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Right to Die Rulings Grow

Article • October 15, 1993 • from PLN October, 1993

Filed under: Discrimination, Disabled Prisoners, Hunger Strikes

Right to Die Rulings Grow by A quadriplegic prisoner and a woman imprisoned in a persistent vegetative state occasioned recent "right to die" rulings in two states. The California Supreme Court ruled unanimously that a quadriplegic prisoner who is not terminally ill but who must be assisted by others to …

BOP Not Liable for Guard Raping Prisoner

Article • October 15, 1993 • from PLN October, 1993

Filed under: Sexual Assault, Staff-Prisoner Assault, Guard Misconduct, Gender Discrimination -- Women, Federal Tort Claims Act

BOP Not Liable for Guard Raping Prisoner by Lisa Flechsig was a prisoner at the federal women's prison in Lexington, Kentucky. After undergoing surgery she was taken to a local doctor's office for follow up treatment. BOP guard Bruce Trent was assigned to escort Flechsig to the doctor's office. En …

Kentucky Cons Used as Scabs

Article • March 15, 1993 • from PLN March, 1993

Filed under: Classification, Work Release, Prison Industries

Kentucky Cons Used as Scabs by Prisoners from a privately-run jail in Louisville, Kentucky have been used as scabs in the three-month-old strike by UFCW Local 227 against Fischer Packing Company. The prisoners were brought into the plant after the strikers rejected the company's "best and final offer" by a …

The Prison Privatization Debate

Article • February 15, 1993 • from PLN February, 1993

Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Prison Labor, OB/GYN, Prisoners-International, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

The Prison Privatization Debate by Ed Mead "Prisons are by their very nature coercive and oppressive institutions, designed to disempower and destroy the resistance of those confined within them, so any discussion of `reform' is largely meaningless and futile. Prisons, whether controlled and operated by the state or private companies, …

Legal Mail May Not Be Read by Prison Guards

Article • January 15, 1993 • from PLN January, 1993

Filed under: Retaliation, Retaliation for Litigating, Legal Mail

Legal Mail May Not Be Read by Prison Guards by John Reneer is a Kentucky state prisoner. He filed suit claiming violation of his first amendment rights when prison officials read his incoming legal mail in front of him. The prison warden claims he ordered a search of Reneer's incoming …

Resistance at Lexington

Article • November 15, 1992 • from PLN November, 1992

Filed under: Discrimination, Gender Discrimination -- Women, Prison Rebellion

Resistance at Lexington by Laura Whitehorn On August 12-14, the first sustained act of resistance by women prisoners in the u.s. federal prison system in 20 years took place. On Wednesday night, August 12, there was an argument between two prisoners in the central yard area ("Central Park") at about …

Gay Prisoner Entitled to Participate in Religious Services

Article • November 15, 1992 • from PLN November, 1992

Filed under: Gay/Lesbian, Religious Freedom, Denial of Religious Services

Gay Prisoner Entitled to Participate in Religious Services by Paul Phelps is a gay Kentucky state prisoner who sued a volunteer prison chaplain and deputy warden claiming they had violated his first amendment right to practice his religion when they refused to allow him to participate in chapel services. The …

Denial of Personal Hygiene Items States Claims

Article • February 15, 1992 • from PLN February, 1992

Filed under: Hygiene Supplies, Civil Procedure, Local Rules, Postage

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 …

War Repression

Article • May 15, 1991 • from PLN May, 1991

Filed under: Gender Discrimination -- Women, Political Prisoners, Organizing

War Repression by Laura Whitehorn By Laura Whitehorn Revolutionary greetings. Like all progressive people, I've been trying to get news (news, not military advertisements) of the war, and following the anti-war activities around the country that somehow fail to make it onto the TV news. Here at FCI Lexington, you …

Baraldini v. Thornburgh, DC, Opinion for Defendants, Female Inmates Housed in High Security Institutions, 1989

Brief • September 8, 1989

Filed under: Gender Discrimination -- Women, Security Systems, First Amendment, rights

