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Article • April 15, 1994 • from PLN April, 1994
Informant Sues Over Disclosure by Steve Rutledge is an informant in the Illinois state prison system. While housed at the Joliet prison he informed on members of the North Side gang who were planning an escape attempt. As a result, the would-be escapees were segregated, infracted and punished. Prison officials …
Brief • April 8, 1994
Filed under: Appointment of Counsel
Kleiva v. WA DOC, WA, Judgment, Legal Misrepresentation, 1994 3100(::> 15 , f'-~ \c.. t-E/VEQ 1 APR 08 1994 2 D~Jy c. 3 and MaCFie 4 SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR COUNTY OF PIERCE NO. 86-2-06680-8 JUDGMENT -:.:- ::: .•~..... \V 17 11- Defendants. -J 18 udgment Summary (RCW 4.64.030): …
Article • March 15, 1994 • from PLN March, 1994
S.Ct. Hears Argument in Prisoner Attack Case by On January 12, 1994, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Farmer v. Brennan , Case no. 92-7247. Farmer is a transsexual federal prisoner who was raped after being placed in general population at the U.S. Penitentiary at Terre Haute, IN. …
Article • March 15, 1994 • from PLN March, 1994
OH Prisoners Seek Court Access by Ohio prisoners have filed a class action suit alleging that the Ohio DOC has promulgated conditions which prevent the exercise of prisoners right of access to the courts. The claims include depriving prisoners in segregation and protective custody of law library access and access …
Voices from the Chowchilla Women's Prison by Judy Greenspan Women in prison are entitled to the same community standard of care that people have outside. However, just the opposite is true at the Central California Women's Facility at Chowchilla, California (CCWF). The CCWF is probably the largest women's prison in …
Article • March 15, 1994 • from PLN March, 1994
9th Circuit Affirms Gutting of WSR Consent Decree by Paul Wright By Paul Wright In 1978 prisoners at the Washington State Reformatory (WSR) in Monroe, WA filed suit over inhumane prison conditions at the prison. In 1981 prisoners and the DOC entered into a consent decree whereby the prisoners dismissed …
Article • March 15, 1994 • from PLN March, 1994
Chicago Police Torture Suspects by [Generally PLN only reports on cases involving prison civil rights issues or the occasional procedural matter affecting pro se litigants. This is a police brutality case which we present more for it's informational value than it's relevance to prison litigation. All too often we hear …
Article • March 15, 1994 • from PLN March, 1994
Filed under: Mail, Mail Regulations
Needs Mail Stamping of Prisoner Mail Information by Reader Mail On November 1, 1993, Wisconsin Prisons started to stamp prisoner mail as originating in a prison. We filed for a temporary injunction in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin. On October 28, 1993, the court came …
Article • March 15, 1994 • from PLN March, 1994
Filed under: Resources, Juveniles
Someone Wants to Listen to You! by I would like to hear from young inmates (25 years of age and younger) who would like to help me write the story of young people in prison. I wish to learn about your thoughts on friendship, punishment, loyalty, authority, fear, school, family …
Court Enjoins BOP Phone System by On October 13, 1993, Judge Henry Wilhoit of the U.S. District Court in Kentucky entered a preliminary injunction barring the federal Bureau of Prisons from implementing its Inmate Telephone System (ITS). The case is Washington v. Reno, case number 93-217 and 93-290. Readers should …
Article • March 15, 1994 • from PLN March, 1994
Consent Decree Modified to Permit Racial Segregation by In 1988 a prisoner at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility (SOCF)at Lucasville, OH, filed suit challenging the prison's practice of assigning prisoners to cells based on their race. This practice led to the racial segregation of prisoners. The court appointed counsel in …
Article • March 15, 1994 • from PLN March, 1994
Ohio to Build Super-Max Prison by In the wake of the April, 1993. rebellion at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility (SOCF) which left 10 dead Ohio prisoners and prison activists had hoped the state would examine it's policies which result in Ohio have the highest level of overcrowding in the …
Article • March 15, 1994 • from PLN March, 1994
New Book Planned by The Hidden Side of The Criminal Justice System by prisoners, ex-prisoners, their family members and loved ones. Prisoners and ex-prisoners: Who are you? Send us your poetry, art, fiction, or personal history. Prisoners, ex-prisoners, family and loved ones: How "just" is the trial process? What is …
Article • March 15, 1994 • from PLN March, 1994
The Rights of Visiting and Visitors by Paul Wright By Paul Wright For every prisoner and the relative, friend or loved one of a prisoner, visiting is an issue of paramount importance. While most prison officials pay lip service to the idea that visiting is important and that they want …
Minor Detainees Entitled to Education by Twenty-three school age detainees in the Cook County Jail (Chicago, Illinois) filed suit alleging they were either denied complete access to regular and special educational services during their period of pre-trial detention or received services vastly inferior to those provided non-detainees. The plaintiff prisoners …
Article • March 15, 1994 • from PLN March, 1994
Smoking Ban Upheld by In May of 1993 officials at the Berks County Prison in Pennsylvania initiated a policy which prohibited smoking by prisoners at the facility. Four prisoners filed suit claiming that the ban on smoking constituted cruel and unusual punishment in violation of their eighth amendment rights. They …
Article • March 15, 1994 • from PLN March, 1994
Court Rules Suit Waiver is Not Enforceable by This case involves release-dismissal agreements where a party will agree not to sue a government agency or official and the agency in turn agrees to either drop or reduce charges against the person. In many cases prison officials will have prisoners agree …
Eighth Circuit Clarifies Retaliation Standard by George Goff is an Iowa state prisoner. On January 15, 1990, another prisoner at a medium security facility reported being stabbed. Confidential informants allegedly told prison officials that Goff was the culprit. On January 19, 1990, the prison's warden and deputy warden were served …
Article • March 15, 1994 • from PLN March, 1994
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by [This is a new feature in PLN which will provide short news items related to prisons which while interesting are not big enough to make up an article. If you like this feature let us know and send us news clippings of interest.] 17 Dec 1993, …
Brief • March 11, 1994
Bell v. Pride, Complaint, Fl, Work Injury, 1994 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR LEON COUNTY, FLORIDA .-0 rlL..' f— GENERAL JURISDICTION DIVISION. CASE NO. q tj, - 11 0 --- --1 —.. . . ••-• r ! : e p •:...: ,-.D. ,.... …
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