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ADOC Settlement Terms by -Additional staff training on sexual misconduct and prisoner privacy issues. -Implementation of a program to inform the state's 1,810 female prisoners about their rights. -Requiring all male prison employees who may be alone with a female prisoner to notify a supervisor. -Providing two 15-minute periods a …
Article • October 15, 1999 • from PLN October, 1999
From the Editor by Paul Wright A PLN supporter recently commented that I must find editing PLN incredibly depressing given the content of the July, 1999, issue: medical neglect, rape, extrajudicial murders, brutality, sensory deprivation control units, random shootings, etc. As an optimist, I see the prison struggle glass as …
Wreaking Medical Mayhem in Washington Prisons by Tara Herivel In 1993, prisoner Gertrude Barrow crawled to the clinic at the Washington Corrections Center for Women. Her peptic ulcer ruptured, Barrow's requests for treatment had been dismissed by health care staff who diagnosed her ulcer as a bad case of gas. …
A Foul Trend Emerges by Tara Herivel An 1996, the Department of Labor and Industry (L&I) fined McNeil Island Corrections Center (MICC) over $13,000 for health and safety violations. L & I investigator Jeff Spann unearthed a pattern of inadequate training for health care staff, use of faulty medical equipment, …
Article • September 15, 1999 • from PLN September, 1999
Is Health Care Too Much to Ask For? by Silja JA Talvi By Silja J.A. Talvi In California's State Prison System, Female Prisoners and Their Advocates Say They're Continuing to Fight an Uphill Battle, While Prison Administrators Insist They're Doing Their Job Over the last several years, health care-related allegations …
Article • September 15, 1999 • from PLN September, 1999
Ex-Prisoner Gets $850,000 for Broken Neck by When Steven Dodson entered a California prison in October 1996, he didn't know that his neck was broken. He only knew that his neck pain kept getting worse. He also didn't know that the next 10 months of his life would be a …
Arkansas Department of Corruption Revealed by A career employee of the Arkansas Department of Correction was demoted from his position as warden of the state maximum security prison in January 1996, after he spoke out about corruption and lack of security in the prison. He sued the DOC and several …
County Jail Political Shenanigans, Corruption Revealed by Seven employees of the Rockingham County (North Carolina) Sheriff's Department were fired by the sheriff the day after his 1994 re-election. The seven filed suit alleging violation of their free speech and due process rights; the sheriff had fired them for not supporting …
Article • September 15, 1999 • from PLN September, 1999
Crime and Punishment in America, by Elliot Currie (Review) by H Bruce Franklin Metropolitan 230 pp. Reviewed by H. Bruce Franklin This is a very unfashionable book. Elliott Currie does not believe that we need to build more and more prisons, impose longer sentences, make prisons as harsh as possible, …
Article • September 15, 1999 • from PLN September, 1999
The Way the Wind Blew: A History of the Weather Underground, by Ron Jacobs (Review) by Paul Wright Verso. 216 pages. $17 Reviewed by Paul Wright The United States is unique among modern nations in that its government has never experienced a serious revolutionary challenge. Opposition movements in the U.S. …
Article • September 15, 1999 • from PLN September, 1999
Texas Prison Warehouses (Letter) by DG "Tex" Hoffman by : D.G. "Tex" Hoffman The Texas Dept. of Corrections operates the nation's second largest prison system after California, including 20 transfer facilities. Transfer facilities are Texas' answer to overcrowded county jails; the first facility was built in mid- 1994 when jails …
Beaten Connecticut Jail Detainee Awarded $2.07 Million by A federal jury in February, 1999 awarded Kevin King $2 million in punitive damages and $75,000 in compensatory damages for a beating he suffered at the hands of Hartford (Conn.) Correctional Center jail guards. The verdict touched off a firestorm of controversy …
Missouri Proposes $2.2 Million Settlement by On June 25, 1999, the state of Missouri filed a proposed $2.2 million settlement in U.S. District Court that would dispose of 32 lawsuits filed in state and federal courts by 700 - 2,100 Missouri prisoners abused in Texas jails. The lawsuits stem partly …
New Mexico Riot Rooted in Religious Rights by On April 6, 1999, up to 400 prisoners at the Wackenhut-oper- ated Lea County Correctional Facility in Hobbs, New Mexico, rioted and ransacked the prison's kitchen and dining areas. Thirteen guards, including two state employees, and one prisoner were injured in the …
Prison Realty Board Member Settles Ethics Complaints by Prof. Charles W. Thomas, director of the Private Corrections Project at the University of Florida and a board member of Prison Realty Corp., has long been criticized for his close connections with the private prison companies he researches [see: "University professor shills …
Stun Belts in Court Unconstitutional by A federal district court in California held that the use of stun belts, as a control device on criminal defendants in courtroom proceedings, raises serious questions as to the practices' constitutionality. As a result, the court issued a preliminary injunction (PI) enjoining the Los …
Article • September 15, 1999 • from PLN September, 1999
Lack of Standing Eviscerates Court Access Class Action by The U.S. court of appeals of the Seventh Circuit held that the two nominal prisoner/plaintiffs in a long-running class action lacked standing to assert a denial of their right of access-to-the-courts. Without standing, the district court was without jurisdiction, and the …
Article • September 15, 1999 • from PLN September, 1999
Federal Parolee Has Right to Hearing Under 18 USC § 4211(a)(2) by Federal Parolee Has Right to Hearing Under 18 USC § 4211(a)(2) The Seventh Circuit court of appeals has held that a pre-Guidelines federal parolee has the right to a hearing under 18 U.S.C. § 4211(a)(2), five years after …
Article • September 15, 1999 • from PLN September, 1999
PLRA Dismissals for Failure to Plead Physical Injury Reviewed De Novo by The Tenth Circuit court of appeals has held that prisoner suits dismissed for failure to plead a physical injury, as required by the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), must be reviewed de novo. Darren Eugene Perkins, an HIV-positive …
Denial of Exercise Is "Atypical and Significant" by Denial of Exercise Is "Atypical and Significant" The U.S. court of appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that Florida state prisoners, who are being held in Close Management (CM) status, have a state-created liberty interest in outdoor exercise, which is protected by …
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