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Maximum Security University, edited by Tom Quinn (Book and Video Review) by Paul Wright Video Review by Bob Fischer and Janet Stanton Maximum Security University is a 48 minute video production by California Prison Focus depicting the deaths of four prisoners shot by guards during the notorious gladiator fights at …
Article • December 15, 1999 • from PLN December, 1999
Notes from the Unrepenitentiary by Linda Evans They call themselves POWs because Puerto Rico has been fighting a war for independence since 1898, when the U.S. first invaded the island. Puerto Rico is one of the few colonies left in the world. The U.S. military and transnational corporations want to …
1999 Washington State Legislative Roundup by The 1999 Washington legislature created or amended far too many statutes of interest to our readers to adequately summarize, but here are some highlights: Custodial Misconduct makes it a class C felony for an employee or contract personnel of a correctional agency [or] law …
Fifth Circuit Says Rotting to Death in Prison Okay by Ronald Young How often have you heard it said of prisoners, "Let them rot in prison?" Probably more times than you care to remember. In the case of Mississippi prisoner Eugene Stewart, such a hellish and cruel death as literally …
Brief • December 9, 1999
Blackburn v. Moss, WA, Settlement and Release Agreement, Disability Access, 1999 IEPT OF GENERAL ADMINISTRATION EE BART T BLACKBURN DOC #961795 ) DAY INVOICE YR NUHBER 2 08 99 DOL-9/15/98 31050592 150-0 REfERENCE 275542C AMOUNT INVOICE DISCOUNT 06C2019 01 () D 1'\ NET DUE 2 500.00 e 2 500.00 3E …
Article • November 15, 1999 • from PLN November, 1999
Race Discrimination Claim Not Barred by PLRA Physical Injury Rule by A federal district court in Missouri held that the physical injury rule of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) applied only to Eighth amendment claims and did not apply to a prisoner's equal protection claim of racial discrimination. The …
New Jersey Guard Wins $3.75 Million Harassment Suit by On May 27, 1999, a Burlington county jury in New Jersey ruled in favor of prison guard Robert Lockley Jr. and awarded him $3.75 million in damages. Lockley, 39, a guard at the Mid State Correctional Facility in Ft. Dix, New …
PLN Sues Washington DOC over Censorship of Nazi Guard Exposé by PLN Sues Washington DOC over Censorship of Nazi Guard Exposé On August 27, 1999, Prison Legal News filed suit in federal court in Spokane, Washington, seeking a court injunction to ensure the delivery of the May, 1999, issue of …
Suicides at Connecticut Prison Raise Concerns about Mental Health Care by Suicides at Connecticut Prison Raise Concerns About Mental Health Care In unrelated incidents, two women prisoners at the York Corr. Institution in East Lyme, Connecticut committed suicide within a ten-day period in March, 1999. Linda Hogan was found hanging …
Prisoner Strip Search Warrants Fourth Amendment Analysis by Ronald Young The court of appeals for the Fifth circuit held that a prisoner's Fourth Amendment claim alleging unreasonable multiple strip searches performed on him by a female guard were not frivolous, as would warrant dismissal under the PLRA. The court also …
Article • November 15, 1999 • from PLN November, 1999
No Privacy Rights for Sex Offender Registrants by The Third Circuit ruled that sex offenders required to register under "Megan's Law" have no protected right to privacy that would render unconstitutional the public dissemination of such information. This is not the first time the 3rd Circuit has upheld Megan's Law. …
Article • November 15, 1999 • from PLN November, 1999
Ex-Welfare Workers in Georgia Replaced with Prison Slaves by To save money, a South Georgia recycling plant fired 50 trash sorters, including 35 who had taken jobs to get off welfare, and replaced them with prison slave labor. The former welfare clients had been earning $5.20/ hour before they were …
Utah Jail Settles ADA Suit by On May 6, 1999, Salt Lake County, Utah, settled a lawsuit by paying $2,000 in damages, $4,000 in attorney fees and agreeing to modify its jail for the handicapped. Robert Earls, a former jail detainee, is missing a leg and must use a prosthesis. …
Article • October 15, 1999 • from PLN October, 1999
Michigan's Female Prisoners Have Educational Parity by A federal district court in Michigan held that the educational, vocational, and apprenticeship opportunities provided to male and female prisoners in the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) are now sufficiently comparable for equal protection purposes to require termination of the court's 20 year …
Article • October 15, 1999 • from PLN October, 1999
Go Directly to Jail: At the Academy in Alpharetta, Men Pay Big Bucks to Pretend They're in Prison by Dan Savage By Dan Savage Alpharetta, Georgia- I'm naked, and I'm not happy. In just under an hour, I've been subjected to two of three punishments I'd specifically asked to be …
Article • October 15, 1999 • from PLN October, 1999
Racial Segregation in Double Celling Unconstitutional by A federal district court in Pennsylvania held that the creation of racial segregation for double-cell assignment may be unconstitutional even if the classification policy specifically forbids such segregation in cell assignments. Seifuddin M. A. Simpson, a Pennsylvania state prisoner, brought suit under 42 …
Arizona DOC Settles Sexual Abuse Suit by On March 11, 1999 the Arizona Dept. of Corrections (ADOC) agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Dept. of Justice (DOJ) which alleged that state prison officials failed to protect female prisoners from systemic sexual abuse, misconduct and harassment by guards. …
Pro Se Texas Prisoner Awarded $1.08 Million in Failure to Protect Suit by In May, 1999, a federal jury in San Antonio, Texas, awarded Texas prisoner William Wallace Campbell $80,000 in compensatory damages and $1 million in punitive damages in a failure to protect lawsuit. Campbell represented himself pro se …
ADOC Settlement Terms by -Additional staff training on sexual misconduct and prisoner privacy issues. -Implementation of a program to inform the state's 1,810 female prisoners about their rights. -Requiring all male prison employees who may be alone with a female prisoner to notify a supervisor. -Providing two 15-minute periods a …
Wreaking Medical Mayhem in Washington Prisons by Tara Herivel In 1993, prisoner Gertrude Barrow crawled to the clinic at the Washington Corrections Center for Women. Her peptic ulcer ruptured, Barrow's requests for treatment had been dismissed by health care staff who diagnosed her ulcer as a bad case of gas. …
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