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Article • February 15, 1995 • from PLN February, 1995
Contract With America = Contract on Prisoners by Paul Wright In late September, 1994, while running for Congress Republican congressional candidates signed Newt Gingrich's "Contract With America" which included detailed proposals in the form of draft legislation to modify federal criminal law in important respects. It is dubbed the "Taking …
Article • February 15, 1995 • from PLN February, 1995
Texas DOC to Ban Tobacco Use by Texas DOC To Ban Tobacco Use On November 18, 1994, Texas prison officials voted to ban all tobacco use throughout the states criminal justice system. The ban, unanimously approved by the state Board of Criminal Justice, covers all tobacco products and all property …
Rikers Island Detainees in Struggle by Rikers Island is the largest penal colony in the world, holding more than 19,000 prisoners on a 410 acre island. Most of them are New York City pretrial detainees not convicted of any crime. The number of detainees is expected to increase to as …
Article • February 15, 1995 • from PLN February, 1995
FL DOC Industries Fined by From the Editor Paul Wright Welcome to another issue of PLN. In the September issue I asked what readers thought of our News in Brief column and whether we should keep it or eliminate it. About 20 readers responded and all want to keep it, …
Article • February 15, 1995 • from PLN February, 1995
Unconstitutional Jail Conditions Don't Need to be Relitigated by Chris Hall was a pretrial detainee in the Little Rock, Arkansas, city jail. He filed suit under 42 U.S.A. § 1983 claiming that jail conditions had violated his constitutional rights. Arrested for shoplifting, Hall spent 40 days in the jail, confined …
No Interlocutory Appeal From Judgement by In the July, 1994, issue of PLN we reported Littlewind v. Rayl, 839 F.Supp. 1369 (ND 1994). The case involved a North Dakota state prisoner who, after assaulting a guard, was put into four point restraints, naked, for seven hours, 23 hours in three …
MS Jail Officials Held in Contempt by In l978 prisoners at the Madison County jail in Mississippi filed a class action suit challenging conditions at the jail. Prior to going to trial the parties negotiated a consent decree incorporating a wide range of issues, everything from racial discrimination to the …
Tight Handcuffs State Claim by Ronald Davidson is a New York state prisoner. While being transported to the segregation unit of another prison he was handcuffed and shackled. The devices were so tight that they cut into Davidson s flesh and reduced circulation into his hands and feet, causing swelling. …
Article • February 15, 1995 • from PLN February, 1995
OR Voters Pass New Prison Laws by On November 8, 1994, Oregon voters passed three criminal justice measures that will cost millions to implement. Measure 10 requires a two thirds vote by the legislature before it can change voter approved prison sentences. Measure 11 imposes mandatory minimum prison sentences on …
Article • February 15, 1995 • from PLN February, 1995
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by TX: On November 23, 1994, Hidalgo County sheriff Brig Marmolejo was sentenced to seven years in federal prison after being convicted of taking more than $151,000 in bribes from convicted drug dealer Homero Beltran Aguirre, who was awaiting trial in the jail between 1991-93, in exchange …
Article • February 15, 1995 • from PLN February, 1995
From The Editor by Paul Wright From the Editor by Paul Wright Welcome to another issue of PLN. In the September issue I asked what readers thought of our News in Brief column and whether we should keep it or eliminate it. About 20 readers responded and all want to …
Article • February 15, 1995 • from PLN February, 1995
Immigration Detainees Rebel by On November 14, 1994, 100 illegal aliens detained at the Federal Corrections Facility in Eloy, AZ, rebelled to protest bad food and onerous prison restrictions. A prison spokesperson said the detainees were "carrying baseball bats when they came into the cafeteria for supper." It took prison …
Brief • February 1, 1995
Filed under: Vehicle Searches, Police
Ruvalcaba v. City of Los Angeles, CA, Petition for Writ of Certiorari, Police Traffic Stops, 1995 No. 95-______ ______________________________________ IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES OCTOBER TERM 1995 ______ ENRIQUE RUVALCABA, Petitioner, vs. CITY OF LOS ANGELES, et al., Respondents. ______________________________________ PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO …
Article • January 15, 1995 • from PLN January, 1995
Frivolous Litigation by People hear the term "frivolous" litigation and what comes to mind are the guys who sue over a train whistle keeping them awake at night in prison. All too often prisoners seeking justice don't find any, not because their claims are frivolous but because they are too …
Article • January 15, 1995 • from PLN January, 1995
From a Michigan Reader by Reader Mail I was curious as to how you get your stories. They are very interesting, and that one in the Sept. issue about Emmett Jones and jury rigging in Michigan really hit close to home. I might have a story for you. I recently …
Article • January 15, 1995 • from PLN January, 1995
Law Library Access Not "Core" Bounds Requirement by In a major setback for Washington state prisoners the ninth circuit has held that prisoners do not have a right of access to prison law libraries. William Vandelft was infracted while at the Washington Corrections Center in Shelton. He served a sanction …
Article • January 15, 1995 • from PLN January, 1995
From a California Reader by Reader Mail Governor Pete Wilson is constantly passing legislation that is cutting away at the Prisoner Bill of Rights, and has done away with conjugal visits for prisoners with certain sex convictions, and has recently signed a Bill that limits good time/work time credits to …
Article • January 15, 1995 • from PLN January, 1995
Televisions in Prison by Reader Mail Your article, Prisons TV: Luxury or Management Tool? [Vol.5 No.9, Sept. '94], raises an issue that has been debated by myself and some other prisoners here in Wisconsin. I believe that Wardens and others within the DOC have a perception that televisions are assisting …
Article • January 15, 1995 • from PLN January, 1995
Unconstitutionality of Florida's Outdoor Yard Policies for Close Management Prisoners by Van Poyck, William by William Van Poyck The constitutional right, based upon the Eighth Amendment's proscription of cruel and unusual punishment, of long term Close Management (C.M.) prisoners to outdoor recreation exercise yard is long and well established, nation …
Article • January 15, 1995 • from PLN January, 1995
No FLSA Protection for Prisoner Workers by Past issues of PLN have extensively reported on the struggles by prisoners to obtain the minimum wage for industrial and production work performed in prison. Much of this litigation has focused on the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) 29 U.S.C. § 201-219 …
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