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Ex Con "Helps Police" by Trying to Murder Sex Offenders by Gary Hunter Between April 12 and April 25, 2003, Lawrence Trant, Jr., 56, tried to kill 8 registered sex offenders in Concord, New Hampshire. Trant set fire to a boarding house, to an apartment building and ultimately stabbed one …
Article • June 15, 2004 • from PLN June, 2004
Law-and-Order Former Texas Attorney General Lands in Federal Prison by Law-and-Order Former Texas Attorney General Lands in Federal Prison by Matthew T. Clarke Dan Morales, the former Texas at torney general who ran on a law-and-order platform, was sentenced on October 31, 2003, to four years in federal prison after …
Court Continues Oversight and Orders Corrections in Georgia Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter "The Court is totally out of patience with the assurances and promises that compliance will be achieved" with the Final Settlement Agreement signed on January 24, 2000. So said Judge Shoeb, U.S. District Court …
Article • June 15, 2004 • from PLN June, 2004
From the Editor by Paul Wright This month's cover story reports on the U.S. government's clandestine network of prisons around the world. The story was written before the news about the torture and murder of Iraqi prisoners appeared. The only thing that would have been unusual would have been the …
$450,000 Settlement in California Prison Murder Suit by The California Department of Corrections (CDC) agreed on October 15, 2003 to pay $450,000 to settle the civil rights complaint brought by the surviving family of a prisoner murdered by his cellmate. Jeffrey Ford, an effeminate homosexual serving prison time for petty …
Article • June 15, 2004 • from PLN June, 2004
California's Proposition 36 Parole Violator Drug Treatment Program Covers Probation Violators by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The California Court of Appeal judicially extended the reach of California's parole violator alternative drug treatment program, Proposition (Prop.) 36 (Nov. 7, 2000, codified at Penal Code §§ 1210, 1210.1, 3063.1) …
Pro Se Tips and Tactics by John Midgley The Supreme Court recently decided another in a series of cases about when prisoners can sue directly under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, versus when they must first employ habeas corpus proceedings, to challenge actions by prison officials. The difference is very important …
Article • June 15, 2004 • from PLN June, 2004
Florida's Incarceration Cost Recovery Statute Constitutional by The Florida Supreme Court held that a Florida statute that imposes civil liens for recovery of incarceration cost and victim restitution violates neither the Ex Post Facto Clause or Due Process. Florida prisoner 011ie James Goad, who has been incarcerated since February 1991, …
Article • June 15, 2004 • from PLN June, 2004
Federal Supermax Terrorist's New Home and Bargaining Chip; $1 Million Cells Planned by Bob Williams Federal Supermax Terrorist's New Home and Bargaining Chip; $1 Million Cells Planned by Bob Williams The United States PenitentiaryAdministrative Maximum Facility goes by many names: ADX, Supermax, Alcatraz of the Rockies. It has been the …
Article • June 15, 2004 • from PLN June, 2004
Wackenhut Changes Name to Geo Group, Politics Remain the Same by Michael Rigby The old maxim, the more things change, the more they stay the same," could have been tailored to Wackenhut these days. Although Wackenhut Corrections has spun off from its parent company, Wackenhut Corporation, there's no indication that …
Article • June 15, 2004 • from PLN June, 2004
2000 Census of Prisons, Prison Populations Published by The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), in August 2003, released the findings of its Year 2000 Census of State and Federal Prisons. The report found that from the previous census in 1995 to 2000 the number of Federal, State, and privately-operated prisons …
Article • June 15, 2004 • from PLN June, 2004
$22 Million Washington Parole Liability Verdict Affirmed, Review Granted by State Supreme Court by $22 Million Washington Parole Liability Verdict Affirmed, Review Granted by State Supreme Court On August 8, 1997, Vernon Valdez Stewart stole a car, sped through an intersection in Tacoma, Washington, and collided with another vehicle. The …
Article • June 15, 2004 • from PLN June, 2004
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Reviews
The Inmate's Guide to Prison Health Care by John E Dannenberg by Dr. D.M. Granit, Two Rainbow Publishing Co., Oct. 2003, 106 pp. Review by John E. Dannenber The Inmate's Guide to Prison Health Care offers prisoners a unique perspective on how to get the best response to their health …
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 …
Nebraska Prisoners Win Summary Judgment on Phone Access and Monitoring Issues by Nebraska Prisoners Win Summary Judgment on Phone Access and Monitoring Issues by Matthew T. Clarke A Nebraska state district court granted Nebraska state prisoners' summary judgment on issues involving the monitoring and recording of phone calls to government …
Article • June 15, 2004 • from PLN June, 2004
Suits in Michigan and New Jersey Seek to Force HCV Treatment by A groundswell of prisoner litigation is taking aim at states to force them to comprehensively and meaningfully address HCV in prison. These suits, often brought as class actions, seek to mandate a protocol for HCV detection and treatment …
Article • June 15, 2004 • from PLN June, 2004
U. S. Supreme Court Rules Consent Decrees May Be Enforced by In a decision with implications for prisoners' suits, the United States Supreme Court held that consent decrees may be enforced by federal courts. In 1993, mothers of children eligible for Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) services …
Article • June 15, 2004 • from PLN June, 2004
Filed under: Work, Prison Labor
California's Budget Secret: Prisoners Form Core of Forest Fire Fighting Army by Peter Wagner California's Budget Secret: Prisoners Form Core of Forest Fire Fighting Army by Peter Wagner In California, up to three quarters of the crew members fighting California fires are prisoners. In exchange for a reduction in sentence …
Article • June 15, 2004 • from PLN June, 2004
Filed under: Private Prisons, Reviews
Capitalist Punishment: Prison Privatization & Human Rights by Mark Wilson Capitalist Punishment: Prison Privatization & Human Rights Edited by Andrew Coyle, Allison Campbell, & Rodney Neufeld,Clarity Press, Inc; Zed Books (2003) 234 pp. Softback Review by Mark Wilson Proponents of prison privatization argue that for-profit prisons make good sense, "promis[ing] …
Article • June 15, 2004 • from PLN June, 2004
Filed under: Medical, OB/GYN, Hernias
New York Prisoner Awarded $335,000 for Non-Treatment of Fistula by On November 20, 2002, a state court of claims in Rochester, New York, awarded the estate of Olevia Ousley-Winters $335,000 after determining that prison doctors failed to properly diagnose and treat Ousley-Winters' medical condition. (Ousley-Winters died prior to trial, apparently …
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