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Article • May 15, 1997 • from PLN May, 1997
New Jersey Prison Guard Recruiting for KKK by State and federal authorities launched an investigation in 1996 to probe the extent of the Ku Klux Klan involvement at New Jersey's Bay State Prison. On June 5, 1996, the New Jersey DOC fired Wayne Keller, 45, who was described by a …
Beating and Strip Cell Require Trial by The court of appeals for the tenth circuit held that beating a naked, handcuffed, non-resisting prisoner violates the eighth amendment; that placing a prisoner in a strip cell without blankets or heating violates the eighth amendment as well. The court also discussed when …
Article • April 15, 1997 • from PLN April, 1997
Racial Violence in California Lockups by Willie Wisely On Friday, September 27, 1996, rioting broke out among more than 200 black and Latino prisoners in New Folsom's B Facility. The violence lasted some 31 minutes with fighting on the yard, in the medical clinic, and in prison industries. Guards fired …
Ex-Sheriff Sex Offender Retains Pension by In the July 1995 issue of PLN we reported "51 Months for Sex With Prisoners," about Gulf County (FL) sheriff Al Harrison, then 52, who was convicted of seven misdemeanor counts of violating the civil rights of five female prisoners over a period of …
Article • April 15, 1997 • from PLN April, 1997
Law's Nature by Mumia Abu-Jamal "Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law." Oliver Goldsmith, The Vicar of Wakefield (1766) For many jailhouse lawyers, especially those new to the craft, there is a sort of "awe" that governs their study, contemplation and utility of the law. Like new …
Florida Private Prison Criticized by Dan Pens by Glenn Wright and Dan Pens Louisville, Kentucky based private prison vendor U.S. Corrections Corporation (USCC) was sharply criticized by Florida's Auditor General in three separate reports issued by the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA). The reports were the …
Article • April 15, 1997 • from PLN April, 1997
Virginia Felons Disenfranchised by Virginia is one of 13 states that permanently revoke the voting rights of felons. As a consequence, nearly a quarter of a million Virginians, most of them black men, cannot vote. A Virginia newspaper, the Richmond Times-Dispatch, examined state police records to compile a report citing …
Brief • March 21, 1997
Ryan v. Lehmann, WA, Tort Claim, Gender Discrimination, 1997 ·. ... DITLEVSON, RODGERS &-;HANBEY,P.S. .; • . " ..: 'J.ATTORNEYS AT LAW, .• 204 Pear Street HE' .: Olympia, Washington 98506 :. : "- . ,_ ... : : - • t ... ,97 pmR 21 IInr'l 9 Richard L. …
Article • March 15, 1997 • from PLN March, 1997
Three's Company by N.H. We [at the Washington Correction Center for Women] now have three women to a room -- in a space too small for two women. They simply moved in a top bunk on one side of the room. The number of women here has increased by 20 …
No Service on US Required for Bivens Claim in Work Injury Suit by The court of appeals for the ninth circuit held that plaintiffs suing federal officials solely in their individual capacities do not need to serve the complaint on the United States. John Vaccaro is a federal prisoner with …
Article • March 15, 1997 • from PLN March, 1997
Ten Years Is Enough; Belgian POWs Seek Freedom by In 1984 and 1985 the Communist Fighting Cells (CCC) attacked imperialist and capitalist interests in Belgium. Among the targets attacked were banks (including the Bank of America), NATO headquarters, the federation of big employers, energy companies, etc. On December 16, 1985, …
Ninth Circuit Rules on Washington ADA Suit by Leonard Feldman [Editor's Note: Leonard Feldman is the Seattle attorney representing the plaintiff in the case discussed below.] Sean Duffy, the plaintiff in Duffy v. Riveland, 1996 WL 583384 (9th Cir. October 11, 1996), is a prisoner at the Washington State Reformatory …
Article • February 15, 1997 • from PLN January, 1997
Law Against Love by Mumia Abu-Jamal For several years now, MOVE political prisoner Chuck Africa, has had to do battle with Pennsylvania prison officials to obtain the most fundamental of human rights -- the right to visit with his wife, May 13th, 1985 bombing survivor and ex-political prisoner, Ramona Africa. …
ADA Requires Phones for Deaf by A federal district court in Michigan held that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. 12131 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 794, requires state prison officials to provide prisoners and the people they call with Telecommunications Device for the …
New Jersey Sex Offender Registration Injunction Vacated by In the July, 1995, issue of PLN we reported Artway v. Attorney General of New Jersey, 876 F. Supp. 666 (D NJ 1995) where a district court held that a New Jersey sex offender registration law was constitutional as far as requiring …
Article • February 15, 1997 • from PLN February, 1997
Rosenberg Fund for Children by Carol Carvalho by Carol Carvalho, RFC Director of Grantmaking The progressive community needs to support activists, prisoners rights advocates and political prisoners who risk their lives and economic security for causes of peace, justice, protection of the environment and equal rights. The Rosenberg Fund for …
Circus is in Town by by Mr. Wolf Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky wrote, 'The degree of a civilization in society can be judged by entering its prisons and jails." By the events which unfolded in Phoenix, Arizona during September, 1996, it is no doubt evident now to the world at …
Article • February 15, 1997 • from PLN February, 1997
Women's Prison Book Project by The Women's Prison Book Project (WPBP) is a group of volunteers organizing to provide women in prison with free reading materials covering a wide range of topics from legal and education materials to politics, history, and women's health. There are other prison book projects, but …
Corcoran Prison Cover-up by Willie Wisely by W. Wisely On October 7, 1994, former California prison guard Richard Caruso decided he had enough. The frequent shooting of prisoners forced into fights staged, then covered up, by guards at Corcoran prison's Security Housing Unit (SHU) weighed on his conscience. So, Caruso …
New York Sex Offender Registration Enjoined by A federal district court in New York held that a state law allowing public notification of sex offenders released from prison violates the ex post facto rights of those offenders convicted before the law was passed. Since 1990 at least 46 states, starting …
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