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Article • August 15, 1999 • from PLN August, 1999
Washington Legislature Amends 35% Law, Again by Paul Wright RCW 72.09:480 was enacted in 1995 as part of House Bill (FIB) 2410, a massive prisoner bashing bill that unanimously passed the legislature that year. RCW 72.09.480 was slipped into HB 2010 with no public hearings, debate or notice. The law …
Article • August 15, 1999 • from PLN August, 1999
California Guard Union Doles Out Millions to Politicians by The California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA) is the union which represents California's 28,000 prison guards. The union is also one of the most powerful political players in state politics. The union supports mandatory sentencing, including "three strikes" laws; increased prison …
Article • December 15, 1998 • from PLN December, 1998
Prisoners' Legal Services of NY Victim of Budget Ax by Dan Pens September 13, 1971 Bloody Monday. New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller unleashes a firestorm of bullets and shotgun blasts into Attica's D-Yard. Eight minutes and 3,000 rounds of ammo later, 29 prisoners and 10 hostages lay fatally gunshot in …
Tennessee Prison Privatization Bill Fails to Pass by Alex Friedmann Adramatic confrontation between the private corrections industry and opponents of prison privatization played out in Tennessee earlier this year, ending in an embarrassing defeat for the prison profiteers. Similar struggles can be expected in other states as privatization continues to …
Article • May 15, 1998 • from PLN May, 1998
Oregon's Prison Slavocracy by Dan Pens What I propose is, that as we embark on this massive prison construction program, we try a new approach -- convert our "warehouses" into factories with fences around them. To do that we must change our thinking and change the reactionary statutes that stand …
Article • December 15, 1997 • from PLN December, 1997
Utah Prisoners May Build Own Cages by In a 1997 Utah state budget bill, the legislature directed that an "inmate construction and building maintenance" program be developed. "The purpose of this program should be to expand inmate employment in construction-related fields in order to provide training for the inmate and …
Article • December 15, 1997 • from PLN December, 1997
New York State Drug Sentencing Report by Julia Lutsky Angela Thompson, a 17-year-old with no prison record participated in a single sale of 2 oz and 33 grains of crack cocaine to an undercover officer for which she received a 15-year-to-life sentence. Cruel and Usual : "Disproportionate Sentences for New …
Arizona DOC Contempt Fines Affirmed by In the July, 1996, issue of PLN we reported Hook v. Arizona, 907 F. Supp. 1326 (D AZ 1996) where the court held Arizona DOC officials In contempt for refusing to pay the fees for special masters appointed by the court to oversee implementation …
Florida Paradox of Prisons, Politics and Profits by For the past three years the Florida state legislature has surfed the get-tough wave, enacting laws to clamp down on Florida's 65,000 state prisoners. They have enacted laws to remove weights and recreation equipment, eliminate funding for prison TV sets, and were …
Article • August 15, 1997 • from PLN August, 1997
Washington Prison Legislation by The Washington state legislature ended its 1997 session by passing very few laws that directly impact Washington prisoners. Laws that were signed into law were: ISRB: House Bill 1646 extended the existence of the Indeterminate Sentence Review Board (ISRB, AKA the parole board) another ten years …
Strange Bedfellows; CCA's Political Connections by Alex Friedmann CCA's connection with local politics began when the Nashville-based company was formed during Governor Lamar Alexander's administration. When CCA made a bid to operate Tennessee's entire prison system in 1985, the governor's wife, Honey Alexander, was criticized for owning $5,000 of CCA …
Article • December 15, 1996 • from PLN December, 1996
Three Strikes in California by Willie Wisely By all accounts, the three strikes sentencing law in California is a failure according to criminal justice experts. They point out that three strikes is applied more often than not to people of color, that it hasn't reduced crime, that it's overwhelming the …
Article • August 15, 1996 • from PLN August, 1996
Washington Money Seizure Suit Update by Paul Wright In the June, 1996, issue of PLN we reported that Washington prisoners at Clallam Bay had protested the implementation of a statute which will seize 35% of all funds received by prisoners from sources outside prison. In the August, 1995, issue of …
Washington Legislation Passed by The Washington legislature was in session for a mercifully short 60 day session between January and March, 1996. In that period several hundred anti-prisoner and anti-defendant bills were introduced, at a cost of $1,500 each. While several passed the legislature about half of those passed were …
Article • July 15, 1996 • from PLN July, 1996
New Jersey Governor Vetoes Frivolous Bill by In the January '96 issue of PLN we featured "TX Anti-Litigation Law," about a law passed in Texas purportedly to stem "frivolous" litigation by prisoners. Also in that article was information about how this type of law was crafted by the National Association …
Arizona Held in Contempt over Masters' Fees by In the October, 1995, issue of PLN we reported the ongoing war between the Arizona DOC (ADOC) and the federal judiciary as prison officials sought to evade compliance with federal court orders. Because the Arizona DOC has not been willing to comply …
Article • June 15, 1996 • from PLN June, 1996
Mississippi Unable to Pay the Piper by Last year Mississippi implemented the country's toughest sentencing bill, requiring all convicts (not just 'serious" or violent" criminals) to serve 85 percent of their sentences. Corrections Commissioner Steve Puckett said that law is causing a serious financial dilemma and needs to be reviewed. …
Article • May 15, 1996 • from PLN May, 1996
Citizen Anti-Crime Initiatives? How the Gun Lobby Bankrolls the War on Crime by Paul Wright Recent years have seen a plethora of so called anti-crime initiatives placed on various state ballots, the most famous being the "Three Strikes You're Out" type laws. These initiatives purport to be efforts by state …
Article • January 15, 1996 • from PLN January, 1996
Arizona Prisoners Charged for Electricity by Dan Pens The 1995 Arizona legislature passed a law (AZ Rev. Statutes § 31-239) that requires the AZ DOC to establish a plan wherein prisoners will be charged a monthly "utility fee." The statute directs the DOC to collect a monthly fee, "not to …
Texas Anti-Litigation Law by Dan Pens In its 1995 session, the Texas legislature passed a bill that amends and modifies Subchapter B, Chapter 15 of the Civil Practice and Remedies Code, purportedly to combat "frivolous or malicious litigation filed by inmates." By now PLN readers should be familiar with this …
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