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WA Prisoners Must Exhaust State Remedies by John Dewyer is a Washington state prisoner. He is serving a determinate, SRA sentence. At a prison disciplinary hearing he was found guilty of an unspecified offense and sanctioned by 15 days of segregation and 30 days loss of good time, the latter …
Article • July 15, 1994 • from PLN July, 1994
From The Editor by Paul Wright From the Editor By Paul Wright Welcome to another issue of PLN. We apologize to our readers for the delays caused in recent months. Our new printer is working out quite well and as a result we are able to bring you more pages …
Article • July 15, 1994 • from PLN July, 1994
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by KS: The state legislature enacted a death penalty law that becomes effective July I, 1994. The law restored the death penalty in Kansas for the first time since 1972 when the US Supreme Court struck down as unconstitutional Kansas' death penalty statute. Governor Joan Finney allowed …
Article • July 15, 1994 • from PLN July, 1994
Media Hype Exposed by Anyone who watches TV or reads corporate media publications is well aware of the unrelenting propaganda barrage of hysterical stories attacking prisoners, criminal suspects, etc., as part of a "crime wave." With the collapse of the former USSR the ruling elite has been in desperate search …
Article • July 15, 1994 • from PLN July, 1994
Filed under: Medical, HIV/AIDS
HIV+ Cellmate Doesn't State Claim by This is yet another addition to the growing area of HIV/AIDS in prison case law. Andrew Marcussen is an Iowa state prisoner. He filed suit claiming prison officials were deliberately indifferent to his safety by assigning an HIV+ prisoner to his cell, thus, he …
Article • July 15, 1994 • from PLN July, 1994
Prison Psychologist Opens Brothel by While this case has little bearing on prison litigation per se we thought our readers would find it informative and amusing. William Knapp is the Principal Psychologist for the Nevada Department of Prisons. He was fired from his job after initiating and pursuing a venture …
Article • June 15, 1994 • from PLN June, 1994
No Miranda Rights in Prison by PLN does not normally report on criminal cases, however, that line is sometimes blurry and we will report on cases which will affect or interest our readers. Marco Garcia was a prisoner in the Hillsborough County Jail in Florida. He was observed by jail …
Article • June 15, 1994 • from PLN June, 1994
Filed under: Prison Labor, Organizing
Prison Labor and the Need for Representation by H Rosenberg By H. Rosenberg The 1993 session of the Washington State Legislature, passed a bill into law, mandating that Washington State DOC double the size of the Institutional Industries program within the next several years. The bill in essence creates more …
Article • June 15, 1994 • from PLN June, 1994
IL Bans Prisoner Name Changes by The Illinois legislature recently passed Public Act 88-25, effective July 6, 1993, which prohibits convicted felons from changing their names while incarcerated. The act also prohibits felons from changing their names until two years after being paroled or pardoned. Anthony Bogan is a PLN …
Article • June 15, 1994 • from PLN June, 1994
Stun Gun Use Violates Constitution by J.B. Hickey was an Arkansas state prisoner in the Pulaski County jail awaiting transfer to the penitentiary. Jail officials ordered him to clean his cell and he refused. Jail deputies told Hickey they would shoot him with a stun gun unless he cleaned his …
ISR Seg Conditions Suit Not Frivolous by Twelve prisoners in the segregation unit of the Indiana State Reformatory (ISR) filed suit challenging their conditions of confinement. They claimed that their right to freely practice their religious faith was violated when they were denied access to religious programs; their right of …
Article • June 15, 1994 • from PLN June, 1994
Repression Ohio Style by John Perotti By John Perotti On April 14, 1994, the 60th day of a hungerstrike by Danny Cahill (see PLN, April, 1994), state representatives Rhine McLin and Samuel Bateman ordered Lebanon Correctional Institution officials to take them to Danny's isolation cell. Danny had been experiencing daily …
NV Disciplinary Seg Rules Create Liberty Interest by Andrew Walker was a federal prisoner housed in the Nevada state prison system. During a cell search guards found a knife in Walker's cell. After the knife was found, Walker was placed in segregation. Prison officials claimed it was administrative segregation (ad …
Article • June 15, 1994 • from PLN June, 1994
Fed Death Penalty Biased by In 1988 federal law was amended to allow for the execution of drug dealers who committed murder in the furtherance of their drug enterprises. Since the law came into effect the Justice Department has sought the death penalty in 37 cases. Of the 37 defendants …
Rape Victim States Claim by James Johnson is a Connecticut state prisoner. He filed suit against various prison officials claiming they were deliberately indifferent to his physical safety after he was placed in a cell with a prisoner who had a known history of sexual assaults who raped him. He …
Article • June 15, 1994 • from PLN June, 1994
Three Strikes Racks 'em Up by Paul Wright Three Strikes Racks 'Em Up By Paul Wright In November of 1993 voters in Washington state passed Initiative 593 which mandates life without parole for defendants convicted of one of 42 qualifying felonies for the third time. PLN covered the initiative process …
Law Students Entitled to Attorney Fees by Ten prisoners at the District of Columbia's prison in Lorton, VA, filed suit claiming they had been shackled, handcuffed and severely beaten by prison guards. They were then infracted, found guilty and placed in segregation without due process. Unable to afford counsel the …
CO Affirms Right to Impartial Hearing Board by C. Frank Villa is a Colorado state prisoner. He was infracted for allegedly throwing food at a prison guard. At his disciplinary hearing Villa learned that the guard in question, who also issued the disciplinary report, had phoned one of the disciplinary …
Article • June 15, 1994 • from PLN June, 1994
AZ Prison Blues by Reader Mail In Arizona prisoners are allowed a TV, stereo, typewriter, fan, electric razor, reading lamp and a hot pot. Yet the Director of Prisons claims that it is the hot pots which use the most electricity thus he is banning hot pots! He also wants …
Hog-Tying Violates 8th Amendment by Eugene Littlewind is a North Dakota state prisoner. In 1988 Littlewind and three other prisoners attacked a guard in the North Dakota Penitentiary segregation unit. After the attack, Littlewind cooperated with guards and was taken to the prison's observation unit. Once there he was stripped …
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