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Illinois Jail Conditions Suit States Claim by The court of appeals for the seventh circuit held a district court erred in dismissing a pretrial detainee's conditions of confinement suit for failure to state a claim under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6). The court also held it was error to dismiss defendants not properly …
Denial of Eyeglasses Violates Eighth Amendment by The court of appeals for the second circuit held that a vision impaired prisoner who is denied medically prescribed eyeglasses states a claim for violation of the eighth amendment. The court also gave some interesting comments that this case should not be confused …
Article • June 15, 1997 • from PLN June, 1997
Wisconsin RFRA Jewelry Ruling Affirmed by The court of appeals for the seventh circuit held that a prison policy prohibiting prisoners from wearing crucifixes and all other religious jewelry violated the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000bb. In the August, 1996, issue of PLN we reported Sasnett …
Jury Verdict in Prisoner Attack Affirmed by The court of appeals for the seventh circuit affirmed a jury verdict of $10,000 in favor of a prisoner whose cell was opened by a guard in order for him to be attacked by other prisoners. Edward Paulick, an Illinois state prisoner, was …
Article • June 15, 1997 • from PLN June, 1997
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by Brazil: On February 28, 1997, police stormed the Anibal Bruno prison in Recife where three prisoners were holding two guards and 20 prison visitors hostage in an escape attempt. When negotiations stalled the prisoners killed the guard hostages after which police stormed the prison, killing the …
Article • June 15, 1997 • from PLN June, 1997
Filed under: Editorials, Media, Censorship
From the Editor by Paul Wright The Bad News: In April of this year longtime PLN supporter Jerry Dreva died in his sleep from a heart attack. An artist and revolutionary, Jerry could always be counted on to help. Last year he made possible our 28 page issue commemorating the …
Article • June 15, 1997 • from PLN June, 1997
A Matter of Fact by Between 1984 and 1994, the number of non U.S. citizens serving time in a federal prison increased an average of 15 percent annually, from 4,088 to 18,929. The overall federal prison population, by contrast, increased an average of 10 percent annually, from 31,105 to 87,437. …
Brief • June 4, 1997
Filed under: Accidents
Petrycki v. State of Washington, WA, Release Tort, Airway Heights Scaffolding Accident, 1997 Claim # 31027639-01 '. r; ~." 1 ..:: { I:U; i RELEASE (TORT) FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION of the sum of Fifteen Thousand and 00/100 ($15,000.00 inclusive of all liens known and unknown), Michael W. Petrycki, his …
Lucas v. White, CA, Amended Complaint, Abuse of Inmates, 1997 1 ROSEN, BIEN & ASARO MICHAEL W. BIEN - 096891 155 Montgomery Street, 8th Floor San Francisco, California 94104 Telephone (415) 433-6830 2 3 4 LAW OFFICES OF GERI L. GREEN GERI L. GREEN - 127709 368 Hayes Street San …
Hill v. Germantown, TN, Plaintiff Consolidated Brief Supporting Fed Damages Claims - Joint and Several Liability in Wrongful Death (1997) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF TENNESSEE FOR THE THIRTIETH JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT MEMPHIS GREGORY HILL, et al., Plaintiffs, vs. NO. 70577-9 T.D. CITY OF GERMANTOWN, et al., Defendants. RONALD CROWDER, …
Publication • 1997
Drexel University, Democracy and the Intersection of Prisons, Racism, and Capital, 1997 Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law From the SelectedWorks of David S Cohen January, 1997 Democracy and the Intersection of Prisons, Racism, and Capital David S Cohen Available at: https://works.bepress.com/david_cohen/4/ IDbepress™ DEMOCRACY AND THE INTERSECTION OF …
Brief • May 22, 1997
Jones v. State of Washington, WA, Accident, Summons, 1997 ~. -- -.. ---- . -- - ..."',.... ~~ .. ~ ...... ~ • ........ : S 7 10 .) ~ 97202354- 2 NO. ) ) va. ) SUMMONS .' ) ) THE STATE OF WASHINGTON ~. 11 12 TO: 13 …
Brief • May 17, 1997
Wright v. Ducharme, WA, Settlement Agreement, Segregation Case, 1997
Article • May 15, 1997 • from PLN May, 1997
Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Crime
Drug Policy as Social Control by Noam Chomsky In the typical third world society, like Colombia, or India, or Mexico or Egypt -- they are all more or less the same there is a sector of great wealth, enormous wealth, there are large numbers of people who live somewhere between …
Article • May 15, 1997 • from PLN May, 1997
PLRA Applied to Released Prisoners by The court of appeals for the seventh circuit held that appeals filed after the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) was enacted on April 26, 1996, were subject to dismissal unless a former prisoner paid the filing fees based on the funds he had in …
Seventh Circuit Questions ADA Applicability to Prisons by The court of appeals for the seventh circuit issued its first ruling on the applicability of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to prisoners. In doing so it held that claims of incompetent medical treatment are not cognizable under the ADA. It …
$75,000 Jury Verdict in Prisoner Attack Affirmed by The court of appeals for the seventh circuit affirmed a jury verdict awarding a prisoner $75,000 in compensatory damages and $55,262.42 in attorney fees after the prisoner was threatened then beaten by other prisoners. Gregory Pope, an Illinois state prisoner, was threatened …
Article • May 15, 1997 • from PLN May, 1997
Moors Settle with Indiana DOC by As a result of more than 15 years of struggle and litigation, the Moorish Science Temple and the Indiana Department of Corrections entered into a settlement agreement stemming from a suit filed by Granville Radford-Bey and Spencer Caldwell-Bey. On August 30, 1996, the Moors …
Article • May 15, 1997 • from PLN May, 1997
Washington EFV Ban Upheld by In an unpublished opinion the ninth circuit court of appeals affirmed dismissal of a Washington prisoner's challenge to a prison policy restricting participation in the Extended Family Visiting (EFV) program. Jerry Harrison was a Washington state prisoner with a prior domestic violence conviction. He filed …
Article • May 15, 1997 • from PLN May, 1997
US Supreme Court: Oklahoma Pre-Parole Program Requires Hearing Before Removal by by Paul Wright On March 18, 1997, justice Clarence Thomas released a ruling for a unanimous U.S. supreme court holding that an Oklahoma "pre-parole" program designed to relieve prison overcrowding was sufficiently similar to parole to require a due …
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