasingly locked up for nonviolent crimes. The Correctional Association of New York said there are more …
Article • October 15, 1991 • from PLN October, 1991
Remembering Attica Correction by Beryl Sanders by Beryl P. Sanders, Community-Help Foundation Unlimited I think I should first make a few points clear before I start. This article is to make a couple of corrections because this much needed newsletter gets into the hands of many readers. For fear that …
Article • October 15, 1991 • from PLN October, 1991
Prisoner Allowed to Possess Petition by Prisoner Allowed To Possess Petition A New York state prisoner at Attica was infracted after prison guards found and confiscated a petition complaining of prison conditions in his cell. The prisoner was infracted for possessing the petition even though no prison rule or regulation …
Article • September 15, 1991 • from PLN September, 1991
Prison Discrimination Illegal by Mark Labounty, a black New York state prisoner fled suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claiming violation of his Eight amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment and his right to equal protection of the law because he was denied work as a …
Article • September 15, 1991 • from PLN September, 1991
Remembering Attica: Twenty Years Later by Ed Mead By Ed Mead On September 13, 1978, prisoners at Walla Walla celebrated Attica Day by holding a sparsely attended memorial talent show in the prison's auditorium. On September 13, 1979, the Washington Coalition Against Prisons (WaCAP) braved heavy rain to stage a …
Article • June 15, 1991 • from PLN June, 1991
Medical Care by A former federal prisoner with diabetes was awarded $500,000 for failure to prison medical staff to provide proper diagnosis and treatment of foot infection which let to below-the-knee amputation of his right leg. The prisoner brought suit against the U.S. pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act, …
Article • February 15, 1991 • from PLN February, 1991
New York Report Matches National Study Results by A study released in October of 1990 found that nearly one out of every four young black men in New York state is under the control of the criminal justice system on any given day. The results of the joint study by …
Article • January 15, 1991 • from PLN January, 1991
Book Request System Inadequate by Many jurisdictions try to meet their constitutional obligation to provide segregated prisoners with adequate access to the courts through some sort of law book request system. This means the locked-down prisoner must send a written request to the prison law library asking for specific volumes …
Convict Entitled To Have Officer Called As Witness At Hearing, And To Have Independent Evaluation Of Informant's Allegations by Convict Entitled To Have Officer Called As Witness At Hearing, And To Have Independent Evaluation Of Informant's Allegations A prisoner at Sing Sing filed a federal civil rights suit challenging the …
Article • December 15, 1990 • from PLN December, 1990
State Liable for Delay in Diagnosing and Treating Prisoner Injury by State Liable For Delay In Diagnosing And Treating Prisoner Injury A New York state prisoner slipped on a wet flight of stairs and injured his right knee. During the next 3-1/2 years he continuously complained to prison officials of …
Brief • October 1, 1990
Filed under: Medical, Failure to Treat
Reynolds v. Sielaff, NY, Settlement, Treatment of Medical Needs, 1990 '. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ------------------------------------------------x DANIEL REYNOLDS, CARLOS CRUZ, TYRONE McGRAW, MADRICK WALLACE, LINDA GRIER, individually II1ld on behalf of Illl other persons slmflarly situated, Plaintiffs, STIPULATION AND OR- DER OF SFrri.EMENT 81 Civ. …
Article • May 15, 1990 • from PLN May, 1990
Witnesses at Disciplinary Hearings by The plaintiff prisoner was confined in a special housing unit following an alleged assault upon a guard who was attempting to break up a fight between two inmates. At his disciplinary hearing, he requested that the two inmates be called as witnesses. The hearing officer …
Publication • October 1, 1983
NYPD Eyewitness Identification Procedures Guide, 1983 00001 239tld 9T£T8092T2 SS0d90Ntl id3Bnd ££:bT l002-0T-b0 NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER· 1.EQAL MATTERS LEGAL BUREAU . PRESENTS '·" .. ,. ' .. . ::'' ., - . -·~ ' ., EYEWITN E~S~'tD~ENT.:l~1CATION PRo.c·eo:\J!Re,s ... ,, "• "': ' …
Brief • October 27, 1975
Gov and AG Joint Statement, Special Attica Investigation, Meyer Report Vol. 1, Prison Riot, 1975 Meyerc STATE OF E~CUTIVE ~~W v~l ..t- YORK CHAMBER HUGH L. CAREY, GOVERNOR Robert Laird, Press Secretary 518 474 8418 212 - 977 - 2716 FOR RELEASE: IMMED IA'l'E , MONDAY OCTOBER 27, 1975 JOINT …
Brief • April 22, 1975
Gov and AG Joint Statement, Special Attica Investigation, Meyer Report Vol. 2-3, Prison Riot, 1975 F. Factors Involved in Publication Publication of this report is governed in the first instance by Executive Law §63(8) which provides in its last sentence: ·~Any officer participating in such inquiry and any person examined …
Kickback publication
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
NY Contract with MCI Worldcom 2003 w:. , 552 (~ 2102) APPROVEDDOCUME TTRANSMnTAL 7 a·J- 0:> v Date STATE OF NEW YORK OFFICE OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER Bureau of Contracts and State Expenditures 110 State Street Albany. New York 12236 AgenCYCOde~ Contract No. X I b 0 f I ;;l... …
Kickback publication
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
Current NY Inmate Phone Contract STATE OF NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION THE HARRIMAN STATE CAMPUS - BUILDING 2 1220 WASHINGTON AVENUE ANTHONY J. ANNUCCI ALBANY, N.Y. 12226-2050 ACTING COMMISSIONER MAUREEN E. BOLL DEPUTY COMMISSIONER AND COUNSEL August 8, 2013 Mr. Elmer Robert Keach III 1040 Riverfront …
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