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Article • September 15, 1991 • from PLN September, 1991
Racial Discrimination at Raiford by Darryl Conquest Racial Discrimination At Raiford The prison population at gulag Union Correctional Institution (UCI) in Raiford, Florida, borders on 1,500 captives. The population is made up of approximately 800 Blacks (55%), 675 Whites (43%), and 120 Hispanics (7%). Under the compulsory slave labor theme …
Article • September 15, 1991 • from PLN September, 1991
Prison/Community Alliance Update by Carrie Roth By Carrie Roth I received a copy of the June 24, 1991 indeterminate Sentence Review Board (ISRB) minutes today and in it is another example of the ISRBs' inability to adequately perform their duties. In the minutes is a short paragraph which states, "Ms. …
Article • September 15, 1991 • from PLN September, 1991
Remembering Attica: Twenty Years Later by Ed Mead By Ed Mead On September 13, 1978, prisoners at Walla Walla celebrated Attica Day by holding a sparsely attended memorial talent show in the prison's auditorium. On September 13, 1979, the Washington Coalition Against Prisons (WaCAP) braved heavy rain to stage a …
Article • September 15, 1991 • from PLN September, 1991
Filed under: Sentencing, Parole
State and Federal SRA Parole Systems Similar by I find the articles in PLN dealing with Washington state's dual sentencing procedure interesting and thought provoking because the federal system is going through something worse. There are at least four sentencing procedures going on here. The oldest is for those prisoners …
Article • September 15, 1991 • from PLN September, 1991
Prisoners Are Entitled to Recovery For Underpayment of Wages by Mark Cook Prisoners Are Entitled To Recovery For Underpayment Of Wages By Mark Cook, Leavenworth, Kansas There are over one Million prisoners in the United States, yet we are not counted as part of the US statistical labor force. It …
Article • September 15, 1991 • from PLN September, 1991
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews
Why Do Legal Work? by F L Dwight Correctional Center is served educationally by Lewis University, " A Christian Brothers University." Lewis University offers courses entitled Paralegal I and II (16 weeks each), which I have decided to take. According to Lewis University, "the primary purpose of this course is …
Article • September 15, 1991 • from PLN September, 1991
More Racism in Florida's Slammers by Vincent Harris More Racism In Florida's Slammers I have recently heard of the PLN and at this time I will share some headlines of the legalized slavery here at Martin Correctional Institution. There are serious racial problems at MCI within the administration and continuous …
Article • September 15, 1991 • from PLN September, 1991
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews
The Class Implications of Prisoner Rights Litigation by Ed Mead The Class Implications Of Prisoner Rights Litigation Compiled by Ed Mead Today the most reactionary and violent faction of the ruling class controls the government. These right-wing conservatives ignore the root causes of crime and instead seek to scapegoat prisoners …
Article • September 15, 1991 • from PLN September, 1991
Prison Education by Paul Wright As you know, the 9th Circuit ruled in Hernandez vs. Johnston (a case out of MICC) that we don't have a right to education or rehabilitation. My opinion is the that whole "school in prison" thing is a sham. The state could care less about …
Article • September 15, 1991 • from PLN September, 1991
Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Crime
The Rich Get Richer by The Rich Get Richer... The North American working class is now ninth in the world in terms of wages and benefits, and continues to decline. At this point the earnings of the U.S. working class have been driven back to what they were in the …
Article • September 15, 1991 • from PLN September, 1991
CBCC Mail Suit Filed by Paul Wright By Paul Wright In May of 1991 CBCC mailroom staff here began a practice of rejecting without notice to the prisoner or the sender or an opportunity to appeal all mail that arrived without the prisoners DOC number on it. No notice of …
Women Prisoners Entitled to Equal Education by Women Prisoners Entitled To Equal Education Glover v. Johnson, 934 F.2d 703 (6th Cir. 1991) is a class action suit originally filed in 1978 by female Michigan state prisoners claiming violation of their right to equal protection because they were not provided with …
Article • September 15, 1991 • from PLN September, 1991
Editorial by Ed Mead Editorial Comments By Ed Mead Welcome to yet another edition of the PLN. In this issue I have an article on the class implications of prisoner rights litigation. It was written in response to one of many letters we get from readers asking about the politics …
Brief • August 23, 1991
T.I. V. Delia, WA, Stipulation of Settlement, Conditions of Confinement - Juvenile Detention, 1991 T.I. V. Delia 11111 I IIII II II 1111111111111111 JI-WA-001-018 1 CIVIL TRACK I Judge Dixon 2 3 ·, 4 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR KING COUNTY 6 7 8 T. I., a minor, et …
Article • August 15, 1991 • from PLN August, 1991
Grievance System Does Not Create Liberty Interest by A federal prisoner brought a Bivens action against the prison warden and case manager for denying him access to the prison grievance system. The district court granted summary judgment to prison officials and the court of appeals affirmed. The court of appeals …
Article • August 15, 1991 • from PLN August, 1991
Prison Visitors May Not Be Searched Without Probable Cause by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that Tennessee prison regulations give Tennessee prisoners a due process liberty interest in prison visitation. The Court ruled that removing the visitation right in retaliation for the visitor refusing to submit to …
Article • August 15, 1991 • from PLN August, 1991
California Prison Construction by Ruth Cashmere Ruth Cashmere Recently studies have shown that the United States has the world's highest incarceration rate. The United States has 426 prisoners per 100,000 population. Over the past 10 years, the state of California has experienced the greatest increase in state prison population surpassing …
Article • August 15, 1991 • from PLN August, 1991
Be a Rat or Else! by Be A Rat Or Else! This all started back in November 1986, a couple of weeks after the decision in Toussaint v. McCarthy 801 F.2d 1080 (9 Cir. 1986) [prisoners can be placed on administrative segregation status for little or no reason]. Myself and …
Article • August 15, 1991 • from PLN August, 1991
Mail Rejection Not Upheld by A Michigan prisoner sent another Michigan prisoner an educational brochure on how to study to be a paralegal. Michigan DOC officials rejected the brochure claiming prison rules prohibited "contractual agreements." The district court ruled the brochure was entitled to First Amendment protection and found no …
Article • August 15, 1991 • from PLN August, 1991
The Ex Post Facto Clause and Washington's Parole Board by Ed Mead By Ed Mead Akins and another prisoner filed a civil rights complaint in federal court (pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983) alleging that the Georgia parole board's application of recently adopted rules to their cases violated their constitutional …
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