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Article • March 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2004
Filed under: Reviews, Court Access
The Citebook by Michael Rigby by Tony Darwin, Starlite, Inc., 2004, 20th ed., 308 pp., $35.95, soft cover Review by Michael Rigby For anyone not trained in the law, navigating the U.S. judicial system can be a daunting prospect. But with knowledge comes confidence, and that's exactly what Tony Darwin …
Article • March 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2004
Parents of Deceased Wisconsin Boot Camp Prisoner Settle for $462,000 by The parents of a Wisconsin state prisoner who died due to exercise stress after his medical complaints were ignored settled their wrongful death suit for $462,000. The Homeslys were parents of a male 20-year-old Wisconsin state prisoner who died …
Article • March 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2004
Filed under: Organizing, Voting
Florida DOC Ordered to Assist Felons Restore Their Voting Rights by David Reutter Florida DOC Ordered to Assist Felons Restore their Voting Rights by David M. Reutter A Florida circuit court has ordered the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) to assist ex-felons who did not receive help in the application …
Article • March 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2004
California Internet Injunction Upheld by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the statewide permanent injunction issued by the U.S. District Court (N.D. Cal.) enjoining the California Department of Corrections' (CDC) policy prohibiting prisoners from receiving Internet-generated mail. Prison Legal News also filed a friend of the court brief on …
Article • March 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2004
New York Court Awards Prisoner $180,000 in Slip and Fall by On June 3, 2003, a court of claims in Rochester, New York, awarded prisoner Samuel K. Tambe $180,000 for injuries he sustained when he tripped over an elevated sidewalk slab at the Groveland Correctional Facility in Sonyea, New York. …
Preliminary Injunction Granted to Religious Objector of Tuberculosis Skin Test by David Reutter by David M. Ruetter A New York federal district court has granted a preliminary injunction to a prisoner who objected on religious grounds, to taking a Purified Protein Derivative Test(PPD) to detect tuberculosis (TB). In a previous …
New Mexico Lawyers Entitled to Jail Visiting, Phone and Records Access by A New Mexico federal district court has entered a preliminary injunction that enjoins jail officials from prohibiting class counsel from having access to the jail, its prisoners and staff, its records, and from imposing time limits on telephone …
Article • March 15, 2003 • from PLN March, 2003
New York Prisoner Awarded $411,000 in Failure to Protect Suit by The New York State Court of Claims in Rochester, NY has awarded a state prisoner $411,000 for injuries he received when another prisoner attacked him. Michael Schindler, a 34-year-old New York state prisoner, was playing "two-on-two" touch football at …
Article • March 15, 2003 • from PLN March, 2003
BJS Releases New Recidivism Study by The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), a division of the Department of Justice, has published a recidivism study of prisoners released in 1994, the first since its 1989 report on 1983 releasees. The report studied the recidivism rate of 272,111 prisoners released from 15 …
Georgia Parole Corruption Deepens by Gary Hunter A trail of corruption, greed, and cronyism has led to the indictment of a Georgia senator, the dismissal of an assistant attorney general and the resignation of six parole board members including the director and the chairman. Van Streat was suspended from his …
Article • March 15, 2003 • from PLN March, 2003
From the Editor by Paul Wright I am pleased to announce that The Celling of America: An Inside Look at the U.S. Prison Industry, PLN's first book which was published in 1998, is now available in Spanish. El Encarcelamiento de America was published last summer in Spain by Editorial Virus, …
Article • March 15, 2003 • from PLN March, 2003
Louisiana Prisoners May Access Savings Funds Exceeding $250 by by Matthew T. Clarke The Supreme Court of Louisiana has held that all state prisoners have a statutory right to transfer savings accounts funds exceeding $250 to their drawing accounts. Walter Burnette, a Louisiana state prisoner serving a 99-year sentence, filed …
California Three-Year Lockdown of "Southern Hispanics" Held Unconstitutional by Marvin Mentor California Three-Year Lockdown of "Southern Hispanics" Held Unconstitutional by Marvin Mentor A Del Monte County, California superior court ruled on December 10, 2002 that a three year lockdown of "Southern Hispanics" at maximum security Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP) …
Suits Against Individual State Employees Available Under ADA by Suits Against Individual State Employees Available under ADA The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reversed two separate district courts and ruled that under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), state employees can be sued in …
Article • March 15, 2003 • from PLN March, 2003
Iowa Guards Fired for Beating Prisoner by Iowa Guards Fired For Beating Prisoner On July 24, 2002, Sheriff David Armack fired five guards, including a supervisor, at the Woodward County Jail in Sioux City, Iowa, in response to a June 10, 2002, videotaped beating of a prisoner. Stanley Munger, attorney …
Thaddeus-X Standard Retroactive Except for Qualified Immunity Defense by Bob Williams Thaddeus-X Standard Retroactive Except For Qualified Immunity Defense by Bob Williams A federal district court in Michigan has held that the Thaddeus-X standard, rather than the "shocks the conscience" standard, is applicable to claims of guard retaliation for prisoners …
Criminal Guards and Escaping Prisoners in Texas by On July 21, 2002, Lt. Rick McCullough was arrested for assaulting two female guards at the Riverside State Prison for women in the central Texas town of Gatesville. McCullough, 41, a Texas prison guard assigned to the nearby Woodman State Jail for …
Maryland Pays $700,000 to Settle Suit Over Murder Committed by Parolee in Colorado by In May 2002, the State of Maryland agreed to pay $700,000 to a Denver woman whose daughter was murdered by a parolee released from a Maryland prison and sent to a drug treatment center in Colorado. …
Article • March 15, 2003 • from PLN March, 2003
Virginia Law Repeals Phone Rate Ruling by Matthew T. Clarke Effective July 1, 2002, the Virginia legislature has enacted a law specifically designed to undercut a favorable ruling on prison phone rates by the State Corporation Commission (SCC). Robert Lee Jones, a Virginia state prisoner, filed a complaint with the …
Article • March 15, 2003 • from PLN March, 2003
Texas Eliminates Habeas Corpus Following Probation Revocation by The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (TCCA) has eliminated the habeas corpus exception to the prohibition against attacking the original conviction after revocation of probation. Timothy Lee Jordan, a Texas state prisoner, was convicted of theft and robbery and placed on probation. …
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