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Publication • 1993
Filed under: Overcrowding
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Publication • 1993
Infamous Punishment The Psychological Consequences of Isolation, NPPJ,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 a piece on Barlinnie, the …
Article • May 15, 1993 • from PLN May, 1993
Retaliatory Denial of Parole Actionable Under Section 1983 by Isa Shabazz is an Oklahoma state prisoner. He filed suit under § 1983 alleging that the Oklahoma parole board has a policy, practice and custom of denying parole to prisoners who choose to exercise their civil rights by suing prison officials. …
Court Dissolves 1-800 Injunction by Iowa state prisoners filed suit seeking preliminary and injunctive relief against an Iowa prison policy prohibiting them from calling their attorneys toll free 1-800 numbers. They claimed this practice violated their right of access to the courts. The district court agreed and granted a preliminary …
Guard Convicted of Beating Prisoner by As a general rule PLN doesn't report criminal cases. This is an exception because it directly pertains to prisoner civil rights and because its so unusual for prison staff to be charged, much less convicted, of assaulting prisoners. Michael Newman was a jail guard …
Due Process Protects Detainees from Violence by Raul Valencia is a pre-trial detainee in Brewster County, Texas. During a jail disturbance guards smashed Valencia's head into cell bars, choked him into unconcioussness and, after handcuffing him, beat him. Valencia filed suit under§ 1983 claiming this treatment violated his constitutional rights. …
Court Enjoins Torture of Jail Prisoners by Two Mississippi jail prisoners tried to escape from the jail by smashing their way out. Their attempt failed and guards secured and restrained them in an interrogation cell. The sheriff questioned the two men as to the location of their escape tools, which …
Mentally Ill Entitled to Health Care by H.B. is a woman prisoner in the Arizona DOC. She suffers from schizophrenia and becomes hostile and threatening when she doesn't take her medication. HB's legal guardian filed suit on her behalf claiming that the DOC's pattern of placing HB in lockdown constituted …
Improved Jail Conditions Merits Attorney Fees by Two Wood County, Texas, jail prisoners filed suit under § 1983 claiming the jail had practices of denying prisoners access to the courts, improper classification, punitive isolation without due process, inadequate medical care, denial of reading material and overall unacceptable jail conditions. The …
Article • May 15, 1993 • from PLN May, 1993
Organizations Not "Persons" for IFP Status by The Men's Advisory Council is a group of elected representatives of prisoners at a prison in California. When the prison discontinued the practice of providing free tobacco to indigent inmates the Council filed a civil rights complaint in federal court. They sought leave …
Article • May 15, 1993 • from PLN May, 1993
Filed under: Damages, Mental Health
Psych Prisoners Have Right of Court Access by Lonnie Hatch is a patient confined in the Arkansas state hospital following his acquittal, by reason of insanity, of criminal charges. Hatch filed suit under § 1983 claiming hospital officials had violated his right of access to the courts by denying him …
Section 1983 Proper Remedy for Illegal Confinement by Spencer Parker is a Texas state prisoner. He filed suit under § 1983 claiming he was arrested and indicted for a burglary even though no evidence linked him to the crime. After nine months in jail the charges were dropped and he …
Article • May 15, 1993 • from PLN May, 1993
Failure to Treat Illness Violates Eighth Amendment by Derrick Williams is an Illinois state prisoner. As a result of a car accident he suffers from chronic infectious inflammation of the bone marrow. After being imprisoned a DOC doctor examined Williams and prescribed medication and a course of treatment. Prison officials …
Article • May 15, 1993 • from PLN May, 1993
ACLU Challenges NJ DOC Censorship by The Newark, NJ, law firm of Crummy, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger and Vecchione, acting on behalf of the New Jersey ACLU, has filed a class action law suit challenging the censorship of political publications by New Jersey prison officials. The law suit, PSC Publications, …
Article • May 15, 1993 • from PLN May, 1993
MANCI: The Aftermath by John Perotti By John Perotti In June, 1992, MANCI guard Thomas Davis was stabbed in the back shoulder. Prisoner Roy Slider was accused of the stabbing. Davis died at a Mansfield hospital the next day. This began a series of retaliatory transfers and total lockdown of …
DOC Guard Liable for Not Stopping Beating by Roger Buckner is a Missouri state prisoner. He was transported from the Jackson county jail for commitment to the Missouri DOC prison at Fulton. Larry Hollins was a jail guard transporting Buckner. Once at Fulton, Hollins stripped Buckner naked, handcuffed him and …
Sexually Harassing Pat Searches May Be Illegal by Two Missouri state prisoners filed suit against a female prison guard. In their complaint they alleged that for a two month period the guard fondled their crotches during almost daily, routine pat down searches. After they told the guard they wanted to …
Article • May 15, 1993 • from PLN May, 1993
Prison Rule Banning Media Mail/Visits Held Unconstitutional by Sabil Mujahid is a Hawaii state prisoner. He filed suit under § 1983 claiming that Hawaii prison regulations which prohibit prisoners from visiting or corresponding with members of the media, unless they knew each other on a personal basis prior to incarceration, …
Article • May 15, 1993 • from PLN May, 1993
Filed under: Work, Prison Industries
Minimum Wage for Cons Studied by Congress by In an effort to reverse a federal court ruling that would allow inmates holding prison jobs to be paid the minimum wage of $4.25 an hour, members of congress and state prison directors have launched an effort to reverse the ruling, in …
Transfers May Violate Eighth Amendment by Timothy Taylor is a small, mentally retarded Michigan state prisoner. While at the Jackson state prison Taylor was transferred to a camp where he was raped. After being raped prison officials labeled him a homosexual and he was denied a job and resident home …
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