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Article • May 15, 2004 • from PLN May, 2004
Excessive Heat Still Plagues Baltimore Women Detainees by Bob Williams Despite a 2002 federal district court Consent Order finding conditions at the Women's Detention Center of the Baltimore City Detention Center (WDC) unconstitutional due to excessive heat and despite an injunction issued to immediately remedy the problem, WDC women continue …
Another Troubled North Carolina Jail by Michael Rigby Prisoner suicides, mistaken releases, jailers indicted for selling drugs and dispensing sex, prisoners caught with drugsall occurred at the Cumberland County Detention Center, a $36 million North Carolina jail, in the seven months following its February 2003 opening. On March 23, 2003, …
Article • May 15, 2004 • from PLN May, 2004
Third-Party Beneficiaries Can Enforce Terms of Settlement by Bob Williams The Tenth Circuit court of appeals has held that a prisoner was entitled to seek enforcement of a two-decade old settlement agreement as a third-party beneficiary and invoke the court's continuing jurisdiction. In 1981, Kenneth Floyd and nine other Colorado …
$13,500 Damages Paid to Two Illegally Detained Washington DOC Prisoners by The Washington state Division of Risk Management (DRM) paid claims totaling $13,000 to two state prisoners who were illegally arrested and incarcerated by the Washington Department of Corrections. Michael Buffington had been sentenced in King County Superior Court to …
Brief • May 13, 2004
Filed under: Jury Instructions
Trinity Door v. Oconee Co, GA, Jury Instructions, government accountability witness credibility, 2004 Case 3:02-cv-00067-CAR Document 59 Filed 05/13/04 Page 1 of 12 Case 3:02-cv-00067-CAR Document 59 Filed 05/13/04 Page 2 of 12 Case 3:02-cv-00067-CAR Document 59 Filed 05/13/04 Page 3 of 12 Case 3:02-cv-00067-CAR Document 59 Filed 05/13/04 Page …
Brief • May 12, 2004
Degorski v. Wilson, IL, Complaint, Jail Beating, 2004 Case: 1:04-cv-03367 Document #: 1 Filed: 05/12/04 Page 1 of 9 PageID #:1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS or::? u1 ~ . , •<J ( EASTERN DIVISION ' ( I .. . JAMES DEGORSKI, DOCKETED~ Plaintiff, MAY …
Article • May 11, 2004
Former Military Police Officer Jailed for 17 Yrs Describes Routine Mistreatment and Brutality in U.S. Prisons by We speak with former military police officer Paul Wright, editor and founder of Prison Legal News, who was recently released from prison after serving 27 years for murder about the physical and sexual …
Jails for Jesus by Samantha M. Shapiro Pastor Don Raymond isn't trained in corrections and is not employed by the government, but he runs a new 140-person wing of the Ellsworth, Kansas, medium-security prison that draws prisoners from throughout the state system. In the phylum of prison staff, Raymond defies …
City Immune in California Drunk Tank Beating Suit Because Prisoner Was Criminal, Not Civil Detainee by The California Supreme Court ruled that California Govt. Code § 844.6(a)(2) [governmental immunity for injury to prisoner] prevented a city jail detainee who had been beaten by another drunk tank prisoner from maintaining a …
Article • April 15, 2004 • from PLN April, 2004
Filed under: Mail, Mail Regulations
Kansas Gift Subscription Ban Rejected by State Court But Upheld By Federal Court by John E Dannenberg Kansas Gift Subscription Ban Rejected by State Court But Upheld By Federal Court by John E. Dannenberg In two independent but inconsistent rulings, Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC) policy IMPP 11-101 (banning gift …
Article • April 15, 2004 • from PLN April, 2004
From the Editor by Paul Wright With our recent expansion to 48 pages we will be bringing readers more information than ever before and we also hope it will be more timely than it has been in the past. Readers that send us newspaper clippings and similar information help us …
Article • April 15, 2004 • from PLN April, 2004
Alabama Restores Voting Rights to Some Ex-Prisoners by On June 24, 2003, Republican Alabama governor Bob Riley announced he was vetoing the felons' voting bill passed by the state legislature. The bill would have made it easier for certain felons to have their voting rights reinstated. Alabama law imposes a …
Another Death in a Wisconsin Prison by Gary Hunter "Unremarkable." That's what prison nurse Jolinda Waterman called Donnie Powe's condition when she relegated him to an observation cell. Guards perfunctorily recorded his declining health right up until he died, face down on the floor of his 6 by 8 foot …
Article • April 15, 2004 • from PLN April, 2004
PLRA Fee Payments Cease Upon Release from Prison by PLRA Fee Payments Cease Upon Release from Prison The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held a prisoner who was granted in forma pauperis (IFP) status is not required to continue filing fee payments upon release from prison. Prisoner Keith William DeBlasio …
Thirty-Two Years of Resistance: Free the Angola Three! by Shana Griffin by Shana Griffin and Brice White Thirty two years in solitary confinement would be enough to drive many of us to despair. Yet as of April 17, 2004, Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox of the Angola 3 have each …
Article • April 15, 2004 • from PLN April, 2004
Thirty Years in Segregation May State Claim by Michael Rigby The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld the denial of prison authorities' motion to dismiss based on qualified immunity because no proper determination was made as to whether prisoners' over 30 years of confinement in extended …
Article • April 15, 2004 • from PLN April, 2004
Washington DOC/King County Settles Negligent Supervision Case for $3.1 Million by Washington DOC/King County Settles Negligent Supervision Case for $3.1 Million On March 9, 2003, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) and King County agreed to pay $3.1 million to the family of a woman who was brutally raped and …
Article • April 15, 2004 • from PLN April, 2004
Supplemental Parole Violation Warrant Filed After Sentence Expiration Illegal by Supplemental Parole Violation Warrant Filed After Sentence Expiration Illegal A federal district court for the District of Columbia has held that a parolee cannot be violated for activity alleged in a supplemental warrant filed after expiration of the original sentence. …
Fighting for Fair Phone Rates by Deborah M Golden Fighting For Fair Phone Rates by Deborah M. Golden In 2000, a group of prisoners, loved ones of prisoners, and attorneys filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging the high cost of collect calls …
California Initial Cell Assignments By Race Upheld, U.S. Supreme Court Grants Review by John E Dannenberg California Initial Cell Assignments By Race Upheld, U.S. Supreme Court Grants Review by John E. Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that the policy of the California Department of Corrections (CDC) …
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