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Article • October 15, 1998 • from PLN October, 1998
Filed under: Work, Prison Industries
Texas State Symbol Sewn by Slaves by Designers of the Texas state flag meant for its red, white and blue colors to represent bravery, loyalty and purity. But the flag of the Lone Star state also represent modern-day prison slavery. For more than 20 years, female prisoners at the Hilltop …
Article • October 15, 1998 • from PLN October, 1998
Loompanics Unlimited by Paul Wright Loompanics modestly bills itself as "the best book catalog in the world." If it's not the best it is certainly the most diverse, having all the books you've heard about but probably haven't seen in the neighborhood bookstore. Loompanics is a publisher and vendor that …
Corcoran Prison Sex, Lies, and Videotape by Willie Wisely by W. Wisely Iheard yelling and screaming. I heard batons hitting," Connie Foster told California lawmakers at a joint legislative hearing into brutality at Corcoran prison July 28, 1998. Foster, who worked at the prison from 1987 to 1996, spoke quietly …
Arizona DOC Paralegal Fraud: Law Libraries Closed, Replaced by Scam Artists by Dan Pens One year ago this month, PLN reported that 34 Arizona prison law libraries were permanently closed and replaced with visiting paralegals under contract with the state. [See: "Experiment in Access: Law Libraries Eliminated in Arizona Prisons" …
Article • October 15, 1998 • from PLN October, 1998
Arizona Paralegals Obstruct Court Access by by [AZ prisoner, name withheld by request] The elimination of Arizona prison law libraries is an experiment that other states (and the courts) are watching. Does the contract paralegal system work? And does it provide constitutionally adequate access to the courts? After one year …
Alabama Counties Not Liable for Jail Conditions by The court of appeals for the eleventh circuit, sitting en banc, held that Alabama counties cannot be held liable for the operation of county jails. In doing so the court overturned prior circuit precedent on this issue. Phillip Turquitt was killed by …
Amnesty International Seeks Human Rights Abuse Info by Amnesty International Seeks Human Rights Abuse Info Amnesty International (A.I.) is working on a comprehensive report on human rights in the United States, inclusive of prisons, jails, and immigration detention centers. The primary purpose of this report is to document where there …
Anatomy of a Whitewash by Mumia Abu-Jamal "Authority is never without hate" --Euripides In a decision that was as remarkable as it was predictable, the Greene County DA, David Pollock, announced his office would take no criminal action against prison guards who were viewed on videotape, "roughing up" men in …
Article • October 15, 1998 • from PLN October, 1998
California Lifers Covered by Tolling Statute by The court of appeals for the Ninth circuit held that California prisoners serving sentences of life with the possibility of parole fall within California Civil Procedure Code § 352(a)(3), which tolls the statute of limitations for persons "in execution under the sentence of …
Trial Required in New Jersey Diabetic Care Suit by Afederal district court denied New Jersey prison authorities their motion for summary judgment against diabetic prisoners' class action suit under 42 USC § 1983. The prisoners' complaint was that the medical care provided by the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center (ADTC) …
Wisconsin Transfers Spark Protest by On Sunday June 28, 1998, prisoners at the Fox Lake Correctional Institution staged a protest against the scheduled transfer of 160 Wisconsin prisoners to a private prison in Oklahoma. According to eye-witnesses, about 155 prisoners refused orders to return to their cells from a recreation …
Article • October 15, 1998 • from PLN October, 1998
The Buck Stops Where? by Alex Friedmann When Georgia prisoner Stanley Reed filed a federal habeas petition in January 1997 he probably didn't expect the response he received: The warden refused to answer the petition, raising the possibility that Reed might be released by default. The reason? Reed, although a …
UNICOR Worker Receives $928.32 for Lost Hand by The court of appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that a prisoner could bring a Bivens claim separate from any claim brought under a workers' compensation scheme. However, because the evidence of the prison officials' failure to protect did not rise to …
Article • October 15, 1998 • from PLN October, 1998
Utah Porn Ban Rescinded; Suit Settled by In 1997 Utah prison officials wrote a policy which prohibited prisoners in that state from ordering, receiving or possessing any written or printed materials that contained "sexually explicit materials." The policy also prohibited prisoners from receiving or possessing any written or printed materials …
Berton v. District of Columbia, Complaint, No Due Process, 1998 \~l i"~ SUPERIOR'LOURT OF THE DISTRICT OF C~8tJMBIA CIVIL DIVISION ?:'.,:,y.'" --~~" ~-", BERNARD E. BERTON, Jlt.~~"­ DCDC Number 146-447 POst Office Box 85 Occoquan Facility Lorton, Virginia 22199 (\( "\(p ~\ Plaintiff CIVIL ACTION us. (;; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, …
Brief • October 5, 1998
Logan v. District of Columbia, DC, Complaint, Prisoner Assault, 1998 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Ciyil Bivision ~C~~:o~ce ~ G\fJ''f:. K£DN LOGAN acne #277-141 Distri.ct of Columbia Department of Corrections C\~ ~. ,~,~ ~~ ~~;~ ·01. ~"V.'ge~ c). 0\ GO'; '0~ Plaintiff, DISTRJCT OF COLUMBIA GOVERNMENT ?Y1unicipal Corporation …
Brief • September 23, 1998
Filed under: False Arrest
Riggio v. Bank of America, CA, Complaint, False Arrest, 1998 1 Anthony Boskovich, No. 121198 2 Law Offices of Anthony Boskovich 28 N. First Street, 6th Floor 3 San Jose, California 95113-1210 4 (408) 286-5150 5 Attorney for plaintiff GARY RIGGIO 6 7 8 IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE …
Article • September 15, 1998 • from PLN September, 1998
MI Prison "Fee" Law Preempted by ERISA by Afederal district court in Michigan held that the State Correctional Facility Reimbursement Act (SCFRA), Mich.Comp.Laws.Ann. § 800.401 and Mich.Stat.Ann. § 28.1701, is preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1000, which prevents the state from seizing pension …
No Immunity for Abestos Exposure; Toxic Water Claim Remanded by The court of appeals for the second circuit held that prison officials are not entitled to qualified immunity for exposing a prisoner to airborne asbestos. The court also held that a prisoner plaintiff was entitled to present evidence that a …
Article • September 15, 1998 • from PLN September, 1998
Kansas Prisoners Entitled to Notice of Prison Rules by The Kansas state court of appeals held that Kansas prisoners have a due process liberty interest in their good time credits and are entitled to notice of prison rules before they can be punished for violating them. Xuan Hiep Le is …
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