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Injunction Saves CA Family Visits by Gail Harrington Wisely In a victory in the long simmering war over family visits Michael Satris, an attorney with the San Quentin based Prison Law Office, won an injunction from Marin County Superior Court Judge Peter Smith Wednesday May 24 1995, barring the California …
Law on Retaliation Well Established in 9th Cir. by In the October, 1993, issue of PLN we reported Schroeder v. McDonald, 823 F. Supp. 750 (D HI 1993) in which a Hawaii prisoner filed suit over a retaliatory transfer from a minimum to a medium security prison. The district court …
Article • September 15, 1995 • from PLN September, 1995
IL Change in Good Time Statute Unlawful by On December 22, 1994, the Illinois state supreme court held that an Illinois statute eliminating certain categories of prisoners from those eligible to early good conduct credit at an accelerated rate violates the state and federal constitutions when applied retroactively. The primary …
WA Passes Record Anti-Prisoner/Defendant Legislation by Paul Wright By Paul Wright In the March, 1995, issue of PLN I gave a rundown on most of the anti-prisoner and defendant legislation then pending in the legislature. After we had gone to press for that issue Ida Ballasiotes, the rabid chair of …
CA Families Fight to Maintain Bonds by Willie Wisely Hundreds of family members, loved ones, friends, and advocates converged on the California Department of Corrections headquarters April 27, 1995, to express their support for family ties and opposition to a proposed administrative regulation which would eliminate family visits for a …
Article • June 15, 1995 • from PLN June, 1995
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Bye Bye Mike by Mike Padden, the dimwitted Republican state representative from Spokane, has long been a nemesis of Washington state prisoners. In 1995 Padden introduced legislation to ban family visiting, televisions, "erotic" and "violent" materials, etc. [See, March, 1995, PLN ] First elected to the state house in 1980, …
Article • June 15, 1995 • from PLN June, 1995
VA Jails Sue State Prisons by On 30 January 1995, the sheriffs of Arlington, Alexandria and Richmond filed a lawsuit to force the state to remove its prisoners from their jails. The suit was filed in circuit court in Richmond. It says the Virginia DOC is violating a state law …
Article • June 15, 1995 • from PLN June, 1995
Two Strikes and You're Out - of Prison Space by In past issues of PLN we have reported on Georgia's "two-strike" law. Before the November, 1994, elections both Governor Zell "Zig Zag" Miller and Corrections Commissioner Allen Ault assured the GA legislature and voters that the state had enough prison …
Winds of Unrest Blowing Over Arizona by Rainman In the August 1994 issue of PLN it was reported that many oppressive policies were being instituted in the Arizona prison system ("Oppression on the Rise in Arizona"). These changes, for the most part, are nothing more than a return to the …
Article • May 15, 1995 • from PLN May, 1995
WA Prisoners Help Elect Republican by Paul Wright By Paul Wright From 1981 to 1993 Jack Metcalf held office in the Washington state Senate. In 1994 he was elected on the Republican ticket to represent Washingtons second congressional district. This is a story about prison slave labor, opportunism and hypocrisy …
Article • May 15, 1995 • from PLN May, 1995
FL Ends Early Release by On December 9, 1994, Florida Governor Lawton Chiles announced that the state was ending its gain time program. The program was instituted in 1987 by then Governor Bob Martinez (R) to comply with a federal court order designed to limit Floridas extreme prison overcrowding. Under …
Harsher Prison Measures Opposed: "Family Values" Stop Here by Davis Oldham By Dan Tennenbaum and Davis Oldham Seattle WA -- On March 20th, about 30 people braved a heavy downpour and strong winds to demonstrate against state Republican efforts to curtail prisoner rights. Friends and family members of prisoners, as …
Article • May 15, 1995 • from PLN May, 1995
WA Civil Commitment Sham by In 1989 Washington State passed a controversial "Sex Predator Law" (RCW 71.09) to allow for the "civil commitment" (indefinite incarceration) of "dangerous sexual predators." The law allows the state to file commitment papers on prisoners who have completed their maximum terms of incarceration and are …
CA Legislative Horror Show by Dan Pens Due to our very long lead time (I write this on March 7th) it's difficult to report on fast moving stories like the goings on in the state house. As you read this, who knows what may have happened since this story was …
Article • March 15, 1995 • from PLN March, 1995
CA Prison Guards - A Potent Political Interest Group by Dan Pens By Dan Pens There is a well fed political interest group feasting at the California public trough, and most taxpayers are unaware of the huge growth in this creatures appetite and political clout. It has grown from a …
Article • March 15, 1995 • from PLN March, 1995
Prison Weight Lifting is a Nonsense Issue by Paul Wright Across the country Republicans have seized on prison weigh-lifting as a no risk political "issue" to make big hoopla over. The corporate media has abetted this by running sensationalist stories of prisoners bulking up by pumping iron. So far Mississippi …
Article • March 15, 1995 • from PLN March, 1995
WA "Corrections" Committee by Paul Wright By Paul Wright On September 6, 1988, Diane Ballisiotes was killed by Eugene Kane, a prisoner on work release in Seattle, Washington. Kane had been serving time for two assaults on women and was paroled despite DOC psychologists stating he was at high risk …
WA Prisoners Under Attack by Paul Wright By Paul Wright Someone once said that no citizen's life, limb or property was safe while the legislature was in session. Substitute "Prisoner" for "citizen" and you have an idea of what things are like in Washington. Fortunately, the Washington state legislature is …
AZ Passes Repressive Prison Laws by As part of the national trend towards bashing prisoners the 41st session of the Arizona legislature recently passed a number of repressive laws designed to make life harder for prisoners as well as restrict their access to the courts. The laws went into effect …
Fear and Loathing in California by Willie Wisely As the campaign of hatred against people in prison reaches a frenzied crescendo in this era of reactionary politics, several draconian measure were passed by California legislators in the 1994 session vying with each other for the title, "Toughest On Crime." A …
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