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Article • May 15, 1997 • from PLN May, 1997
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Reviews
Reviews by Prison Connections is a 12 page quarterly "newsletter of prison activism in New England." Each issue reports news and information relating to prison issues in the New England states. Recent issues have discussed jail conditions, education cutbacks, rallies protesting DOC policies in MA, the lack of DOC accountability, …
Article • May 15, 1997 • from PLN May, 1997
Filed under: Mental Health
Mental Unhealth and Prisons by E.D. Thanks for publishing information about mental health issues and prisoners. We expect to see a major increase in forensic [mentally ill] prisoners as we roll into the future and close down more state hospitals while simultaneously underfunding community resources for the mentally disabled. As …
Article • May 15, 1997 • from PLN May, 1997
Do the Math by E.D. I read an article in the Wisconsin State Journal about Wisconsin sending prisoners to Texas. There are going to be 700 prisoners shipped there (40 per week, which will take 17.5 weeks) at a cost of $39.36 per day for their housing once they are …
Article • May 15, 1997 • from PLN May, 1997
Guard Tower Scam by A.L. In the January PLN, Paul Wright described the ordeal of the guards' union in Washington state successfully fighting the DOC's effort to reduce staffing of the guard towers in Washington's prisons. While it's clear that the public-employee unions representing turnkeys fight tooth-and-nail to keep positions …
Article • May 15, 1997 • from PLN May, 1997
Filed under: PLRA, Filing Fees (PLRA)
PLRA Fee Requirements Not Applicable to Pending Suits by PLRA Fee Requirements not Applicable To Pending Suits A federal district court in California held that the Prison Litigation Reform Act's (PLRA) In Forma Pauperis (IFP) filing fee provisions are not retroactive to suits filed before the law's April 26, 1996, …
Article • May 15, 1997 • from PLN May, 1997
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by AZ: On March 7, 1997, prison guard Brent Lumley, 33, was found stabbed to death in the control room of the Perryville state prison. A shank, presumably the murder weapon, was sticking out of Lumley's neck. Seven prisoners were considered suspects in the case. CA: In …
Article • May 15, 1997 • from PLN May, 1997
PLRA Allows Sua Sponte Dismissal by A federal district court in Illinois held that the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) allows courts to assess filing fees and then dismiss prisoner petitions prior to service on the defendants if they fail to state a claim. Deangelo Jones is an Illinois state …
Brief • April 30, 1997
Filed under: Accidents
Jones v. US, WA, Summons, Post Office Accident, 1997 ID.see4se354B •• . 2~e PAcS ._) 2p{':>'fll.Q&7 : t Hf . t SERVICE COpy rtr .\lJ.our . la -- t - ~ tS _ _ _ _ _ _..;F,;..';.;.S..;;I.;;;U,;..I DISTIUCT OF _ _......._ _V...;;6\S;;;;SH,;;;;;;;;;'NC;;.;;,;:t'O;.;;.;.;R _ .JOBS, MI'1D1JI.r c. aM JOlES. SUOltltt" …
Brief • April 28, 1997
Stankovic v. WA DOC, WA, Court Order Granting Motion, 1997 BEFORE THE PERSONNEL APPEALS BOARD STATE OF WASHINGTON 2 4 SENEGUNDA STANKOVIC, Appellant, Case No. D94-123 5 v. ORDER GRANTING RESPONDENT'S MOTION TO DISMISS 6 7 DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, 8 Respondent. 9 10 I. INTRODUCTION 11 1.1 12 MERCHANT, Chair; …
Brief • April 22, 1997
Filed under: Accidents
Poindexter v. US, WV, Complaint, Vehicle Accident, 1997
Article • April 15, 1997 • from PLN April, 1997
A Native American Resource by The Traditional Native American Tobacco Seed Bank and Education Program (TNAT) at the University of New Mexico has three objectives: 1.) Collecting, preserving, growing and distributing the seeds of the many traditional Native American types of tobacco; 2.) Educating Native Americans about the dangers of …
California EFV Injunction Reversed by In the September, 1995, issue of PLN we reported that a Marin county superior court judge had issued a preliminary injunction enjoining Title 15, section 3174(e)(1) of the California Code of Regulations (CCR). The regulation in question eliminated family visits for a wide category of …
Ohio Jail Construction Corruption? by Questions arise as to whether a contract for the Franklin County jail renovation was legal. The county commissioners awarded the unbid contract in May 1995 to Voinovich-Sgro Architects, Inc., a subsidiary of the Voinovich Group, owned by Paul Voinovich, the brother to Governor George Voinovich. …
Beating and Strip Cell Require Trial by The court of appeals for the tenth circuit held that beating a naked, handcuffed, non-resisting prisoner violates the eighth amendment; that placing a prisoner in a strip cell without blankets or heating violates the eighth amendment as well. The court also discussed when …
Seventh Circuit Analyzes RFRA by The court of appeals for the seventh circuit gave its first ruling on the application of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) to prison cases in that circuit and in doing so defined what constitutes a "substantial burden" on religious practcies. The court consolidated two …
Article • April 15, 1997 • from PLN April, 1997
California Slashes Family Visits by Willie Wisely The young Hispanic woman, juggling a squirming infant under each arm, began to cry as she read the notice posted on the wall of the visitor processing building at Lancaster prison. For months prisoner rights advocates had been warning visitors, trying to organize …
Article • April 15, 1997 • from PLN April, 1997
Racial Violence in California Lockups by Willie Wisely On Friday, September 27, 1996, rioting broke out among more than 200 black and Latino prisoners in New Folsom's B Facility. The violence lasted some 31 minutes with fighting on the yard, in the medical clinic, and in prison industries. Guards fired …
Article • April 15, 1997 • from PLN April, 1997
Connecticut Supreme Court Upholds Phone and Mail Restrictions by In the February, 1995, issue of PLN we reported that Connecticut state prisoners had filed a class action suit in state court challenging prison regulations that required the recording of prisoner phone calls and that prisoners, outgoing mail could be read …
PLRA Consent Decree Termination Provision Unconstitutional by A federal district court in Michigan held that provisions of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) calling for the immediate termination of consent decrees where no findings of constitutional violations were made by the court, was unconstitutional on several grounds. The PLRA created …
Article • April 15, 1997 • from PLN April, 1997
ABA Calls for Halt to Executions by In February, 1997, by a vote of 280 to 119, representatives of the American Bar Association's House of Delegates endorsed a report calling for a nationwide suspension of executions until the judicial process is overhauled. The report was offered jointly by the A.B.A.'s …
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