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First They Came For Lynne Stewart by Marjorie Cohn First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out because I was not a communist; Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out because I was not a socialist; Then they came for the …
Destruction of Exculpatory Disciplinary Evidence May Violate Due Process Clause by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has affirmed the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York's order denying prison officials' motion for summary judgment on qualified immunity grounds in a prison discipline case. …
Article • February 15, 2005 • from PLN February, 2005
Massachusetts Jail Prisoner Awarded $20,000 For Crushed Knuckle by Massachusetts Jail Prisoner Awarded $20,000 For Crushed Knuckle A superior court in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, awarded $20,000 to a man who sustained a knuckle fracture when a cell door was allegedly opened without warning. Plaintiff Gary Taylor, 47, was arrested for …
Videotapes Prove Abuse of 9/11 Detainees by Federal Guards by by Matthew T. Clarke On December 18, 2003, Glenn A. Finer, Inspector General of the U.S. Justice Department, released a report which found that guards at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn, New York, physically and verbally abused detainees …
No Presumption of Collateral Consequences from California Disciplinary Proceeding by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit US Court of Ap- peals held that in a 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas proceeding, a guilty finding in a California state prison disciplinary proceeding would not be accorded a …
BOP Guards Smuggle Sperm for Mobsters by Gary Hunter BOP Guards Smuggle Sperm For Mobsters by Gary Hunter On March 1, 2002, the U.S. District court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania denied the motion of a mobster's wife requesting the return of her incarcerated husband's sperm. Circumstances leading to …
Acrimonious Michigan Prisoners' Rights Suit Settled After 15 Years by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg A class-action lawsuit launched by Michigan state prisoners in 1988 which ultimately cost taxpayers $7.5 million in litigation costs was settled on November 4, 2003, resulting in prisoners gaining appropriate classification and psychiatric …
New Mexico Lawyers Entitled to Jail Visiting, Phone and Records Access by A New Mexico federal district court has entered a preliminary injunction that enjoins jail officials from prohibiting class counsel from having access to the jail, its prisoners and staff, its records, and from imposing time limits on telephone …
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 …
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 …
You're in the Hole: A Crackdown on Dissident Prisoners by Anne-Marie Cusac It was September 19, 2001. Elizabeth McAlister had not heard from her husband, Philip Berrigan, in more than a week. Such silence on Berrigan's part was "most unusual," she says. Convinced that something was wrong, she telephoned the …
Federal Court Partially Terminates New York Jail Consent Decree Relief by by Matthew T. Clarke A federal district court in New York has terminated consent decree relief for New York City Jail prisoners with respect to restrictive housing due process, prisoner correspondence, and law libraries, while leaving intact the consent …
Article • June 15, 2001 • from PLN June, 2001
Bid to Regain Family Visits Fails in California by Willie Wisely by W. Wisely On December 29, 2000, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a district judge's order dismissing a lawsuit challenging prison regulations, which eliminated family visits for the majority of California prisoners. U.S. District Judge William Shubb …
Publication • 2001
DOC Policy Document - Extended Family Visiting, WA DOC, 2001 NUMBER STATE OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS DOC 590.100 PRISON SIGNATURE POLICY DIRECTIVE DATE EFFECTIVE DATE 3/15/01 PAGENUMBER ^ Offender Manual ^ Spanish 1 Of 13 JOSEPH D. LEHMAN. SECRETARY TITLE EXTENDED FAMILY VISITING (EFV) SUPERSESSION: DOC 700.010 effective 10/1/85; …
Brief • August 28, 2000
Vincent v. Martin, MI, Judgment, Right to Counsel, 2000 2:99-cv-71416-AC Doc # 82 Filed 08/28/00 Pg 1 of 1 ~' AO 450 (Rev. 5/85) Judgment In 1 Clvll C.. Pg ID 296 • ~nii£h ~ta:i£s c!§l istrirt Qlourt ~~~~~~-E=A:..:.:.ST-=-=E~RN:..;_~~~~~DISTRJCTOF~~~M-I_C_H_I_G_A_N~~~~~~~~~ JOHN VINCENT, SR., and JOHN VINCENT, JR.,. Plaintiffs, JUDGMENT IN A …
Article • August 15, 2000 • from PLN August, 2000
Right to Counsel Violated by Intrusive Guards by A federal district court ruled that a criminal defendant's right to counsel was violated by the refusal of guards to allow unmonitored communication between him and his attorney. On January 26, 1990 David Lakin and four other prisoners abducted two guards while …
Brief • April 28, 2000
Vincent v. Martin, MI, Memo and Order, Right to Counsel, 2000 2:99-cv-71416-AC Doc # 81 Filed 04/28/00 Pg 1 of 14 Pg ID 178 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION JOHN VINCENT, Sr. and JOHN VINCENT, Jr., Plaintiffs, Case No. 99-CV-71416 V. HONORABLE AVERN COHN BILL …
PLRA Attorney Fee Cap Not Retroactive in Attorney Client Case by A federal district court in Colorado has held that the attorney fee cap in the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(d) does not apply to attorney fees accrued prior to the enactment of the PLRA, but …
PLRA Attorney Fee Provision Not Retroactive in Jail Conditions Suit by The court of appeals for the DC Circuit held that the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PRLA) provision, which caps attorney fee awards, applies to work performed after the act's effective date (April 26, 1996), even when the suit was …
Prisoners Have First Amendment Right to Private Conversations with Their Attorneys by Prisoners Have First Amendment Right to Private Conversations With Their Attorneys A federal district court in Pennsylvania held that prisoners have privacy and free speech rights to private conversations with their attorneys. Pennsylvania state prisoners incarcerated on death …
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