Baraldini v. Thornburgh, DC, Opinion for Defendants, Female Inmates Housed in High Security Institutions, 1989 884 F.2d 615 (1989) Silvia BARALDINI, et al. v. Richard L. THORNBURGH, Attorney General, et al. No. 88-5275. United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit. Argued March 17, 1989. Decided September 8, 1989. …

KY 2006 Contract with Securus Extended Through 2012

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Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

KY 2006 Contract with Securus Extended Through 2012 Doc ID No: MA Page 1 758 M-05332599 4 of 2 Commonwealth of Kentucky IMPORTANT MASTER AGREEMENT Show Doc ID number on all packages, invoices and correspondence. Doc Description: Inmate Telephone Service Doc ID No: MA 758 M-05332599 4 Procurement Type: Standard …

KY Phone Kickbacks 2004 - 2008

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Filed under: Telephones

KY Phone Kickbacks 2004 - 2008 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 $ $ $ $ $ 3,490,275.25 3,769,999.04 3,135,068.62 2,625,522.68 3,220,636.21

KY Contract with MCI Worldcom 2000

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Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

KY Contract with MCI Worldcom 2000 Page 1 of 1 The Commonwealth of Kentucky MASTER AGREEMENT (APPROVED) Description: Telephone: (502) 564-7950 ext 0 Requisition No: IMPORTANT Show Master Agreement number on all packages, invoices and correspondence. I Cited Authority: Administered By: GLENN THOMPSON M-00288371 MA-Revenue Generating/Fixed IExpiration Date: 15 Nov …

KY Phone Rates 2011

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Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

KY Phone Rates 2011 file:///W|/telephone%20project/KY/RE%20KY%20phone%20rates.htm From: stein [stein919@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 10:09 AM To: Paul Wright Subject: RE: KY phone rates For the KY folder: Spoke with the KY DOC today, and they confirmed the following phone rates for collect calls (Ms. Dailey, 502-564-6493): Local = $1.85 Intrastate …

KY Phone Rates v 2

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Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

KY Phone Rates v 2 Kentucky Rates

KY Phone Kickbacks 2009-2012

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Filed under: Telephones

KY Phone Kickbacks 2009-2012 Kentucky Department of Corrections Phone Commissions 2009 - 2012 Phone Commissions 2009 $ 3,333,168.18 2010 $ 2,706,767.18 2011 $ 2,880,166.42 2012 $ 2,796,139.46

KY Contract with MCI Worldcom Renewal Modification 2000

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Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

KY Contract with MCI Worldcom Renewal Modification 2000 Page 1 011 The Commonwealth of Kentucky Master Agreement No: M-00288371 Modification No: 3 MASTER AGREEMENT MODIFICATIOr Requisition No: IMPORTANT (APPROVED) Show Master Agreement number on all packages, invoices, and correspondence. Description Sub Type: ET-66-01 Inmate Telephones I Expiration Date: Effective Date: …

2013 Current Kentucky Inmate Phone Rates

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Filed under: Telephones

2013 Current Kentucky Inmate Phone Rates David, The Kentucky Department of Corrections’ inmate phone provider is still Securus Technologies. The current rates are as follows: Calling Rates Securus shall charge the following calling rates for inmate calling: Collect Calls: The following collect rates inclusive of voice biometrics. Collect Surcharge Local …

KY Phone Rates 2012

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Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

KY Phone Rates 2012 Kentucky Department of Corrections Phone Call Rates 2009 - 2012 Note: Rates remained constant from 2009 - 2012 Local per call Local per minute $1.50 $0.35 Local per call Local minute(s)-flat rate IntraLata/Intrastate per call IntraLata/Intrastate per minute Interstate per call Interstate per minute $1.50 $0.35 …

Kentucky Amended Contract through May 2014

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Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

Kentucky Amended Contract through May 2014 Doc ID No: MA Page 1 758 M-05332599 8 of 5 Commonwealth of Kentucky IMPORTANT MASTER AGREEMENT Show Doc ID number on all packages, invoices and correspondence. Doc Description: Inmate Telephone Service Doc ID No: MA 758 M-05332599 8 Procurement Type: Standard Services 2006-06-01 …