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Article • September 15, 2001 • from PLN September, 2001
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by Brazil: On June 29, 2001, former police colonel Ubiratan Guimaraes, 58, was convicted of killing 102 prisoners in 1992 when he commanded the police takeover of Carandiru Prison after an uprising by prisoners. Officially 111 prisoners were killed in the uprising, including 9 stabbed to death …
Cowboys and Prisoners by Willie Wisely Trumpeted as the pinnacle of high-tech prison architecture when it opened in 1993, the Federal Correctional Complex in Florence, Colorado, contains two lower security facilities, one maximum security prison, and, since 1994, the Clockwork Orange inspired U.S. Penitentiary Administrative Maximum. The steel and concrete …
Article • September 15, 2001 • from PLN September, 2001
Filed under: Organizing
'No More Prisons' Graffiti Gets Public's Attention by Ronald Young It's spreading like wildfire, from New York to Seattle, Chicago to Dallas, and coming soon to an urban setting near you. It's the "NO MORE PRISONS" graffiti movement, a simple form of civil disobedience which requires only a can of …
Alabama Ends Chain Gang Experiment by A federal district court in Alabama has approved a settlement between Alabama state prisoners and the prison system, effectively ending Alabama's flirtation with chain gangs. The court also held that the practice of chaining prisoners to a "hitching post" is unconstitutional, cruel and unusual …
Article • September 15, 2001 • from PLN September, 2001
Filed under: Editorials, Organizing
From the Editor by Paul Wright September, 2001, marks the 30th anniversary of the modern prisoner rights movement in the United States. In September, 1971, prisoners in Attica, New York, rose up to protest horrendous conditions. The uprising occurred after peaceful means of protest had failed and prisoners refused to …
Article • September 15, 2001 • from PLN September, 2001
Racist Knot of Florida Guards by Willie Wisely The fake hunting regulations prominently posted in a Calhoun Correctional Institution colonel's office read, "OPEN SEASON ON PORCH MONKEYS." The daily kill limit was ten according to the sign, Roy Hughes, a black guard, told the St. Petersburg Times December 19, 1999. …
Article • September 15, 2001 • from PLN September, 2001
Virginia Rent-a-Cell Program Expected to Net $100 Million by Virginia Rent-A-Cell Program Expected to Net $100 Million The state of Virginia will pocket an estimated $100 million in 2001 by warehousing out-of-state and federal prisoners for a fee. About 10% of the Virginia jail and prison population is out-of-state or …
$350,000 Verdict in Dirty Dancing Suit; Punitive Damages Vacated by John E Dannenberg AU.S. district court jury in Washington, D.C., awarded female D.C. Jail prisoner Sunday Daskalea $350,000 in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages against the District and the Department of Corrections Director, Margaret Moore, for Daskalea's …
Article • September 15, 2001 • from PLN September, 2001
Six Month Denial of Exercise Presents Section 1983 Claim by An Illinois federal district court ruled that a prisoner's claim that he was denied out-of-cell exercise during a six month prison lockdown "present[ed] a cognizable claim despite the penological justification proffered by the defendants." The Court also ruled that Defendants …
PLRA Does Not Apply to Habeas Corpus Actions by The Court of Appeals for the Sev-enth Circuit held that the requirements of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) do not apply to properly characterized habeas corpus petitions under 18 U.S.C. §§ 2241, 2254, or 2255, finding that those actions are …
No Interlocutory Appeal for Good Faith Defense by The Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that the requirements of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) do not apply to properly characterized habeas corpus petitions under 18 U.S.C. §§ 2241, 2254, or 2255, finding that those actions are not …
Article • September 15, 2001 • from PLN September, 2001
Possibility of Life in Control Unit Doesn't Mitigate Death by Possibility of Life In Control Unit Doesn't Mitigate Death The Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has held that the possibility of life imprisonment in a control unit is not a mitigating factor in a federal death penalty case. …
PAMII Act Requires Release of Mental Health Records by A federal district court in Louisiana has held that federal law requires prison officials to release a prisoner's mental health records for investigation of claims of mistreatment. Prisoner William Ford sent a letter to the Advocacy Center complaining that he has …
Maryland Court Ruling on Tobacco Smoke Prompts Settlement by A Maryland federal district court's ruling denying summary judgment in an "environmental tobacco smoke" (ETS) case has prompted the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DOPSACS) to ban tobacco, matches, and lighters at all Maryland state prisons, effective June, …
Article • September 15, 2001 • from PLN September, 2001
Ninth Circuit Reverses Time-Barred Habeas Petition by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting en banc , reversed a district court's dismissal of a federal habeas petition as time barred, and remanded the case to the district court to develop the record regarding whether the prisoner was entitled to a …
Ohio Death Row Prisoners Sue Over Last Words by An Ohio federal district court refused to dismiss a challenge to an Ohio policy prohibiting condemned prisoners from giving last statements. The Court also discussed the PLRA's administrative exhaustion requirements and mootness concerns. Ohio Death Row prisoner Fred Treesh and another …
Article • September 15, 2001 • from PLN September, 2001
Dismissal of Prisoner's Suit for Missing Evidentiary Deadline Reversed by The Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has reversed the dismissal of a prisoner's pro se civil rights suit for missing a single pre-trial deadline. Bobby Ray Long, an Indiana state prisoner, filed a civil rights suit in federal …
CCA Gets Tangled in Financial Quagmire by Ronald Young CCA Gets Tangled In Financial Quagmire Corrections Corporation of America said it is contesting an $8.1 million request for payment from Merrill Lynch & Company related to its hiring of the investment firm in late 1999 for advice on a company …
Article • September 15, 2001 • from PLN September, 2001
Feds Tally the Death Penalty by In December, 2000, the Bureau of Justice Statistics analyzed the United States' death penalty in a report titled "Capital Punishment 1999." It is an in-depth analysis of how the death penalty was applied in the United States in 1999, plus a preliminary execution report …
Environmental Concerns Halt Construction of Pennsylvania Prison by Ronald Young Environmental Concerns Halt Construction Of Pennsylvania Prison The wretched and overcrowded conditions at Washington, D.C.'s Lorton Correctional Complex have resulted in Congress giving the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) responsibility for housing all D.C. prisoners. Lorton, located in Fairfax, VA, …
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