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Article • February 15, 1992 • from PLN February, 1992
Reply to: Guards, Victims or Villains? by I've sent for a copy of the September 1991 issue of "Blueprint for Social Justice" and read both articles in it as you suggested. While the authors of these articles divulged some good points concerning the behavior of prison guards, their superiors and …
Article • February 15, 1992 • from PLN February, 1992
Filed under: Parole, News, State Legislation
Prison/Community Alliance Update by Carrie Roth By Carrie Roth The Prisoner/Community Alliance received a phone call from former Rep. Doug Sayan on Jan. 21, 1992. He said that the draft bill is now at the Code Revisors Office. The bill is an Omnibus bill which will include several aspects of …
Article • February 15, 1992 • from PLN February, 1992
Ex-Mayor Barry Having Sex in Visiting Room? by Ex-Mayor Barry Having Sex In Visiting Room? From: Seattle Times, January 6, 1992 Washington - Former Washington Mayor Marion Barry denied an allegation published in The Washington Post that a woman performed oral sex on him in a prison visiting room in …
Article • February 15, 1992 • from PLN February, 1992
CBCC IMU Hungerstrike by Did you happened to hear about the 2-1/2 day hungerstrike? They brought 10 of us here from WSP (Walla Walla) IMU to supply bodies to justify opening an IMU at CBCC. We got here and F unit isn't even prepared to accept IMU prisoners. 8 out …
Article • February 15, 1992 • from PLN February, 1992
The Capacity of Prison Overcrowding by Wm Daniel Ravenscroft The Capacity Of Prison Overcrowding By Wm. Daniel M. Ravenscroft, Attorney At Law A major difficulty in describing the extent of prison overcrowding is that there is no general agreement as to the definition of the "capacity' of overcrowded institutions. To …
Article • February 15, 1992 • from PLN February, 1992
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Reviews
Bibliography of Selected Prison Cases by Bibliography Of Selected Prison Cases This is the second edition of this useful 32 page booklet by South Dakota prisoner Roger Flittie. It provides a very good reference point for prison case law. With sections covering everything from class action conditions of confinement suits …
Article • February 15, 1992 • from PLN February, 1992
Typewriters for Prisoners by Typewriters For Prisoners The Typewriters for Prisoners Project (funded by a grant from Resist) has a few more typewriters to donate to prisoners. Preferences are: 1. inside groups that are involved with education or organizing; 2. prisoners who are using typewriters to help a number of …
Maximum Security Unit Prisoners Win Access Suit by The U.S. District Court for Delaware ruled in favor of the inmates at the Delaware Correctional center's Maximum Security Unit (MSU). The prisoners claimed in a 1983 action that the law library services provided at the MSU facility were wholly inadequate. The …
Article • February 15, 1992 • from PLN February, 1992
Justice Dept. to Take Back Higher Inmate Limits by Ronald J Ostrow Justice Dept. To Take Back Higher Inmate Limits By Ronald J. Ostrow, Los Angeles Times From: Seattle Times, January 15, 1992 Agency taking hard-line position on crowded prisons WASHINGTON - Outlining a major policy shift, Attorney General William …
Article • February 15, 1992 • from PLN February, 1992
Denial of Personal Hygiene Items States Claims by Denial Of Personal Hygiene Items States Claims A Kentucky state prisoner claimed that while he was held in a county jail he was denied personal hygiene items for two weeks which violated his Eighth amendment rights. He also claimed that jail officials …
Article • February 15, 1992 • from PLN February, 1992
Supreme Court Informers by Paul Wright The most recent (#39) issue of Covert Action Information Bulletin contains an interesting article by Alexander Charns titled "FBI Involvement in the Supreme Court." Mr. Charns is a lawyer who has written a book concerning the FBI and the American judiciary. In this article …
Indiana Ad Seg Policy Does Not Create Liberty Interest by Two Indiana state prisoners filed suit over being placed in administrative segregation (Ad Seg). They claimed their right to due process had been violated and sought relief under § 1983. The district court dismissed the suit on the grounds they …
Article • February 15, 1992 • from PLN February, 1992
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Reviews
Reviews by Paul Wright USA A LOOK AT REALITY is a quarterly human rights tabloid newspaper. Previous issues have examined the racism in use of the death penalty and brutality in the American gulag. The latest issue examines events at Attica and its prison legacy today, 20 years later. It …
Article • February 15, 1992 • from PLN February, 1992
From the Editor by Paul Wright From The Editor By Paul Wright Welcome to another issue of PLN. We are pleased to report that we are now registered as a tax exempt educational corporation with the IRS. What this means is that we can take advantage of cheaper postage rates …
Article • January 15, 1992 • from PLN January, 1992
Prison Homophobia Challenged by A prisoner in a state prison filed a federal civil rights lawsuit complaining that he was removed from his job as a prison bakery worker because he is a homosexual. The federal trial court, in determining whether the prisoner should be allowed to proceed with his …
Article • January 15, 1992 • from PLN January, 1992
Alaska Con Has Liberty Interest in Prison Job by An Alaskan prisoner was subjected to a random urine test using the Enzyme Multiplied Immunoassay Technique (EMIT). He tested positive for marijuana use. Immediately after the test results came in, and without a disciplinary hearing, the prisoner was removed from his …
Article • January 15, 1992 • from PLN January, 1992
Filed under: Medical, Tuberculosis
Deadly Strain of TB Found in New York Prisons by Deadly Strain Of TB Found In New York Prisons [Editor's Note: The following article is reprinted from the November 15, 1991, issue of "The Colombian."] A virulent new strain of tuberculosis has killed 12 inmates and one guard in the …
Article • January 15, 1992 • from PLN January, 1992
State Prison Systems Emulate Marion Control Unit by Fay Dowker By Faw Dowker and Glen Good Inspired by the Federal Bureau of Prisons' seven year experiment with a super-maximum security "control unit" prison at Marion in southern Illinois, state prison systems across the country have begun operating their own similar …
Article • January 15, 1992 • from PLN January, 1992
Filed under: Parole, News, State Legislation
Prison/Community Alliance Update by Carrie Roth The Prison/Community Alliance (P/CA) has made progress. It now appears we will be able to have legislation proposed directly to the legislature this January. If this happens we will not be doing the initiative for the November 1992 election. A sequence of events has …
Article • January 15, 1992 • from PLN January, 1992
Four Cons Die in Missouri Jail Fire by Four Cons Die In Missouri Jail Fire A fire that started in a malfunctioning generator sent thick smoke billowing into the Taney County Jail in Forsyth, MO, last September 14th, killing four prisoners. Thirteen other prisoners were hospitalized for smoke inhalation. The …
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