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Article • August 15, 1994 • from PLN August, 1994
Crimes Against Habeas Corpus by Susan Blaustein By Susan Blaustein With its myriad new death penalty offenses, "three-strikes" provisions, mandatory minimums and moneys for prisons and police, Congress left only one thing out of its much-vaunted new crime package: any protection for Americans' most basic constitutional rights. In their poll-driven …
Article • August 15, 1994 • from PLN August, 1994
Coalition and Prisoners Fight for Better Health Care by San Francisco, March 10, 1994 -- Despite a demonstration of over 100 people at the gates of Chowchilla prison on January 29 for better health care, the daily medical neglect and abuse continues unabated. Since the beginning of the year, three …
Article • August 15, 1994 • from PLN August, 1994
Lucasville Riot Tab $34 Million Plus by The 11 day rebellion at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility (SOCF) in Lucasville, OH, which began on Easter day, 1993, left cell block L in ruins. So far it has cost the state $19.2 million to repair cellblock L alone. It cost $32.5 …
Article • August 15, 1994 • from PLN August, 1994
Statistics Under Attack: F.B.I. Director Speaks out in Support of DNA Profiling by Dale Gardner By Dale Gardner The method used by the FBI to calculate the frequency of a DNA match has been questioned in a recent paper. It is reported that the FBI calculates match probability based upon …
Article • August 15, 1994 • from PLN August, 1994
Help Get Mumia Abu-Jamal Back on the Air! by Noelle Hanrahan By Noelle Hanrahan Sunday May 15th, 1994: The New York Times ran an AP article "From Death Row: A Radio Show" highlighting the next day's premier of Mumia Abu-Jamal's radio commentaries on All Things Considered (ATC). Most major dailies …
Article • August 15, 1994 • from PLN August, 1994
Filed under: Attorneys, Public Defenders
Suit Challenges Inadequate PD Funding by Marc Lee By Marc Lee Many lawsuits have been filed throughout this country addressing the problems in indigent defense programs. Although many of these lawsuits have been successful in showing the inadequacies in the indigent defense programs, for the most part they have been …
OR DOC Held in Contempt for Retaliatory Transfer by In 1988 Arlen Smith and several other Oregon state prisoners sought judicial review of Oregon DOC administrative regulations in Oregon state courts. Shortly before the briefs were due, Smith, the initiator of the litigation, was transferred to the Nevada state prison …
Article • August 15, 1994 • from PLN August, 1994
Oppression on the Rise in Arizona by O'Neil Stough By O'Neil Stough Arizona has joined the ranks of many other prisons nationwide where oppressive and tried-and-failed barbaric methods of the distant past are being re-instituted. Governor Fife Symington, up for reelection this year, and Director of Corrections, Sam Lewis whose …
Article • August 15, 1994 • from PLN August, 1994
Researching Medical Deliberate Indifference by Dude J Rose By Dude J. Rose Prisoners have an eighth amendment right to adequate medical treatment. When bringing a claim of inadequate medical treatment, the plaintiff/prisoner must allege and show deliberate indifference on the part of the defendants towards the prisoner's medical needs and …
Article • August 15, 1994 • from PLN August, 1994
The Scandal of Prison "Management" by Jill Brotman By Jill Brotman Throughout the AFSC's decades of prison work it has encouraged reconciliation and nonviolent alternatives to conflict. But Massachusetts Governor William Weld has declared that a stay in prison should replicate a tour of the circles of hell. Current prison …
WA Punishment for Use of Religious Name Illegal by Dawud Halisi Malik By Dawud Halisi Malik On January 5, 1978, the superior court of the county of Walla Walla accepted my petition for name change as I had adopted Al-Islam as my religion. On May 8, 1990, I arrived at …
MDOC Sanctioned for Ex Parte Contacts with Prisoners in Court Cases by Over eight years ago, lawyers from the Michigan Attorney General's office sent interrogatories directly to prisoners about the Knop v. Johnson case without notifying the plaintiffs' lawyers. Judge Enslen entered a protective order on February 19, 1986, and …
Article • August 15, 1994 • from PLN August, 1994
WA Initiative to Increase Gun Penalties by Paul Wright By Paul Wright The Washington Citizens for Justice are the right-wingers headed by Dave LaCourse, of the Public Policy Institute in Bellevue, WA; John Carlson, of KVI radio and Seattle Times columnist and Ida Ballasiotes, Republican state representative for Mercer Island. …
Article • August 15, 1994 • from PLN August, 1994
The Global Prison (Book Review) by David Gilbert The Human Rights Watch Global report On Prisons Edited by Aryeh Neier 303 pp. 1993. New York: Human Rights Watch. $20.00 (pb). Review by David Gilbert The Brazilian Military Police's wanton murder of 111 prisoners involved in a disturbance is just one …
Article • August 15, 1994 • from PLN August, 1994
Filed under: Work, Prison Industries
UNICOR Info Wanted by [Editor's Note: In the June, 1994, issue of PLN we reported on a lawsuit f led by BOP prisoners Joe Mohwish and Duane Olson alleging racketeering and other illegal labor practices by UNICOR. We received the following from Joe.] We would like to hear from federal …
Article • August 15, 1994 • from PLN August, 1994
NJ Prisoners' Resource Center by In conjunction with the New Jersey American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) former prisoners have set up a Prisoner's Resource Center (PRC) to provide services and advocacy for both current and former prisoners in New Jersey. Among the services provided for prisoners are: assistance with parole …
Suit Filed Over Conditions at Virgin Islands Criminal Justice Complex by For almost two years, prisoners at Criminal Justice Complex have been locked up for 23 hours a day in overcrowded, filthy, rat and roach infested cells. They are only allowed out for a short period each day to shower …
Article • August 15, 1994 • from PLN August, 1994
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Reviews
Reviews by Paul Wright By Paul Wright North Coast XPress is a magazine for people who care about Constitutional issues, U.S. foreign policy, the criminal "justice" system, labor news, animal rights, global and domestic economics, the environment and other topics that the mainstream media won't touch. Each issue has prisoner …
Article • August 15, 1994 • from PLN August, 1994
From The Editor by Paul Wright From the Editor By Paul Wright Welcome to another issue of PLN. As we reported last month, the ACLU has filed suit against the Washington state parole board over their no-contact parole condition on Ed Mead, PLN's former coeditor, which terminated his involvement with …
How to Win Disciplinary Hearings (Book Review) by Mark Cook How To Win Disciplinary Hearings (Book Review) Reviewed by Mark Cook HTW is a manual for federal prisoners written by former federal prisoner Allan Parmelee. This gives the manual integrity from the git go but keep in mind that the …
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