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Article • April 15, 1996 • from PLN April, 1996
Permanent Injunction Issued in Madrid by A PLN reader in Pelican Bay sent us a copy of a 26-page "Remedial Order RE: Exclusion From the Security Housing Unit" issued by U.S. district court judge Thelton Henderson on December 15, 1995. The reader who sent us the copy characterized it as …
Article • March 15, 1996 • from PLN March, 1996
Attorney Fees for Consent Decree Enforcement by The ninth circuit court of appeals partially reversed a district court ruling that use of 37mm gas guns was not appropriate for use on mentally ill prisoners and it affirmed an award of some $200,000 in attorney fees in monitoring a consent decree …
Article • December 15, 1995 • from PLN December, 1995
Court Access May Require Counsel by The court of appeals for the ninth circuit has affirmed a lower court ruling holding that the right of court access requires either access to law libraries or the assistance of counsel only through the pleadings stage of civil rights complaints or habeas corpus …
Ohio Mental Health Decree Entered by A far reaching consent decree governing the delivery of mental health care to Ohio prisoners was entered on 10 July 1995. The consent decree resulted from a §1983 suit filed in 1993 and certified as a class action on June 7, 1995. The prisoner …
Time Barred Dismissal Reversed by The court of appeals for the tenth circuit has held that a district court erred when it dismissed a prisoner's suit as being time barred when it was not clear from the face of the complaint if the applicable time limits had been tolled. David …
Article • November 15, 1995 • from PLN November, 1995
Judge gets Insight on Jail Reform by Sol Wachtler was the former chief judge of New York state's highest court until he was convicted in 1993 of terrorizing, stalking and harassing his ex-lover, socialite Joy Silverman, after she broke off their affair. At one point Wachtler threatened to kidnap Silverman's …
Article • November 15, 1995 • from PLN November, 1995
Surveys by - Prisoners Convicted by Drugging is conducting a survey to determine the number of criminal defendants who have gone to trial or been tried while they were under the influence of psychotropic drugs. Anyone desiring a questionnaire should write: B. Buechler, 825 Battery St. 1st Fl. San Francisco, …
Article • November 15, 1995 • from PLN November, 1995
WA Doctor Fit Only for Prisoners by In the July, 1995, issue of PLN we reported the disciplinary charges filed against Dr. James McGuire, the psychologist at the McNeil Island Corrections Center (MICC) in WA. While practicing as a psychiatrist in Alaska McGuire entered into a sexual relationship with one …
Sexual Abuse in Vermont Prisons by Lawyers from the ACLU's National Prison Project filed a motion in federal court on August 25, 1995, asking the judge to issue a preliminary injunction to end physical and sexual abuse of prisoners in Vermont's sex offender behavior modification program. Affidavits filed by several …
Article • November 15, 1995 • from PLN November, 1995
Nevada DOC Psychologist Moonlights as Pimp by In the July, 1994, issue of PLN we reported the saga of William Knapp, the chief psychologist of the Nevada DOC whose ambition was to open up a Western theme brothel. We mentioned the case, Knapp v. Miller, 843 F. Supp. 633 (DC …
WA Civil Commitment Law Ruled Unconstitutional by In a tersely worded decision, Fed eral District Court Judge John C. Coughenour drove a stake into the heart of Washington's controversial civil commitment law (Wash. Rev. Code § 71.09). He ruled the statute unconstitutional on its face, citing: "the violation of the …
Article • October 15, 1995 • from PLN October, 1995
Translators Required for Medical Interviews by Pretrial detainees and convicted prisoners held in the Kern County, CA jail filed a class action suit challenging the jail's use of padded safety cells for violent and suicidal prisoners and other jail conditions. The district court held that the "safety cells," consisting of …
Death Row Prisoners Keep Right to Contact Visits with Counsel by The court of appeals for the tenth circuit has held that condemned and maximum security prisoners held in an Oklahoma control unit are entitled to contact visits with their attorneys. The court also held that all violations of prisoners' …
Article • August 15, 1995 • from PLN August, 1995
Translators Required for Medical Interviews by Pretrial detainees and convicted prisoners held in the Kern County, CA jail filed a class action suit challenging the jail's use of padded safety cells for violent and suicidal prisoners and other jail conditions. The district court held that the safety cells, consisting of …
Pelican Bay Ruling Issued by One prisoner publication hailed it as "A Moral Victory for Prisoners." The headline in a correctional trade magazine proclaimed "State Wins Pelican Bay Suit." Interpreting the 345-page Madrid v. Gomez opinion is difficult at best, and as shown by the contrasting headlines above, a reader's …
Article • July 15, 1995 • from PLN July, 1995
Who's Treating the Doctor by In September, 1994, the Washington DOC hired James McGuire to work as a psychiatrist at the McNeil Island Corrections Center (MICC). His work involves diagnosing and prescribing drugs to sex offenders, among other prisoners at the facility. This in itself is unremarkable. What is unusual …
AA Probation Requirement Illegal for Atheist by In the May, 1994, issue of PLN we reported Warner v. Orange County Dept. of Probation, 827 F. Supp. 261 (SD NY 1993) which refused to dismiss a probationers claim that being forced to attend Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meetings as a condition of …
PA Class Action Settlement Published by The October, 1994, issue of PLN reported that on August 12, 1994, attorneys representing all Pennsylvania state prisoners had reached a settlement with prison officials of that state regarding almost every aspect of prison conditions in that state. The district court has published the …
Article • June 15, 1995 • from PLN June, 1995
Just Say "No?" by Phillip McLaughlin by Philip McLaughlin   We are reprinting the following article because we think our readers will be interested in knowing about the forced drugging of prisoners. The legal background for this is that in 1989 the Washington state supreme court decided Washington v. Harper …
Publication • 1995
Filed under: Suicides
National Institute of Corrections, Prison Suicide Overview and Guide to Prevention, 1995 U.S. Department of Justice National Institute of Corrections Prison Suicide: An Overview and Guide to Prevention National Institute of Corrections Morris L. Thigpen, Director Susan M. Hunter, Chief Prisons Division John E. Moore, Project Manager Prison Suicide: An …
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