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Article • February 15, 1997 • from PLN January, 1997
Washington Prisoner May Have Right to Attend Paternity Hearing by The Washington state court of appeals for Division II held that a county trial court erred when it did not consider a prisoner's motion to be allowed to attend a paternity hearing. Argie Dorsey was incarcerated when he was served …
Article • February 15, 1997 • from PLN January, 1997
Center for Advocacy of Human Rights Update by Much has happened in recent months and I thought you should hear firsthand that The Center for Advocacy of Human Rights (CAHR) is in the process of being dissolved. For one thing, Little Rock Reed and I have gone our separate ways. …
Corcoran Prison Cover-up by Willie Wisely by W. Wisely On October 7, 1994, former California prison guard Richard Caruso decided he had enough. The frequent shooting of prisoners forced into fights staged, then covered up, by guards at Corcoran prison's Security Housing Unit (SHU) weighed on his conscience. So, Caruso …
Article • February 15, 1997 • from PLN January, 1997
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by CA: In the August, 1996, issue of PLN we reported the March 29, 1996, rebellion by immigrant detainees at the navy brig at the Miramar Naval Air Station in San Diego. The government stated that the rebellion, sixteen days after the jail opened, will cost at …
Article • February 15, 1997 • from PLN February, 1997
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by AZ: On October 20, 1996, six Alaska prisoners at the Central Arizona Detention Center in Florence, a private prison operated by Corrections Corporation of America, escaped by cutting through three wire fences. Four prisoners were recaptured shortly afterwards and the warden insisted the prison was secure. …
Article • February 15, 1997 • from PLN February, 1997
Costs of Crime by JW Mason by J.W. Mason Suppose you could calculate the dollar value of the costs of crime -- lost property, medical bills, missed work, pain and suffering -- and figure out its total yearly cost to society? While "putting a dollar value on the suffering resulting …
New York Sex Offender Registration Enjoined by A federal district court in New York held that a state law allowing public notification of sex offenders released from prison violates the ex post facto rights of those offenders convicted before the law was passed. Since 1990 at least 46 states, starting …
Article • February 15, 1997 • from PLN February, 1997
PLRA Doesn't Apply Retroactively to Special Masters by A federal district court held that provisions of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) limiting payment to special masters and requiring that such payment be borne by the federal judiciary, were not retroactive and did not apply to masters appointed before its …
Article • February 15, 1997 • from PLN January, 1997
From the Editor by Dan Pens Welcome to PLN's eighth year of publication. We're proud that we have published longer than any other independent prisoner publication we know of. You should be proud, too. You're the ones who have made it possible. Recently we conducted an "Emergency Relief" direct mail …
Article • February 15, 1997 • from PLN January, 1997
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Dan Pens Welcome to PLN's eighth year of publication. We're proud that we have published longer than any other independent prisoner publication we know of. You should be proud, too. You're the ones who have made it possible. Recently we conducted an "Emergency …
Brief • February 13, 1997
Filed under: Accidents
Kostatelos v. State of Washington, WA, Judgment, Herniated Disk McNeil Island, 1997 I1 I "e 1 2 3 IN 4 5 MARK A. KOSTATELOS, 6 Plaintiff, v. 7 8 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, 9 Defendants. 10 NO. …
Brief • February 8, 1997
McFarland v. WA DOC, WA, Complaint, Rape Murder Case, 1997 ~ILE:C, IN COUNTY ClEAK'~ (lF~IC:: A.M. FEB - 8 1996 PIERCE COuflll" ;ii...~f"!' BY ~,,.1: -'" TED Run: COiJNrv CLE.~t· c=p...,.. _. ~ 1 2 3 4 5 6 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON 7 FOR PIERCE COUNTY …
Brief • February 5, 1997
Davis v. Bureau of Prisons, DC, Settlement Memo, Lost Property, 1997 (b)(7)c (b)(7)c (b)(7)c (b)(7)c (b)(7)c (b)(7)c (b)(7)c (b)(7)c (b)(7)c (b)(7)c (b)(7)c (b)(7)c
Brief • January 30, 1997
Filed under: Accidents
Petrycki v. State of Washington, WA, Tort Claim, Airway Heights Scaffolding Accident, 1997 WASHINGTON STATE STANDARD TORT CLAIM FORM This fonn is provided for your convenience when filing a lORT claim against the state of Washington. Mail original claim to: Division of Risk Management 301 General Administration Building, Room 301 …
Brief • January 28, 1997
Filed under: Chain Gangs
Austin v. James, AL, Recommendation, Chain Gangs, 1997 IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA NORTHERN DIVISION MICHAEL A. AUSTIN, RICHARD ELLIOT, OGIE HAYES, CHARLES GUESS, WARREN LEATHERWOOD, and KERVIN GOODWIN, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, FILE JAN 2 …
Brief • January 17, 1997
Filed under: Immigration
Flores v. Reno, Settlement, CA, Unaccompanied Minors, 1997 8/12/96 CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS & CONSTITUTIONAL LA W Carlos Holguin Peter A. Schey 256 South Occidental Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90057 (213) 388-8693 NATIONAL CENTER FOR YOUTH LA W Alice Bussiere James Morales 114 Sansome Street, Suite 905 San Francisco, CA …
Brief • December 19, 1996
Filed under: Injury -- Misc.
Debruyne v. WA DOC, WA, Complaint, Award Agreement, Head and Back Injuries, 1996 ~~LrJ\~!\\VII~la) -. . "-~ • • • 4o \ . , ,t ~\. OOVlt. " -A • ..... f..nORNEY·GENERAL'S O f = F I C E ,,-. TORT D\\!. - OlY. FILED ~ ! ! m:r, I …
No Immunity for Failure to Protect Prisoner from Violence by The court of appeals for the eighth circuit held that prisoners have a clearly established right to be protected from violence by other prisoners. The court also gave a detailed discussion of appellate jurisdiction in reviewing interlocutory appeals by prison …
Article • December 15, 1996 • from PLN December, 1996
Three Strikes in California by Willie Wisely By all accounts, the three strikes sentencing law in California is a failure according to criminal justice experts. They point out that three strikes is applied more often than not to people of color, that it hasn't reduced crime, that it's overwhelming the …
Article • December 15, 1996 • from PLN December, 1996
Censorship of Rap Tape States Claim by Afederal district court in Wisconsin granted a prisoner plaintiff's motion for in forma pauperis status holding that censorship of a rap music tape states a claim for a first amendment violation. James Golden, a Wisconsin state prisoner, filed suit challenging the censorship of …
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