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Article • June 15, 1994 • from PLN June, 1994
From The Editor by Paul Wright By Paul Wright Welcome to another issue of PLN. We received a lot of letters from readers inquiring about the late delivery of their March, April and May issues. That was due to delays in the desktop publishing which delayed the March issue. The …
Brief • June 13, 1994
Canas v. Prime Location Inc, WA, Complaint, Parole Child Molestation, 1994 -fl' ,. .1 Ackr.owfedged servlc81Ns 1 -- . J.b../lrray 01ii.,*k 2 CHRIS " 19'fJ:/. O.~ kS~ . ·a·~ By~~; 3 4 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR THURSTON COUNTY 6 7 8 SUSAN CANAS and M.R.e., her minor child, …
Brief • June 8, 1994
Whitmer v. WA DOC, WA, Tort Claim, 1994 A ,CLAIM MUST BE FILr" USE:OF THIS PARTICULAR Ff -., IS FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE (Attach additional sheots It neC09~. ry) STORM FILE NO. 3,\ccn 'i5J t STANDARD TORT CLAIM FORM (new: 4.92) Slate DlIlce ot Risk Managoment 218 Genoral AdmIn. Bldg. Olympia, …
Brief • June 3, 1994
Filed under: Retaliatory Transfers
Wright v. Rebeiro, WA, 2nd Report and Recommendation, Retaliatory Transfer, 1994 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 6 7 8 9 10 11 ) PAUL A. WRIGHT, ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, v. VERONICA REBEIRO, et al., 12 Defendants. CASE NO. …
Article • May 15, 1994 • from PLN May, 1994
Guard's Attack for Smoking States Claim by Allain Norman was a detainee in the Norfolk County jail in Virginia. While being processed into custody he asked a trusty for a drag off his cigarette. As soon as he began to smoke, jail deputy Otis Taylor ran down the hallway and …
Article • May 15, 1994 • from PLN May, 1994
Witnesses May Be Subpoenaed at Government Expense by Larry Williams was a prisoner in the Poinsett County, AR, jail. He filed suit challenging various conditions at the jail as being unconstitutional and that the sheriff threatened him in an attempt to prevent him from pursuing the suit. After an evidentiary …
Atheist Challenges AA Probation Requirement by Robert Warner was convicted of drunk driving in New York state and sentenced to three years probation. One of the probation conditions was that he attend meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). Warner is an atheist and objects to compulsory attendance of AA meetings because …
Article • May 15, 1994 • from PLN May, 1994
CDC Spreads Gangs by According to the Intelligence Operations Bulletin, published by the California Attorney General's office, the California DOC's policy of trying to remove prisoners from their "negative" (i.e. city) environment is contributing to the spread of gang membership in rural areas. Cited as an example was the Los …
Improper Testimony Requires Reversal by Ronald Davidson is a New York state prisoner. He filed suit claiming that a prison guard had destroyed his legal materials after they had an altercation. The case went to trial. The guard's attorney, from the state's Attorney General's office, sought to admit evidence to …
Article • May 15, 1994 • from PLN May, 1994
Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Crime
Petty Drug Criminals Fill BOP by Attorney General Janet Reno ordered a study to determine if the growing use of mandatory minimum sentences was causing overcrowding in the federal prison system. The study, produced by former Deputy Attorney General Philip Heyman, the BOP and selected U.S. Attorneys, found that 16,316 …
Article • May 15, 1994 • from PLN May, 1994
Prisoner Litigants Have Right to Out of State Citations by Rick Petrick is an Oklahoma state prisoner. The sentence he is serving in Oklahoma was enhanced as a result of prior convictions from Minnesota and North Dakota. While confined at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary (OSP) he sought to bring collateral …
Article • May 15, 1994 • from PLN May, 1994
Prisoner Beating Filmed by The January 5, 1994, issue of the New York Times reported that two New York state DOC guards, Korey Gordon and Edward Sharrow, had been fired after they were caught on video tape brutally beating prisoner Jason McDade. McDade was handcuffed and not resisting when the …
Article • May 15, 1994 • from PLN May, 1994
Filed under: Sentencing, Good Time, Parole
ISRB Must Follow Own Rules by Charles Cashaw was a Washington state prisoner. He filed a Personal Restraint Petition (PRP, a state habeas petition) challenging the actions of the Indeterminate Sentence Review Board (ISRB) in setting a minimum prison term to coincide with his court imposed maximum sentence. The court …
Article • May 15, 1994 • from PLN May, 1994
Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Crime
Ask the Media if Crime pays, Then Who's Footing the Bill? by Dan Pens Ask The Media if Crime Pays, Then Who's Footing the Bill? By Dan Pens A recent survey by the Center for Media and Public Affairs shows that the three major networks aired more than twice as …
VT Class Action Suit by On December 13, 1993, lawyers from the National Prison Project of the American Civil Liberties Union, together with Vermont attorneyMitchell Pearl of Langrock, Sperry and Wool, filed a class action lawsuit against the State of Vermont on behalf of all Vermont prisoners. Filed in federal …
Article • May 15, 1994 • from PLN May, 1994
Consent Decree Creates Right to Uninspected Legal Mail by In 1976 prisoners at the Indiana State Reformatory in Pendleton, IN filed suit challenging the conditions at the prison. In 1977 the parties entered into a consent decree settling the suit. With respect to legal mail the decree provided that it …
Article • May 15, 1994 • from PLN May, 1994
NJ Prison "Emergency" 12 Years Old by On January 20, 1994, New Jersey governor Christie Whitman renewed a 12 year old "emergency" declaration that forces counties to keep more than 3,600 state prisoners in their jails and accept the state's payment rate. As earlier reported in PLN the New Jersey …
Article • May 15, 1994 • from PLN May, 1994
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Reviews
Book Review: Subpoena George Bush - The Anatomy of a Cover Up by John Perotti by John Perrotti Subpoena George Bush, by Aaron Caleb with Douglas Slaton, is the story of former Lucasville 14 member Richard Armstrong. For those unfamiliar with the Lucasville 14, they were fourteen prisoners confined at …
Article • May 15, 1994 • from PLN May, 1994
Slaves of the State by Paul Wright By Paul Wright Many people have the mistaken impression that slavery was outlawed or abolished in the United States after the civil war by the passage of the 13th amendment. Unfortunately, that was not the case. The 13th amendment reads: "Neither slavery nor …
Phone Company State Actor for Section 1983 by Milton Griffin-El is a Missouri state prisoner. He filed suit against MCI Telecommunications Corporation and state prison officials over the phone company's practice of announcing to persons called by prisoners that the calls originated from a prison. The court upheld MCI's practice …
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