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Guard Raped, Entire Texas Prison System Locked Down by A female Texas Department of Corrections (TDC) prison guard was dragged into a cell, held hostage for two hours and sexually assaulted by a prisoner armed with an 8-inch piece of sharpened metal, according to several published news accounts. The French …
PLRA Doesn't Ban Class Actions by A federal district court in Georgia held that the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) does not ban class action suits by prisoners. In the October, 1998, issue of PLN we reported the Georgia DOC's settlement of a class action suit involving the beating and …
Georgia Brutality Suit Settled for $283,500 by In a brief hearing on April 23, 1998, U.S. district judge Harold Murphy finalized an agreement that allowed 14 prisoner plaintiffs and their attorneys to receive $283,500. After approving the settlement judge Murphy was quoted as saying, "The settlement is fair, responsible and …
Strip Searched Massachusetts Women Settle Suit for $80,000 by On December 12, 1997, the Massachusetts DOC settled a lawsuit filed by women prisoners for a total of $80,000 plus attorney fees. The class action suit was filed in Suffolk county superior court on behalf of 112 female prisoners by Massachusetts …
Tensions Rise in Ohio Prisons by A PLN subscriber wrote to describe a "mini riot" which occurred June 3, 1997, in one of the dorms at the North Central Correctional Institution in Marion, OH. He reported that six prisoners and two guards were injured. The disturbance "was brought on by …
Georgia Prison Guards Speak Out by Dan Pens Shortly after Wayne Garner took over as Georgia's Corrections Commissioner in December 1995, he addressed the state legislature wherein he quipped, "...thirty to thirty-five percent [of GA prisoners] ain't fit to kill, and I'm going to be there to accommodate them." [See: …
Senior DOC Officials Implicated by After lower ranking guards crossed the blue line, Hays state prison Lt. Ray McWhorter offered a stunning account of events -- including allegations that senior GA DOC officials not only witnessed the massive shakedown, but were instrumental in igniting the firestorm of brutality. McWhorter admitted …
Lawsuits Target Georgia Prison Abuse by Robert Bensing by Robert Bensing, Esq. Prisoners in Georgia have recently filed two lawsuits, challenging the Georgia Department of Corrections' (GDC) shakedowns of Georgia prisons. A shakedown entails a search of an entire prison's prisoner population and prisoner living areas. While the shakedowns are …
Article • June 15, 1996 • from PLN June, 1996
State Seizes County Jail by On January 19, 1996, nearly 200 New Jersey state corrections officers, dressed in full riot gear, descended on the Hudson County Jail and seized control of the facility. The jail's warden was removed, the facility was locked down, and every cell was searched for contraband. …
Article • May 15, 1996 • from PLN May, 1996
Pennsylvania Prison Stormed by S T Last October, in the dead of night, Graterford Correctional Institution (GCI) prisoners were subjected without notice to an unprovoked assault by storm troops dressed in black, booted, many helmeted and all carrying clubs. [See: PLN, Dec '95] All GCI prisoners, suddenly awakened, were strip-searched, …
Article • December 15, 1995 • from PLN December, 1995
PA Prison Investigated for Corruption; Biggest Shake Down Ever by In September, 1995, several prisoners from the 3,490 man Graterford state prison testified before the Pennsylvania senate judiciary committee about corruption at the state prison. The prisoners testified that prison officials accepted bribes typically between $100 and $300 to expunge …
Article • March 15, 1993 • from PLN March, 1993
Freezing Temperature Violates Eighth Amendment by Four prisoners at the Iowa State Reformatory segregation unit were sent outdoors to a recreation area while prison guards searched their living unit for weapons. The temperature was sub-freezing with a significant wind chill factor. The prisoners requested not to go outside. They were …
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