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Article • March 15, 1992 • from PLN March, 1992
Filed under: Editorials, Organizing
Editorial by Ed Mead Editorial Comments By Ed Mead Don't be discouraged if not much in the way of struggle is taking place at your prison, as it isn't happening here either. The political situation in your joint is probably pretty much the same as it is at institutions all …
Access and Indigency Expanded by Access And Indigency Expanded A law library rule merely saying prisoners "shall be provided physical access to law library during assigned law library hours," when considered against the backdrop of uncontested allegations of inadequate access, was held not "to provide detailed guidelines to thwart arbitrariness." …
Article • February 15, 1992 • from PLN February, 1992
Prisoners Get Squeezed by G D The massive New York state budget crisis is starting to hit the prisons. Governor Cuomo, like other politicians, plans to squeeze pennies from those who have nothing, while leaving the fat cats sacrosanct. The main cuts are slated for Medicaid and schools. Also they …
Article • February 15, 1992 • from PLN February, 1992
State May Retain Private Attorneys to Defend DOC by State May Retain Private Attorneys To Defend DOC A Missouri state prisoner filed suit claiming he was denied medical care by prison officials. The state attorney general then contracted a private law firm to represent the defendants prison officials. O'Connor, the …
Article • February 15, 1992 • from PLN February, 1992
Prisoner Can Receive Diploma in Mail by Bobby Griffin is a Missouri state prisoner who graduated from a college paralegal course. Upon graduation the college mailed him his diploma and grade transcript. This was rejected by prison officials who claimed prison regulations prohibited prisoners from having original diplomas and transcripts …
Article • February 15, 1992 • from PLN February, 1992
Bush Campaign Silences Prisoner by Brett Kimberlin is a federal prisoner serving time for drug and weapons charges. In November, 1988, a few days before the presidential elections, he was going to have a press conference where he was going to relate his account of having sold marijuana to now …
Article • February 15, 1992 • from PLN February, 1992
Caring Captors? by By Robert Pierce A recent issue of the Cincinnati Enquirer contained an article in which Mid-Western law enforcement officials were complaining about the increasing cost of providing health care to prisoners in county jails. One sheriff, Tim Bivins of Lee County, Illinois, had what he thought was …
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 …
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