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Article • June 15, 1995 • from PLN June, 1995
Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Crime
The New Politics of Crime by Dan Pens Those who command state power have honed their craft over the ages. The smart ones learn the tricks of their trade by studying the "science" of politics whereby they can benefit from the accumulated knowledge of centuries. One of the tricks that …
Article • June 15, 1995 • from PLN June, 1995
Filed under: News, State Legislation
Bye Bye Mike by Mike Padden, the dimwitted Republican state representative from Spokane, has long been a nemesis of Washington state prisoners. In 1995 Padden introduced legislation to ban family visiting, televisions, "erotic" and "violent" materials, etc. [See, March, 1995, PLN ] First elected to the state house in 1980, …
Article • June 15, 1995 • from PLN June, 1995
VA Jails Sue State Prisons by On 30 January 1995, the sheriffs of Arlington, Alexandria and Richmond filed a lawsuit to force the state to remove its prisoners from their jails. The suit was filed in circuit court in Richmond. It says the Virginia DOC is violating a state law …
Turner Applied to Rehabilitation Act Claims by Prisoners at the California Medical Facility (CMF) in Vacaville filed a class action suit challenging the adequacy of medical care and the overall treatment afforded to prisoners at the facility, especially those who were HIV positive or had AIDS. Before trial the parties …
9th Circuit Affirms Court Access Case by In a wide ranging ruling, a unanimous panel of the ninth circuit court of appeals affirmed most of a lower court ruling designed to ensure Arizona prisoners' right of access to the courts. In the May 1994 issue of PLN we reported Casey …
VA Guards Indicted in Beatings by In September of 1993 Charles Coates, a prisoner in the Greensville Correctional Center at Jarratt, VA, was handcuffed and shackled when a prison guard lifted him up and slammed him to the floor face first. Coastes says he blacked out and when he awoke …
Article • June 15, 1995 • from PLN June, 1995
Trailer Visits Curtailed at CBCC by Reader Mail Editor's Note; In the March, 95 issue of PLN we wrote about the Clallam Bay, WA (CBCC) prisoner who stabbed his wife during a trailer visit We got this update from a CBCC reader. Now that the trailers have been reinstated with …
Article • June 15, 1995 • from PLN June, 1995
Grievance Policy Modified by In response to recent legislation the Justice Department has issued an interim rule that modifies regulations relating to state prisoner grievance procedures, encoded in Part 40 of 28 CFR. Under the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act, 42 U.S. C. § 1997(e), a prisoner who has …
DOJ Sues MT DOC by On December 1, 1994, the federal Department of Justice (DOJ) sued the Montana Department of Corrections about overcrowding, safety and health problems in the Montana DOC. This lawsuit comes after an earlier suit against the Montana DOC filed by the ACLU was settled by the …
Article • June 15, 1995 • from PLN June, 1995
Two Strikes and You're Out - of Prison Space by In past issues of PLN we have reported on Georgia's "two-strike" law. Before the November, 1994, elections both Governor Zell "Zig Zag" Miller and Corrections Commissioner Allen Ault assured the GA legislature and voters that the state had enough prison …
Article • June 15, 1995 • from PLN June, 1995
AZ DOC Takes Weights by In December, 1994, the Arizona DOC completed its project of removing all weight lifting equipment from its prison system. The weight equipment was donated by the DOC to various schools and non profit organizations with athletic programs. This is part of the long running campaign …
Article • June 15, 1995 • from PLN June, 1995
Prison TV: Aid and Comfort to the Enemy by Adrian Lomax I've been serving time in Wisconsin prisons since 1980. A lot of changes in the way these joints are run have come down the pike in that time, almost all of them for the worse: less recreation, less visiting, …
Article • June 15, 1995 • from PLN June, 1995
Forfeiture and Double Jeopardy by Jeffrey Steinborn This new book, of the same title, by attorneys Brenda Grantland, Jeffrey Steinborn and Reba Weiss is subtitled "How to turn prosecutorial overreaching into release of prisoners or return of seized property." The Attorneys are experts in the field of forfeiture law and …
Article • June 15, 1995 • from PLN June, 1995
Filed under: Searches, Computer Searches
DOJ Issues Guidelines for Seizing and Searching Computers by The Department of Justice has issued its guidelines concerning the search and seizure of computers and related equipment and information. The guidelines were compiled by attorneys, technical experts and agents from nearly a dozen law enforcement agencies and address a wide …
Article • June 15, 1995 • from PLN June, 1995
WA Powell Update by John Midgley This is to update you on recent developments in the Powell case on retroactive application of SHB 1457 to mandatory life term prisoners. As you know, earlier this year the Ninth Circuit refused to rehear the case. So, on April 10, 1995, we filed …
Retaliatory Infractions Illegal by Prison employees are forbidden from filing false disciplinary charges against prisoners in retaliation for prisoner complaints against other employees. Milton Payne, a New York state prisoner, witnessed a prison guard set a fire in a cell and reported this to prison authorities. Shortly thereafter prison guards …
WA Prisoners Protest HB 2010 by The May, 1995, issue of PLN detailed the March 20, 1995, protest by prisoner's family members and prisoner rights supporters in front of the King County jail in Seattle. It also mentioned that women prisoners at Purdy had staged a one day strike in …
Article • June 15, 1995 • from PLN June, 1995
Attention Prisoners Convicted of Drug Offenses! by The PLN has often stated that in terms of political power prisoners don't have a voice that anyone in power has to listen to. A PLN reader in USP Lewisburg disagrees and submitted the following. Inform everyone you know (your spouse, children, family …
Article • June 15, 1995 • from PLN June, 1995
MO Hair Cut Rule Violates RFRA by In the June, 1994 issue of PLN we reported passage of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) 42 U.S.C. § 2000bb and predicted that many states "grooming rules" which ban beards long hair etc. would likely be found unlawful under it. While we …
No Immunity for Cold Filthy Cell by Melvin Wilson is an Illinois state prisoner. He filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claiming he was discharged from his prison job due to his race and when placed in segregation he was placed in a filthy, roach infested, leaking cell whose …
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