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Brief • June 27, 2000
Diaz v. City of Garden Grove, CA, Notice of Application for Order Contempt Citation, 2000 R. Samuel Paz (Bar Number 62373) LAW OFFICES OF R. SAMUEL PAZ 1 Biltmore Court, Seventh Floor 520 South Grand Avenue 2 Los Angeles, California 90071-2645 Telephone: (213) 955-4271 3 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 4 PATRICIA …
Article • June 15, 2000 • from PLN June, 2000
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by Brazil: On March 11, 2000, 17 prisoners armed with knives overpowered four guards at the Mata Grande Penitentiary in Rondonopolis and forced them to open the cellblock of a rival gang. The armed prisoners then proceeded to kill 13 and wound 3 of their rivals. Three …
Article • June 15, 2000 • from PLN June, 2000
The New Bedlam by Willie Wisely by W. Wisely Gary Hahn walks his dog, tugging at the leash, back and forth on the hardpan track at Lancaster prison's maximum security D Facility in California. Right arm folded, fist crammed into the small of his back, Gary walks bent over, his …
Article • June 15, 2000 • from PLN June, 2000
From the Editor by Paul Wright By Paul Wright As the article in this issue mentions, PLN contributing writer Mark Cook was recently released from prison after 24 years. We wish Mark the best. Former contributing writer O'Neil Stough was recently released from prison and, unfortunately, did not do very …
Article • June 15, 2000 • from PLN June, 2000
Riot at Private Prison by On November 14, 1999, hundreds of prisoners housed at a privately operated prison in Taft, California, rioted in protest over conditions, according to The Bakersfield Californian. Prisoners at the Wackenhut Corrections run facility broke windows, televisions, and furniture causing some $60,000 in damage at the …
Article • June 15, 2000 • from PLN June, 2000
Pro Se Tips and Tactics by John Midgley Supreme Court Decides Georgia Parole Case by John Midgley In many states, there are parole boards that decide when prisoners will be released. In these states, the timing of when the parole board will consider parole the timing of "initial" parole consideration …
Wisconsin Prisoners Rebel at Private Tennessee Prison by On November 30, 1999, Wisconsin state prison officials were touring the Whiteville Correctional Facility (WCF) in Tennessee. The prison is operated by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and houses 1,500 Wisconsin prisoners. Just minutes after WCF warden Percy Pitzer led an entourage …
Women in Prison: GAO Report by Julia Lutsky Reviewed by Julia Lutsky During the calendar years 1995 to 1998, approximately 31,400 women prisoners in the three largest U.S. jurisdictions made a total of 506 allegations of staff sexual misconduct; of these only 92, or 18 percent, were sustained. "Because many …
Article • June 15, 2000 • from PLN June, 2000
Marijuana Law, 2nd Edition by Allan Parmelee By Richard Glen Boire, Ronin, 271 pages Review by Allan Parmelee This book is must reading for anyone interested in knowing what their rights are when dealing with police in general as well as every aspect of the law as it concerns the …
Article • June 15, 2000 • from PLN June, 2000
Federal Judge Hits BOP Mule with Two-by-Four by Federal Judge Hits BOP Mule With Two-by-Four A ticked-off federal judge in Miami interrupted the fraud and money-laundering trial of jewel dealer Jack Hasson February 2, 2000, for an "extraordinary display of judicial pique and power," the Palm Beach Post reported. U.S. …
Article • June 15, 2000 • from PLN June, 2000
Mark Cook Freed by On April 3, 2000, PLN contributing writer Mark Cook was released from the Monroe Correctional Complex in Washington. Mark was imprisoned for more than 24 years in Washington and federal prisons after being captured and charged in 1976 with carrying out action on behalf of the …
Prison Working Conditions Protected by Eighth Amendment by A federal district court in New York held that fact issues existed as to whether a prison official was deliberately indifferent to a prisoner's health, and whether she was aware of unsafe working conditions. Since both situations fall within the purview of …
Article • June 15, 2000 • from PLN June, 2000
U.S. Supreme Court to Revisit Civil Commitment by On March 20, 2000, the U.S. Supreme Court granted Certiorari to the State of Washington appealing a ninth. Circuit order for the district court to hold an evidentiary hearing to determine if the state's civil commitment statute "as applied" to petitioner renders …
West Virginia Prisoners Protest Visit/Phone Restrictions by Prisoners at the Mount Olive Correctional Center in West Virginia staged a walkout on Monday morning August 30, 1999 to protest a new visitation policy and problems with the phone system. More than 200 prisoners gathered in the prison's recreation yard and sat …
Article • June 15, 2000 • from PLN June, 2000
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
Illinois Phone Suit Dismissed by In the August, 1999, issue of PLN we reported that a class action suit had been filed in federal court in Illinois challenging the extortionate phone rates charged to those who accept collect calls from prisoners. On March 23, 2000, federal district court judge William …
Former BOP Director Fingered in Sex Scandal by In 1992 Bureau of Prisons (BOP) em- ployee Steven McPeek quietly settled a sexual harassment complaint he leveled against then-BOP director J. Michael Quinlan, according to recently filed court papers. McPeek alleged in his 1992 complaint that Quinlan made sexual advances beginning …
Article • June 15, 2000 • from PLN June, 2000
Defiant Texas Death Row Activist Executed by On March 15, 2000, the state of Texas killed Kamau (Ponchai) Wilkerson. He proved to be a fighter to the end. Kamau was among seven Texas death row prisoners who stunned the world with a bold escape attempt on Thanksgiving Day 1998 [See: …
Article • June 15, 2000 • from PLN June, 2000
My Statement in Response to the State by by Kamau "Ponchai" Wilkerson [The following is an excerpt from "My Statement in Response to the Setting of an Execution Date and the State of Texas' Plan to Murder Me," by Ponchai Kamau Wilkerson] The 13th Amendment abolished slavery "...except as punishment …
$59,177 in Damages and Fees Awarded in Georgia Braille Suit by On April 15, 1999, a federal district court in Georgia issued a directed verdict awarding a blind Georgia state prisoner $2,000 in damages. Eddy Stephens, a blind prisoner, was denied access to braile books and writing instruments. He was …
Article • June 15, 2000 • from PLN June, 2000
New York Prisoner Wins $50,000 In Failure To Treat Mental Illness Suit by by Matthew T. Clarke A federal district court in New York has held that officials of the New York Department of Correctional Services (DOCS) subjected a prisoner to cruel and unusual punishment through their deficient treatment of …
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