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The Fundamental Right of Self-Defense in Prison by Robert F Nelson by Robert F. Nelson [Editor's Note: In 1994 the court of appeals for the seventh circuit decided Rowe v. DeBruyn, 17 F.3d 1047 (7th Cir. 1994) which held that an Indiana state prisoner had no constitutional right to self-defense …
Article • November 15, 1996 • from PLN November, 1996
Criminal Injustice: Confronting the Prison Crisis by Daniel Burton-Rose Review by Daniel Burton Rose This collection is an excellent primer on many of the issues and struggles currently being waged by prisoners and their supporters. Previously distributed in prison activist circles as With the Power of Justice in our Eyes, …
Criminal Prosecutors Get Their Day In Court by In March 1996, U.S. District court judge Sandra Brown Armstrong, in Oakland, California, dismissed "with prejudice,'' the criminal charges against four Dublin, California federal prisoners because of what she termed "serious misconduct" by prosecutors. On February 5, 1996, judge Armstrong issued a …
Article • November 15, 1996 • from PLN November, 1996
Filed under: Work, Prison Industries
Prison Labor and Private Profit by Adrian Lomax Wall Street wheeler-dealer Irwin Jacobs, known as "Irv the Liquidator" for his leveraged-buyout exploits in the 1980s, is always looking to turn a profit. One of his current business ventures refurbishes and repackages items that customers have returned to retail stores. When …
Article • November 15, 1996 • from PLN November, 1996
Notes from the Unrepenitentiary by Laura Whitehorn I've been thinking a lot about Attica, as we pass the 25th anniversary of the rebellion and the massacre. Remembering how the courage of the men of D Yard transformed all our sorrow and anger at the assassination of George Jackson into energy, …
Article • November 15, 1996 • from PLN November, 1996
Publisher Entitled to Notice of Magazine Censorship by The court of appeals for the fourth circuit held that publishers are entitled to notice and an opportunity to be heard when their publications are censored by prison officials. Virginia DOC Operating Procedure 852 sets forth the process by which censorship of …
Article • November 15, 1996 • from PLN November, 1996
Filed under: Excessive Force, Shootings
In Harms' Way: Texas Prisoner Shot by On July 8, 1996, 21-year-old Texas prisoner Daniel Miguel Avellaneda was fatally shot by Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) prison guard Neal Harms. The TDCJ identified Harms as a 35-year-old guard who had no disciplinary infractions in his 14 months on the …
Article • November 15, 1996 • from PLN November, 1996
A Matter of Fact by The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) collected nearly $550 million in assets from civil forfeiture from "criminals" (many of whom were not convicted of criminal offenses) in 1994, and shared almost $235 million of this booty with state and local law enforcement agencies. In 1994, …
Article • November 15, 1996 • from PLN November, 1996
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by AZ: In September, 1996, the DOC terminated its military style boot camp, stating it did not work. A study indicated that only 22% of those who complete the four month boot camp in lieu of serving traditional prison time were not re-arrested after graduation. That was …
Article • November 15, 1996 • from PLN November, 1996
From the Editor by Paul Wright Welcome to another issue of PLN. As the holiday season approaches readers might want to consider purchasing gift subscriptions of PLN for friends and relatives. PLN continues to be reader supported and increasing our circulation is the only way we can significantly reduce our …
Brief • November 1, 1996
Carmichael, v. DC, Complaint, Prisoner Assault, 1996 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA i civil Divisio.n . ~~i> PAYMEi'IT OF COSTS W.JIoA" l RE #207-331 ) \ DAVID CARMICHAEL Maximum Security F a c i l i t y ) P.o. Box 5200 ) ) Lorton, VA 22199 v. …
Publication • November 1, 1996
Filed under: Prison Life Magazine
Prison Life magazine, November 1996 NOVEMBER 1996 22-.ANIMAI..:: FACTDR}V by Edward Bunker In the third andJ inal installment of Edward .Bunker's classic San Quentin novel, t he animal wants' out of his cage-but not as a domesticated house pet. 26- KEVS by Jorge Antonio Renaud Our 1995 Art Behind Bars …
Brief • October 16, 1996
Diaz v. US, FL, Complaint, Wrongful Death by Suicide, 1996
Publication • October 16, 1996
Washinton Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers-Presonal Computer Usage by DOC Prisoners-Oct. 1996 WACDL Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Lenell Nussbaum President Teresa Mathis Executive Director October 16, 1996 Mr. Chase Riveland, Secretary Department of Corrections P. 0 . Box 41101 Olympia, WA 98504-1101 RE: Personal Computer Usage by Department …
Article • October 15, 1996 • from PLN October, 1996
Extending Release Date Violates Eighth Amendment by A federal district court in Illinois held that the eighth amendment is violated when a prisoner is held almost two years past his release date. Don Campbell, an Illinois state prisoner, was released from prison in 1986 to serve a two-year term of …
Article • October 15, 1996 • from PLN October, 1996
Court Responsible for Jury Demand by The court of appeals for the second circuit held that checking a box on a civil cover sheet constituted a timely demand for a jury trial. Tyrone Wright, a New York state prisoner, filed suit claiming he was beaten by prison guards. When Wright …
Article • October 15, 1996 • from PLN October, 1996
Filed under: Work, Prison Industries
UNICOR Hogs Body Armor Market by Dan Pens In the July '96 issue of PLN we published "Furniture Manufacturers Threatened by UNICOR," an article about how Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (FPI, which uses the trade name UNICOR), dramatically expanded its "market share" of furniture sold to the military and government …
Article • October 15, 1996 • from PLN October, 1996
The "Honorable Men" Defense by Mumia Abu-Jamal [Editor's Note: With this issue PLN welcomes its third quarterly columnist, Mumia Abu-Jamal, a political prisoner on death row in Pennsylvania.] "The noble Brutus hath told you Caesar was ambitious: If it were so, it was a grievous fault; And grievously hath Caesar …
Pepper Spray Madness by Lynn Wilson [The author is an attorney in private practice in Seattle, Washington, and a frequent writer on police accountability issues. She is also on the Steering Committee of the National Coalition on Police Accountability. This article first appeared in the Spring 1996 Issue of COVERT …
Less than Lethal Force Liability by The April, 1995, issue of the Creighton Law Review contains and extremely informative article titled Less Than Lethal Force Weaponry: Law Enforcement and Correctional Agency Civil Law Liability for the Use of Excessive Force, by Neal Miller. While much of the article's focus is …
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