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Kentucky State Auditor Blasts Prison Industries After $377K in Undeposited Payments Found in Manager’s Desk by by Matthew T. Clarke It is hard to imagine the surprise of Kentucky Correctional Industries (KCI) employees when they discovered $377,751.86 in undeposited payments in a KCI manager’s desk in April, 2004. As a …
Brief • August 11, 2005
Brown et al v. Esmor Correctional Services, NJ, Opinion approving settlement, immigration beating, 2005
Publication • August 1, 2005
State of Washington DOC Contract-FSH Communications, LLC 08-01-2005 State of Washington Department of Corrections Contract No. CDOC6840 This Contract for offender phone equipment and services and associated offender monitoring and recording equipment and services (this "Contract") is made as of the date of last signature by the parties, by and …
Article • July 15, 2005 • from PLN July, 2005
U.S. Department of Justice Reports Soaring Justice Expenditures by by Matthew T. Clarke In a recently-published report, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) of the U.S. Department of Justice documented the soaring costs of the justice system in the United States. The BJS report is for the year 2001 and …
Article • July 15, 2005 • from PLN July, 2005
U.S. Supreme Court Holds California Policy Of Double-Celling By Race During Prison Intake Must Pass by Marvin Mentor U.S. Supreme Court Holds California Policy Of Double-Celling By Race During Prison Intake Must Pass Strict Scrutiny," Not Rational Relationship" Test by Marvin Mentor The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the strict …
Article • July 15, 2005 • from PLN July, 2005
Contraband Cell Phones On The Rise In U.S. Prisons by Though drugs and weapons have long been a bane to prison officials everywhere, prisons around the country and the world are now experiencing a new contraband problem: cellular telephones. Texas prison officials learned how serious the problem was during a …
Article • July 15, 2005 • from PLN July, 2005
Sex Offenders Living In Nursing Homes by by Matthew T. Clarke A recent study revealed that hundreds of sex offenders live in state-regulated nursing homes nationwide. An Oklahoma-based advocacy group, A Perfect Cause, performed a computer search of the nation's sex-offender registries and cross-matched it with the addresses of the …
PLN in Court by by Paul Wright Since PLN started in 1990 we have been censored in prisons and jails around the country. We have always attempted to resolve censorship issues administratively, but in cases where the goal was to keep PLN out of prison at any cost, that obviously …
Article • July 15, 2005 • from PLN July, 2005
From the Editor by by Paul Wright This issue marks PLN's 180th consecutive issue and our 15th anniversary. When I first started PLN in 1990 I didn't think it would last this long. I am pleased to report that it has and should continue to do so for the foreseeable …
Article • July 15, 2005 • from PLN July, 2005
The History of Prison Legal News by Paul Wright In May 1990, the first issue of Prisoners' Legal News (PLN) was published. It was hand typed, photocopied and ten pages long. The first issue was mailed to 75 potential subscribers. Its budget was $50. The first 3 issues were banned …
Article • July 15, 2005 • from PLN July, 2005
$600,000 Awarded To Paraplegic Jail Prisoner Hurt By Riding In Non-Handicap-Accessible Vehicle by by John E. Dannenberg A paraplegic jail prisoner who was transported to a hospital in a non-handicap accessible police car was awarded $600,000 by a federal jury on November 12, 2003 for injuries he claimed resulted from …
Article • July 15, 2005 • from PLN July, 2005
Filed under: Media, Prisoner Media
Prison Legal News at 15 by Mumia Abu-Jamal I know a little something about newspapers. As a teenager, I worked on the staff of The Black Panther newspaper. By worked," I mean, I did whatever I was told to do; whatever was needed to help get the paper ready for …
Article • July 15, 2005 • from PLN July, 2005
Filed under: Media, Prisoner Media
Interview with Leonard Schroeter by Todd Matthews It's difficult to talk about Leonard Schroeter's law career without discussing one topic in particular: civil rights. After graduating from Harvard Law School in 1951, Schroeter went to work for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), then headed by …
Article • July 15, 2005 • from PLN July, 2005
Pro Se Tips and Tactics by Daniel Manville by Daniel E. Manville Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies Introduction1 If you are confined and are suing in federal court prison or jail staff for an incident that occurred while locked up, you are required to exhaust the administrative grievance system that exists. …
Summary Judgment Reversed in Louisiana Jail Conditions Case by by Robert H. Woodman The Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit, reversed summary judgment granted by the Twenty-Third Judicial District Court of Ascension Parish (Louisiana) to the Ascension Parish sheriff in a case involving conditions of confinement at the Ascension …
Article • July 15, 2005 • from PLN July, 2005
Crime Lab Problems Continue In Texas, Elsewhere by Michael Rigby More than two years after the closure of its DNA division, the Houston Police Department (HPD) crime lab remains a lesson in how not to run a forensics unit. Recent developments include the discovery of 280 boxes of misplaced evidence …
Article • July 15, 2005 • from PLN July, 2005
Three California Prisons Ration Water Due To Contaminated Wells by by John E. Dannenberg When wells at the California Rehabilitation Center (CRC), Salinas Valley State Prison (SVSP) and Sierra Conservation Center (SCC) state prisons became contaminated, water was severely rationed until repairs could be made. In June, 2004, when maximum-security …
Article • July 15, 2005 • from PLN July, 2005
Filed under: Medical
Two Pennsylvania Prisoners Win $1.2 Million For MRSA Skin Infections Contracted County Jail by by John E. Dannenberg An uncontrolled and untreated chronic infection of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA), a highly contagious, stubborn, disfiguring and sometime fatal bacterial disease, has permeated the Bucks County Correctional Facility (BCCF), unabated, for …
Article • July 15, 2005 • from PLN July, 2005
California Parole Condition Prohibiting Computer Access For Molester Ruled Unreasonable by The California Court of Appeals granted habeas corpus relief sought by a paroled child molester who complained that the condition of parole forbidding him from either using a computer or getting on the Internet was unreasonable. Ramon Stevens was …
Article • July 15, 2005 • from PLN July, 2005
Alabama Prisoner Awarded $90,000 For Work-Related Eye Injury by by Michael Rigby On February 5, 2004, the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) agreed to pay $90,000 to a prisoner who was refused safety glasses and later suffered an eye injury while working at a prison recycling center. Plaintiff Brian Dodd, …
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