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WA Ad Seg Rules Create Liberty Interest by Tillman Farr was a prisoner at the Washington State Penitentiary (WSP) at Walla Walla. Prison officials placed Farr in Administrative Segregation (ad seg) based on information from confidential informants which claimed Farr and others were going to assault a guard. Based on …
Article • June 15, 1993 • from PLN June, 1993
BOP Liable for Overcrowding and Opening Detainees Mail by Richard Young is a federal pretrial detainee. While awaiting trial he was housed at the US Penitentiary in Lewisburg, PA. He filed suit claiming that the conditions of confinement violated his right to be free from punishment. The conditions included being …
Article • June 15, 1993 • from PLN June, 1993
How to Defend Against a Bill of Costs by John Adams I'm a prisoner at the Washington State Penitentiary. I've filed a few lawsuits over the years against prison officials, prison employees and prison conditions with some success. Recently, I had a case dismissed on the state's motion for summary …
Judge Cannot Make Credibility Findings by Roland Pettengill is an Arkansas state prisoner. While in segregation he went to yard. Before entering the yard he alerted sergeant George Veasey that an enemy of his was in the yard. Veasey gave Pettengill the choice of going to yard with his enemy …
Notice of Appeal Filed When Given to Prison Officials by Samuel Hamm is a Missouri state prisoner. While employed as a prison law clerk he claims prison officials threatened and harassed him in retaliation for the performance of his duties. The defendants' conduct included threatening him with administrative segregation, infracting …
Article • June 15, 1993 • from PLN June, 1993
Prison Litigation Report Issued by The winter, 1993, issue of the ACLU's National Prison Project contains a status report of nationwide prison litigation for 1992. Forty states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands are under court order or consent decree to limit population and/or improve …
Article • June 15, 1993 • from PLN June, 1993
Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Crime
White House Pot Baron by Paul Wright By Paul Wright The March 9, 1993, edition of the Seattle Times reports that Arizona businessman Walter McCay made his fortune growing massive amounts of marijuana. What was interesting about McCay is that he is a prominent Republican businessman and banker who worked …
Article • June 15, 1993 • from PLN June, 1993
Computers and Rehabilitation by Ed Mead Taking Responsibility for the Future By Ed Mead For many years I have railed against the approach taken by the Department of Corrections (DOC) in connection with its role vis-a-vis the public's interest in being free from current levels of criminal victimization. It has …
Article • June 15, 1993 • from PLN June, 1993
Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Crime
PA Prison Expansion Fails to Cut Crime by A recent report prepared for the Pennsylvania State Commission on Sentencing found that a dramatic increase in the state's prison population has not reduced violent crime. The report, Incarceration and Crime: Facing Fiscal Realities in Pennsylvania, by Penn State University Professor Darrell …
Article • June 15, 1993 • from PLN June, 1993
SOCF Chronology by Chryztof Knecht [Editor's Note: (May 1, 1993) What follows is a chronology of events as they unfolded at Lucasville, Ohio, during the April uprising at that facility. It was written by a Lucasville segregation prisoner who wasn't an actual part of the riot, but who was close …
Article • June 15, 1993 • from PLN June, 1993
No Liberty Interest in BOP Ad Seg Rules by Howard Awalt is a federal prisoner. He was placed in administrative segregation (ad seg) pursuant to 28 C.F.R. § 541.22 (a)(8) after prison officials received an anonymous note stating his life was in danger. He filed a Bivens action against prison …
Article • June 15, 1993 • from PLN June, 1993
Moorish Appeal for Your Support by Taajwar Rasheed-Bey Members of The Moorish Science Temple of America, who are incarcerated in the penal institutions in the state of Indiana, have received much opposition and are being continuously denied the right to practice our religious beliefs, to hold religious services by the …
The Evolution of Criminal Justice by Sandy Judd In twentieth century America, coerced confessions to criminal acts are not technically admissible as evidence in courts of law. Since the 1980's, however, a movement against the enforcement of such "technicalities" has developed within the federal courts. As more forms of questionable …
Article • June 15, 1993 • from PLN June, 1993
Adequate Notice of Disciplinary Charges Required by Henry Benitez is a New York state prisoner. He was infracted in a four page disciplinary report for allegedly violating eight different rules. A few hours later he was given another infraction report consisting of an additional four charges. A few hours later …
Article • June 15, 1993 • from PLN June, 1993
DC Not Proper Venue for BOP Suits by James Cameron is a federal prisoner. While at the penitentiary at Terre Haute he suffered a massive heart attack. Prison doctors stated he should receive a low sodium diet. The prison at Terre Haute could not provide a special diet and the …
Article • June 15, 1993 • from PLN June, 1993
Filed under: Court Access
Arizona Court Access by RC I am in receipt of your March issue of PLN, and find that the info is/will be very useful. In regards to Access to the Courts (Casey v. Lewis), I feel I should inform you of some facts about the above. This thing, access to …
Article • June 15, 1993 • from PLN June, 1993
Initiative 595: Regulated Tolerance by The citizens of Washington state will have a chance to make real progress in the area of drug law reform if the Washington Citizen's for Drug Policy Reform (WCDPR) is successful in getting Initiative 595 on the state General Election ballot this fall. It will …
Article • June 15, 1993 • from PLN June, 1993
BOP Can Deny Halfway House Placement by William Lyle is a Bureau of Prisons (BOP) prisoner serving a sentence for firearms and explosives violations. At his pre-release classification review his unit team recommended Lyle be placed in a halfway house for 60 days to ease his reentry into the community. …
Article • June 15, 1993 • from PLN June, 1993
Filed under: Editorials, Media, Censorship
From The Editor by Paul Wright From the Editor Welcome to another issue of PLN. As you will have noticed, PLN has a new look. We are trying out this new, expanded format because we had pretty much exhausted the newsletter format and had a backlog of material. This new …
National Prison Project Journal - Infamous Punishment The Psychological Consequences of Isolation, 1993 "Infamous Punishment": The Psychological Consequences of Isolation The NPP JOURNAL continues its in­ depth coverage of supermaximum secu­ rity prisons. In the Fall 1992 issue, we ran an overview article, "The Marioni­ zation of American Prisons," and …
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