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Reduction In Damages Improper by Harry Weeks was a parapeligic Ohio state prisoner. For a two year period Weeks was housed in a control unit at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility (SOCF) at Lucasville, OH. The control unit did not permit Weeks to have a wheelchair. L.R. Chaboudy was the …
Arizona Prisoners Denied Adequate Mental Health Care by The treatment of seriously mentally ill prisoners in Arizona is "appalling," according to a recent decision today by United States District Judge Carl Muecke in Phoenix. Ruling in Casey v. Lewis, a class action lawsuit brought on behalf of all Arizona prisoners, …
Article • July 15, 1993 • from PLN July, 1993
Incompetent Medical Exam Violates 8th Amendment by Eugene Souza was a Rhode Island state prisoner. He developed acute appendicitis and sought treatment from prison doctors. The prison did not provide direct access to doctors; instead, sick prisoners were screened by a guard/nurse who would schedule doctor visits if they felt …
Article • July 15, 1993 • from PLN July, 1993
Confiscation of Legal Materials States Claim by Wayne Zilich is a Pennsylvania state prisoner. When he was transferred from prison to a county jail for court proceedings jail guards confiscated a number of his transcripts, legal materials and papers and refused to return them. Zilich filed suit under § 1983 …
Article • July 15, 1993 • from PLN July, 1993
Lack of Treatment States Claim by Charles Watson is a Maine state prisoner. Prior to entering prison he injured his hand. Once imprisoned he sought medical treatment for his hand injury. A prison nurse examined him and refused treatment, saying the DOC was not responsible for injuries incurred before confinement. …
The Transsexual in Prison-A Focal Point by Lofofora Eva Contreras [Editors Note: Quetzala Lofofora Eva Contreras is a First Nations Transsexual Lesbian. She is a trained paralegal and from 1990-1992 was the Executive Director in California of Transsexuals In Prison, a nationwide organization of incarcerated and non-incarcerated, pre-and post-operative male …
Article • July 15, 1993 • from PLN July, 1993
Congress to Limit Prisoner Suits by A comprehensive civil justice reform bill has been introduced in the Senate by Charles Grassley (R-IA). S.585, the Civil Justice Reform Act of 1993, would establish a modified English rule on attorney fees in federal diversity cases. The amount the loser would have to …
Article • July 15, 1993 • from PLN July, 1993
Informal Brief Acts as Notice of Appeal by William Smith is a paraplegic Maryland state prisoner. He filed suit against various prison guards, doctors and officials claiming they were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs by denying him use of a wheelchair. Before trial the district court dismissed several …
Article • July 15, 1993 • from PLN July, 1993
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Reviews
The Hot House; Life Inside Leavenworth Prison - A Book Review by Ed Mead By Ed Mead I have just finished a pretty good book. A comrade gave it to me late yesterday afternoon. I went back to my cell and started reading it, and then kept on reading until …
Article • July 15, 1993 • from PLN July, 1993
Rehabilitation versus Punishment=Attitude by John Adams I'm a prisoner at the Washington State Penitentiary (WSP) in Walla Walla, Washington. I'm one of the Indeterminate Sentence Prisoners who the Parole Board has to determine is "rehabilitated" before they will release me back into society. While I have to be rehabilitated to …
Article • July 15, 1993 • from PLN July, 1993
Dismissal not Appropriate for Unintentional Delay by David Sterling is a BOP prisoner. He filed suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) in district court in California claiming prison officials at Leavenworth, Kansas, negligently prescribed medication which caused him severe stomach and auditory pain. After he filed suit he …
Article • July 15, 1993 • from PLN July, 1993
Racism and Treatment by Terrence Hazel by Terrance Hazel The Texas Department of Criminal Justice's (TDCJ) present method of administering Substance Abuse Treatment Programs (SATP) discriminate against Black and Hispanic inmates. Black and Hispanic prisoners are: 71 percent of inmate population (35,000+) 80 percent of that 71 percent have serious …
Illinois Tolling Statute Unconstitutional by Until 1987 Illinois prisoners had until two years after they were released from prison in which to file lawsuits. Any statute of limitations was tolled by imprisonment. In 1987 the Illinois legislature modified Illinois Rev. Statute ch. 110, ¶ 13-211, so that claims by prisoners …
Article • July 15, 1993 • from PLN July, 1993
No Qualified Immunity for Medical Indifference by Dennis Hamilton is an Alaska state prisoner. After an ear operation prison officials tried to fly him to a federal prison in Oklahoma. The trip was aborted after the first leg of the trip due to extreme ear pain caused by flying. Hamilton's …
Article • July 15, 1993 • from PLN July, 1993
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Crime
We Need Solutions, Not More Prisons by Ed Mead The state of Washington, like most other states in the U.S., is on an expensive prison building binge. The state's prison population has tripled since the late '70s, yet crime rates continue to soar. The same situation exists elsewhere across the …
AG Not Entitled to Immunity by Paul and I have been doing the newsletter with this new 16-paged magazine format for several months now, and in that time we have managed to get a sense of what difference in cost this new printing system will make. By dividing our production …
Equal Protection for Handicapped Explained by Wheelchair bound prisoners at the Iowa State Penitentiary (ISP) filed suit concerning denial of physical access and programming because of their disability. The parties settled most of the problems in a consent decree. The one issue not settled was prison officials' refusal to provide …
Grievance Procedure Tolls Statute of Limitations by William Gartrell is a Texas state prisoner. He filed suit under § 1983 claiming prison officials conspired to file trumped up disciplinary charges against him in retaliation for his legal activities; the disciplinary hearing and grievance procedure did not comport with due process; …
Article • July 15, 1993 • from PLN July, 1993
From The Editor by Ed Mead Paul and I have been doing the newsletter with this new 16-paged magazine format for several months now, and in that time we have managed to get a sense of what difference in cost this new printing system will make. By dividing our production …
Brief • July 12, 1993
Anderson v. Bayh, IN, Order, Request Capacity, 1993 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA SOUTH BEND DIVISION INMATES OF WESTVILLE CORRECTIONAL CENTER, ROGER W. ANDERSON, et. al-/ Plaintiffs, vs. EVAN BAYH, et. al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CAUSE NO. S 83-481 …
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