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Publication • November 12, 2002
Letter re Prison Video, NY Committee on Open Government, 2002 Welcome to the Committee on Open Government Services 1/23/2015 News Government State of New York Department of State Committee on Open Government O ne Com m erce Plaza 99 W ashington Ave. Albany, New York 12231 (518) 474-2518 Fax (518) …
Ripole v. Stanley, NH, Bill in Equity, ADA Violations, 2002 THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE MERRIMACK COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT ___________________________________ : DONALD RIOPEL, : : Plaintiff : : v. : : PHILLIP STANLEY, in his : official capacity as Commissioner, : New Hampshire Department of Corrections : : JANE COPLAN, …
Brief • October 17, 2002
Rodgers v. District of Columbia, DC, Complaint, Medical Neglect, 2002 .. ... ORIGl~JAL SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ) ) ) ANDREW RODGERS #07967-007 FMC Devens P.O. Box 879 Ayer, MA 01432 ) Plaintiff v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA A Municipal Corporation Serve: Darlene Fields or Janice Stokes Authorized …
Article • October 15, 2002 • from PLN October, 2002
Into the Twilight Zone by Mumia Abu-Jamal by Mumia Abu Jamal With the seizure of the person (one can't say "arrest," for the government has announced it has no intention of prosecuting) of the American citizen alleged to have been planning "dirty bomb" strikes against U.S. targets, Abdullah AlMuhajir (formerly …
Article • October 15, 2002 • from PLN October, 2002
Filed under: Editorials, Organizing, Voting
From the Editor by Paul Wright The connection between felon disenfranchisement and mass imprisonment is rarely explored. In this month's cover story we discuss the correlation between the two. In many ways, the more things change the more they remain the same. Today's convicts effectively pad voter numbers when legislative …
Article • October 15, 2002 • from PLN October, 2002
Filed under: Reviews, Resources, Court Access
Represent Yourself in Court: How to Prepare & Try a Winning Case, 3rd Ed. by Sam Rutherford Represent Yourself in Court: How to Prepare & Try a Winning Case, 3rd Ed. By Attorneys Paul Bergman & Sara BermanBarrett, Nolo Press, 2001 (528 pages) Reviewed by Sam Rutherford The third edition …
Supreme Court Upholds Forced Confessions in Kansas Sex Offender Treatment by Bob Williams In a 54 decision, the United States Supreme Court has decided that a convicted sex offender's Fifth Amendment privilege against compulsory selfincrimination is not violated by a treatment program that requires admitting to all past sexual behavior. …
Article • October 15, 2002 • from PLN October, 2002
All Things Censored by Mumia Abu Jamal by Gary Hunter Seven Stories Press, 335 page paperback, $14.95 Review by Gary Hunter For nearly two decades Mumia Abu Jamal has defied the deathgrip of Pennsylvania's death row. For nearly two decades he has revealed secrets that our nation's most powerful leaders …
Article • October 15, 2002 • from PLN October, 2002
Filed under: Mental Health, Suicides
Jailers Liable for Foreseeable Prisoner Suicide by The Supreme Court of Alaska held that a jailer owes its prisoners the duty of reasonable care to protect them from foreseeable harm, including self-inflicted harm. Rudolph Joseph was arrested in Nome, Alaska on. May 11, 1996 and committed to the Anvil Mountain …
Florida Prisoner Dies in CCA Jail by Lonnie Burton On February 26, 2002, the family of a prisoner who died as a result of medical neglect at the privately-run Bay County jail in Florida filed formal notice that they intend to sue the jail, as well as the Bay Medical …
Article • October 15, 2002 • from PLN October, 2002
Ohio Nearly Closes 100 Year Old Asylum/Prison by Gary Hunter In April 2002, state budget cuts threatened to force the closure of Orient Correctional Institution near Columbus Ohio. Orient originally opened as a mental asylum in 1902 and was converted to a prison in 1984. The closing would have relocated …
Georgia Lawmaker Indicted for Aiding Prisoner Transfer by Lonnie Burton On January 8, 2002, a Fulton County, Georgia grand jury indicted state senator Van Streat on four counts of violation of oath of office and one count of making a false statement. Both charges stemmed from Streat's alleged involvement in …
Article • October 15, 2002 • from PLN October, 2002
Filed under: Civil Procedure, Appeals
Oklahoma Rejects Prisoner Mail Box Rule by The Oklahoma State Court of Ap peals held that the "Prisoner Mail Box Rule" is not available to Oklahoma prisoners and that "filing" means when a proper petition is delivered to the proper court. The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals certified a question …
Article • October 15, 2002 • from PLN October, 2002
Sixth Circuit Upholds Denial of Prison Doctor's Qualified Immunity by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld denial of qualified immunity to a state prison doctor by the Federal District Court in Michigan. Richard LeMarbe is a Michigan state prisoner. In 1996, he was treated for chronic gallbladder problems …
Nominal Damages Not Automatic by The Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has held that nominal damages are not automatic when a jury renders a verdict for excessive use of force, but fails to award compensatory or punitive damages. Temporary detainee George B. Oliver filed a civil rights action …
Article • October 15, 2002 • from PLN October, 2002
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: Faced with a state budget crunch that had led the state parole board to discontinue Thursday hearings and to consider laying off staff, in July, 2002, governor Don Siegelman found $438,000 in state and federal money to give the parole board to hire four new …
Article • October 15, 2002 • from PLN October, 2002
Danish Security Firm Buys Out the Wackenhut Corporation by Danish Security Firm Buys Out The Wackenhut Corporation In 1954, former FBI agent George Wackenhut and three FBI buddies formed a private detective firm in Miami. In 1955, the firm moved into the security guard business after winning a contract with …
Article • October 15, 2002 • from PLN October, 2002
CMS Overdoses Five Boston Jail Prisoners by Five prisoners at Boston's Suffolk County jail in Massachusetts were rushed to a nearby hospital after receiving the wrong medication. Jail guards found the five prisoners unconscious on the morning of September 23, 2001, after other prisoners alerted the guards by raising a …
Article • October 15, 2002 • from PLN October, 2002
Filed under: Sentencing, Good Time, Parole
Washington Good Time Depends on When Crime Occurred by A Washington state appeals court held that the amount of good time credits a prisoner received depended on when the underlying crime occurred, in a case where the good time available to prisoners convicted of certain offenses had changed. Washington, like …
Supreme Court: No Punitive Damages Allowed Under RA and ADA by In a unanimous opinion, the United States supreme court held that punitive damages are not allowed under the Rehabilitation Act, (RA), 29 U.S.C. § 794 (a) or the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. § 12132. Jeffrey Gorman …
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