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Article • August 15, 1990 • from PLN August, 1990
Filed under: Parole, News, State Legislation
Repeal "Point 100" Statute by Dan Pens By Dan Pens All pre-SRA prisoners must jump through an invisible hoop before they can be paroled. Sound like something out of Alice in Wonderland? Well, it's the law. RCW 9.95.100 ("point 100") is a 1939 statute that has remained unchanged since 1955. …
Article • August 15, 1990 • from PLN August, 1990
Of Bannings and Unbannings: Why Do They Do It? by Ed Mead Of Bannings and Unbannings: Why do they do it? By Ed Mead As many of you know issue #2 of the PLN was banned from both the Penitentiary and the Reformatory. We immediately drafted a comprehensive civil rights …
Article • August 15, 1990 • from PLN August, 1990
Struggle in Ohio by Paul Wright Struggle In Ohio By Paul Wright There have been 5 prisoners and one staff member (schoolteacher) killed at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio since 1990 rolled in. Governor Celeste ordered an investigation into all aspects of SOCF operations by the State …
Article • August 15, 1990 • from PLN August, 1990
Editorial Comments by Ed Mead The sharp-eyed reader will have noticed our new return address for the newsletter. This is the 3rd new address in 4 issues, and it isn't even in Washington State. Paul's dad in Florida has agreed to be our outside publisher until such a time as …
Article • August 15, 1990 • from PLN August, 1990
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews
Letters From Readers by From Germany Thanks a lot for the prisoners Legal News. I was impressed. From my (own experience in) making flyers I can imagine how much work you put into these important pages, even if you collect articles. "The Terry" by D.P. fit exactly in a discussion …
Article • July 15, 1990 • from PLN July, 1990
Pleading Supervisory Liability by Prisoner seeking to sue prison officials in section 1983 Civil Rights actions must allege either personal involvement and/or supervisory liability by administrators in order to state a claim. "To hold supervisors liable under section 1983," the court said at page 645, "a plaintiff must show that …
Article • July 15, 1990 • from PLN July, 1990
BOP Denies Medical Treatment by Dr. Alan Berkman is currently serving a 12-year sentence for conspiracy to aid and abet possession of weapons and explosives. He is currently facing trial for Seditious Conspiracy. Dr. Berkman has a long history of political activism and putting medicine in the service of the …
Article • July 15, 1990 • from PLN July, 1990
Bankruptcy Declaration Voids Court Ordered Restitution by On May 29, 1990, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that criminals can avoid paying restitution for their crimes by declaring bankruptcy. The court, in a 7 to 2 ruling, held that restitution orders as part of criminal sentences are "debt" under the federal …
Article • July 15, 1990 • from PLN July, 1990
"The Prison Issue" by Is put out by the folks at new studies on the left, 1484 Wicklow St., Boulder, Co. 80303. It is a "magazine" 216 pages long. There really isn't a whole lot to say about it, it's great!!! This issue contains a number of thoughtful and provocative …
Article • July 15, 1990 • from PLN July, 1990
Washington Detains More Kids by According to the Bureau of Census' Children in Custody series, Washington State leads the nation in its confinement of juveniles in detention and state institutions. Washington has 1,211 juveniles in custody for every 100,000 population. The second ranked jurisdiction was the District of Columbia, which …
County Fined $500,000 for Deliberate Indifference by County Fined $500,000 For Deliberate Indifference A federal appeals court upheld a damages award of $500,000 because of a physician assistant's deliberate indifference to an inmates serious medical needs. The county road camp prisoner in Florida injured his leg when he jumped off …
Mental Cases Warehoused in IMU by Mark LaRue Mental Cases Warehoused In IMU By Mark LaRue You would not believe how they are running the Intensive Management Unit (IMU) here at Walla Walla. The tier I am on is filled with nuts who loud talk day and night. Mental health …
Article • July 15, 1990 • from PLN July, 1990
The Fortress Economy: The Economic Role of the US Prison System by The Fortress Economy: The Economic Role of the U.S. Prison System is the title of a brand new 29 page booklet by the American Friends Service Committee (Quakers). It's an excellent book and I highly recommend it. The …
Summary Judgment on Retaliation by Summary Judgment On Retaliation The prisoner's appearance in court was a protected activity, and prison disciplinary action, taken immediately upon his return from court, provided circumstantial evidenced that prison officials retaliated against him for the exercise of his right of access to the courts. The …
Article • July 15, 1990 • from PLN July, 1990
Capital Punishment by Lawrence Boulton By Laurance Boulton, Gatesville, TX The thought of knowing one's death is drawing near, especially your own, is a portrait of terror. Although refined to a system of rules and legally sanctioned methods, executing a human being in nonetheless murder! No longer is a man …
Article • July 15, 1990 • from PLN July, 1990
Civil Rights Suit For Damages Against State Prison Officials In Individual Capacities by Two prisoners filed a civil rights damage suite against state correctional officials, charging that they were denied due process because they were not given a timely hearing before being placed in segregation. The court noted that, under …
Article • July 15, 1990 • from PLN July, 1990
Prison Population Rises 12.1% by The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) has issued its annual bulletin on prison populations. The report stated the number of state and federal prisoners in the U.S. grew by a record 76,099 prisoners during 1989. This figure now reaches a new high of 703, 687 …
Prisoner Advisors Reinstated by A warden's refusal to reappoint four inmates to their positions as inmate legal advisors has been overturned by a federal appeals court. The inmates sued, alleging that the warden had refused to reappoint them because they criticized the performance of the chairman of the disciplinary board. …
Article • July 15, 1990 • from PLN July, 1990
Filed under: Military, Veterans
Vietnam MIAs in Perspective by The MIA (Missing In Action) issue has been exploited by the U.S. government to block normalization of relations with Vietnam. Many prisoners have uncritically swallowed the state's propaganda on this issue. We'd like to put it in a more statistically accurate context: The French still …
Fascism, Another Step Nearer by [SSB-6259 Is Not Just For Sex Offenders] Senate Substitute Bill 6259 is now law in this state. Most of its provisions came into effect on July 1, 1990. Most of us have heard of this law as the sex offender bill that allows civil commitment …
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