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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 in …
Article • May 15, 2010 • from PLN May, 2010
Filed under: Media, PLN Litigation
Twenty Years of PLN in Court by Since PLN was founded in 1990 we have been censored in prisons and jails around the country. We have always tried to resolve censorship issues administratively, but in cases where the goal of prison officials was to ban PLN or our books, that …
Article • May 15, 2010 • from PLN May, 2010
From the Editor by Paul Wright Welcome to the 20th anniversary issue of Prison Legal News. It is quite the milestone in the history of any magazine or organization to reach the 20 year mark. The cover story and sidebar lay out our history and what we have accomplished in …
Virginia Jail Prisoner Awarded $7,500 after Being Beaten By Guards by On September 3, 2009, U.S. District Judge Richard L. Williams entered judgment in favor of a Virginia prisoner who was beaten by guards. In all, the prisoner was awarded $7,500. On September 20, 2005, there was a disturbance at …
Article • May 15, 2010 • from PLN May, 2010
Private Manufacturers Use Cheap Arkansas Prison Labor by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Two private manufacturing companies have opened shops in Arkansas prisons. Actronix, Inc. employs 65 female prisoners at the McPherson Unit to produce wiring harnesses for medical imaging devices such as MRI machines and CT scanners, while Glove …
Article • May 15, 2010 • from PLN May, 2010
Sex for Contraband Racket Unravels After Kansas Prisoner Has Abortion by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Despite reports of rampant staff sexual abuse and harassment of women incarcerated at Kansas’ Topeka Correctional Facility (TCF), it was not until one prisoner had an abortion after being raped by a vocational …
Article • May 15, 2010 • from PLN May, 2010
Georgia Law Creates Homeless Sex Offender Colony by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Georgia’s sex offender residency restrictions have led some offenders to live in the woods because they have no legal place to stay. Reminiscent of leper colonies, they are forced to camp out on the fringes of …
Article • May 15, 2010 • from PLN May, 2010
Housing Mentally Ill Violent Offender in Nursing Home Leads to Rape by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 16, 2009, a 21-year-old mentally ill man with a long history of violent crimes raped a 69-year-old woman housed in the same Illinois nursing home. Christopher Shelton, 21, suffers from bipolar …
Article • May 15, 2010 • from PLN May, 2010
$5,000 Award in New York Prisoner’s Retaliation Suit by Following a bench trial, a New York federal district court awarded a prisoner $5,000 in a lawsuit alleging that a guard retaliated against him for exercising his First Amendment rights. The civil rights action was filed by state prisoner Karl Ahlers, …
Cornell Wins $19.5 Million Alaska Contract; CCA Protest Denied by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In September 2009, Alaskan officials denied a protest filed by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), which was the final hurdle before awarding Cornell Corrections of Alaska (a subsidiary of Cornell Corrections) a contract worth $19,446,000 …
Article • May 15, 2010 • from PLN May, 2010
Early Release Scam Results in Arrests by Brandon Sample The FBI has arrested two men in an unusual and brazen plot to defraud prisoners and their families out of tens of thousands of dollars in exchange for reduced sentences. Monterro Paul, who previously served time in federal prison for counterfeiting …
Article • May 15, 2010 • from PLN May, 2010
$99,999 Settlement for Michigan Prisoner Damaged by Second-Hand Smoke by A Michigan prisoner accepted $99,999 to settle a lawsuit for damages and injuries he suffered as a result of prison officials’ failure to follow medical prescriptions to house him in a non-smoking environment. Prior to being housed at Carson City …
CA Prisoner Erroneously Validated as Prison Gang Member; Clears His Name, Has Records Expunged, $1.04 Million in Fees Awarded by Michael Brodheim On September 30, 2009, more than 16 years after being incorrectly “validated” as an associate of a violent California prison gang, and after having spent eight years in …
Article • May 15, 2010 • from PLN May, 2010
Study Finds Pharmacological Treatment of Opiate Dependence Under-Utilized in State and Federal Prisons by Michael Brodheim In the first national survey of its kind, researchers have documented important attitudes and practices among state and federal correctional medical directors regarding the use of methadone and buprenorphine to treat heroin/opiate addiction in …
Missouri Jail Prisoner Awarded $5,000 in Failure to Protect Case by On September 3, 2009, a federal jury returned a $5,000 verdict in favor of a prisoner who alleged that staff failed to protect him from attack. While incarcerated at the St. Louis City Justice Center, Harold Dykes was attacked …
State of Washington Settles Suit for $400,000 After Released Sex Offender Goes on Crime Spree by Michael Brodheim In June 2008, the State of Washington entered into a stipulated judgment to settle claims for damages, filed in both state and federal courts, by Diana McKissen, who was raped, tortured, and …
Tennessee Jail Agrees to Pay $5,000 for Withholding Prisoner’s Leg by The Davidson County Sheriff’s Department has agreed to settle a lawsuit brought by a prisoner under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Jerry Ray Brock was extradited from Columbus, Georgia to Tennessee to begin service of a Tennessee conviction. …
Political Uproar Follows NC Court Ruling that Life Sentence is 80 Years by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A political brouhaha arose in October 2009 in the wake of a North Carolina appellate court decision which held that a “life sentence is as an 80-year sentence for all purposes.” …
Article • May 15, 2010 • from PLN May, 2010
King County, WA Pays $125,000 for Assault on Juvenile Prisoner by Washington state’s King County has paid $125,000 to settle a claim that accused a guard of physically abusing a juvenile offender. The claim involved events that occurred on November 29, 2008 at the King County Jail. The juvenile, Malika …
Article • May 15, 2010 • from PLN May, 2010
DOJ Releases Report on Staff Sexual Abuse of Federal Prisoners by Justin Miller A report by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Justice concerning sexual abuse of federal prisoners by prison staff found that such claims were widespread and had more than doubled during …
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