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Article • October 15, 1992 • from PLN October, 1992
From The Editor by Paul Wright From the Editor By Paul Wright Welcome to another issue of PLN. We are enclosing a PLN subscription form with this issue. If you are receiving PLN and have not yet donated, please take this opportunity to do so. Otherwise, you might miss some …
Cons Entitled to Minimum Wage by Adrian Lomax By Adrian Lomax In an encouraging decision, the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled that prisoners employed by the industry program in Arizona state prisons must be paid minimum wage. Arizona prisoners are required by statute to "engage in hard …
Brief • October 9, 1992
Letezeio v. Manson, CT, Stipulation, Prison Overcrowding and AIDS Cases, 1992 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT n 10 • ri '< r. t'.'\ ; JOSEPH L. LETEZ EIO , JR. : V• JOHN R . MANSON, et al. CIVIL NO. H82-252 CIVIL NO. H80-506' CIVIL NO. H81-512 CIVIL …
Brief • October 8, 1992
Filed under: Discrimination
Gribben v. DOJ, CO, Opinion and Order, Marital Discrimination, 1992 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD DEBRA L. GRIBBEN, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Agency. , _______________ ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) DOCKET NUMBER DE315H920264Il OCT - 8 1992 DATE: Marks. Bove, …
Brief • September 17, 1992
Filed under: Sexual Assault, Parole
Watters v. State of Washington, WA, Complaint, Parole Rape, 1992 . ( " . I .... : ;:~AL'S --,." ,.'\; 'v'. 1 .... . ~':!,~rIA ~ 2 3 SEP I 7 1992 I L .. •• ... __ IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR …
Article • September 15, 1992 • from PLN September, 1992
Taking of DNA Samples Violates Ex Post Facto Clause by Virginia state prisoners filed suit challenging Virginia legislation which directs the DOC to take and store blood from prisoners for Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) analysis and storage. (DNA is the basic component of living organisms, every human has a DNA blueprint …
Inhumane Conditions Suit Requires Trial by Marshal Jackson, an Indiana state prisoner filed suit on the subhuman prison conditions he was subjected to in the Indiana penal system. He claimed he was forced to live with filth, inadequate plumbing, roaches, rodents, poor lighting, inadequate heating, rusted out toilets, drinking water …
Article • September 15, 1992 • from PLN September, 1992
Bill Clinton's Blood Sacrifice by Paul Wright By Paul Wright Recently the media has been awash in allegations by Gennifer Flowers, a nightclub singer, that she had carried on a 12 year love affair with Democratic Party presidential candidate Bill Clinton. Clinton and his wife have both appeared on TV …
Article • September 15, 1992 • from PLN September, 1992
Just Us - Ohio Style by John Perotti By John Perotti Three days before former Ohio Governor Dick Celeste left office he commuted the death sentences of Donald Maur, Leonard Jenkins, Willie Jester, Crazy Horse Seiber, Debra Brown, Rose Grant and Elizabeth Green to life in prison. Celeste also commuted …
Article • September 15, 1992 • from PLN September, 1992
23% of NY Prisoners Test Positive for TB by Twenty-three percent of New York's prisoners and six percent of the prison employees have tested positive for tuberculosis infection, according to the most thorough study to date. Thomas A. Coughlin, the Commissioner of Correctional Services, released the data. The tests included …
Article • September 15, 1992 • from PLN September, 1992
Filed under: Medical, HIV/AIDS, STDs
D.C. Changes Jail Condom Policy by Washington, D.C., Mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly recently unveiled a plan to combat AIDS that includes distributing condoms to the city's inmates. The plan, which was scheduled to take effect in July, will combine condom distribution with educational AIDS programming. A voluntary course for inmates …
Article • September 15, 1992 • from PLN September, 1992
Prisons Cost More Than Harvard by A recent William Raspberry article on alternatives to imprisonment pointed out the folly of continuing to waste tax dollars on a system (imprisonment) that is ineffective, does not deter crime, and could inadvertently provide impetus to a problem that is already epidemic. Raspberry's position …
Article • September 15, 1992 • from PLN September, 1992
Behind the Walls: Prison Radio Show to Start by Behind The Walls: Prison Radio Show To Start To bring prison news to millions of potential listeners every week, MIM (Maoist International Movement) is starting a weekly radio program called Behind the Walls . The program will include some of the …
Article • September 15, 1992 • from PLN September, 1992
Jury Trial Required for Ad-Seg Claim by John Dell-Orfano was arrested and held in administrative segregation (ad seg) in the Suffolk County jail in New York. Before being placed in ad seg he did not receive any type of hearing, notice or opportunity to dispute the placement. He filed suit …
Article • September 15, 1992 • from PLN September, 1992
Preliminary Injunction Issued Against Grooming Code by Three Oklahoma state prisoners filed suit challenging the Oklahoma DOC's policy of banning any facial hair or hair longer than 3 inches in length. The prisoners claimed their religious beliefs forbid the cutting of their hair. In two cases requests for preliminary injunctions …
Article • September 15, 1992 • from PLN September, 1992
Federal Public Defenders Broke by The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts has announced that court appointed lawyers, investigators, psychologists and other experts used by the defense will not be paid after June 17, 1992, until the new fiscal year begins on October 1, 1992, because the government "ran out …
Article • September 15, 1992 • from PLN September, 1992
Drug War Patronage by According to an investigation by the General Accounting Office, the investigative arm of Congress, the Office of National Drug Control Policy which is supposed to lead the nations war on drugs has a higher percentage of political patronage jobs than any other government agency. The agency …
Article • September 15, 1992 • from PLN September, 1992
Filed under: Resources, Organizing
New Jersey Prisoners Support Network by Prisoners, ex prisoners, friends and family members of prisoners and community activists in New Jersey have begun forming a Prisoner Support Network. So far two meetings have been held to discuss ways to end various forms of repression and discrimination in the New Jersey …
Article • September 15, 1992 • from PLN September, 1992
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Voting
On the Upcoming Presidential Elections by Ed Mead During the next several months the mass media will be pulling the wool over the eyes of working people in America. They will be doing this by using Gulf War type saturation coverage of the elections. In many ways it is all …
Washington Feces Watch and Visiting Policy Create Liberty Interest by Rogaciano Mendoza was a prisoner at the Washington State Penitentiary (WSP) at Walla Walla in 1989 when prison officials discovered a broken balloon containing a white substance in the visiting room bathroom being used by Mendozas 6 children. Mendoza was …
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