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Deadly Nostalgia: The Politics of Boot Camps by Christian Parenti The short, stout eighth grader Gina Score, was never much of an athlete. But that didn't matter to the staff at South Dakota's Plankinton boot camp for girls, where militarystyle discipline and calisthenics were the modus operandi and, as staff …
Article • March 15, 2001 • from PLN March, 2001
"The Judge Gave Me Ten Years--He Didn't Sentence Me to Death" by Anne-Marie Cusac "The Judge Gave Me Ten Years--He Didn't Sentence Me to Death" Prisoners with HIV deprived of proper care By Anne-Marie Cusac In prisons and jails across the country, prisoners with HIV or AIDS are denied proper …
Article • March 15, 2001 • from PLN March, 2001
PLRA Doesn't Apply to Civil Commitments by The court of appeals for the Ninth circuit held that the Prison Litigation Reform Act does not apply to people civilly committed as "sexually violent predators." Sammy Page is civilly committed under California's Sexually Violent Predators Act. Page filed suit in Federal court …
$1.18 Million in Santa Clara Co. Sexual Assault/Harassment Suit by $1.18 Million In Santa Clara Co. Sexual Assault/Harassment Suit Female prisoners were awarded a total of $1,180,000 in damages and attorney's fees in the settlement of a suit filed against the Santa Clara County, California, Board of Supervisors and Department …
Article • February 15, 2001 • from PLN February, 2001
CA Medical Lab Faked Prison Tests by Marvin Mentor A scandal has unfolded wherein a contract medical laboratory faked critical test results of at least 4000 state prisoners in 11 California prisons between 1995 and 1996. Moreover, a search of prisoners' medical records uncovered at least 650 cases, where, as …
Louisiana Abandons Private Juvenile Prisons by John E Dannenberg The state of Louisiana agreed to a settlement in federal court September 7, 2000 designed to radically alter the way it operates its juvenile prisons. The agreement was intended to settle several lawsuits against the state, including one by the U.S. …
Ninth Circuit Requires Evidentiary Review Before Terminating Old Consent Decree Under PLRA by by John E. Dannenberg The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed the district court's termination of prospective relief under two long-standing consent decrees at San Quentin State Prison and remanded with directions to hold …
Article • February 15, 2001 • from PLN February, 2001
$49,999 Settlement in CA Sex Extortion Suit by On February 1, 2000, San Bernadino County, California settled a lawsuit with Jeffrey Darr for $49,999. Darr filed suit claiming that county sheriff deputy James Wiebeld (now promoted to detective) had framed him on methamphetamine manufacturing charges, for which he spent three …
Leave to Amend Complaint Improperly Denied by The court of appeals for the ninth circuit held that a district court erred in refusing to allow a pro se prisoner to amend his complaint. Fred Bennett, a California state prisoner, filed suit against various prison officials. The district court dismissed the …
Article • January 15, 2001 • from PLN January, 2001
Hepatitis C, A 'Silent Epidemic' Strikes U.S. Prisons by Silja JA Talvi It's been called the nation's most insidious virus. A "silent epidemic" that has swept the nation, hepatitis C is now the most common, chronic, bloodborne infection in the U.S. Because the virus often causes no noticeable symptoms for …
Article • December 15, 2000 • from PLN December, 2000
Filed under: Medical, HIV/AIDS
Notes From the Unrepenitentiary: CA Prisoners Denied Medical Care by Linda Evans By Linda Evans Once again the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) and federal courts have prevailed in their determination to suppress prisoners' human rights. Despite startling new evidence of records tampering, falsified medical test results, and medical neglect, …
Article • December 15, 2000 • from PLN December, 2000
Filed under: Sentencing, Parole
CA Court Overrules Parole Denial by John E Dannenberg By John E. Dannenberg The CA Court of Appeals affirmed the Los Angeles superior court's ruling that there was "no evidence" to support the Board of Prison Terms' (BPT) parole unsuitability finding for a 2nd degree murderer and ordered the BPT …
Corcoran Show Trial Ends with Acquittals by Dan Pens Corcoran Show Trial Ends With Acquittals The saga of Corcoran's infamous SHU shootings ended June 8, 2000 when a jury acquitted eight California prison guards of federal charges that they entertained themselves by staging gladiator-style fights among prisoners from rival gangs. …
Pelican Bay's Bloody Wednesday by Willie Wisely By W. Wisely On Wednesday, February 23, 2000, one of the bloodiest riots in California prison history broke out among some 200 Black and Latino prisoners. The violence erupted at the state's infamous Pelican Bay prison. Guards sprayed rioting prisoners on the B …
Article • November 15, 2000 • from PLN November, 2000
Withholding Interest Does Not Violate Takings Clause by A federal district court in California held that prison officials did not violate the Takings Clause by failing to pay interest on funds deposited by prisoners into non-interest bearing "Inmate Trust Accounts" (ITAs). The court also held that: applying interest earned on …
Article • November 15, 2000 • from PLN November, 2000
$35,000 Awarded to CA Prisoner in Beating Suit by On October 14, 1999, U.S. district court judge Susan Illston ruled that three Pelican Bay state prison guards had violated the Eighth amendment rights of prisoner Ricky Gray. Gray had filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claiming that while being …
Ninth Circuit Reverses Madrid v. Gomez, Adopts Martin v. Hadix by Ninth Circuit Reverses Madrid V. Gomez, Adopts Martin v. Hadix By Matthew T. Clarke The Ninth Circuit has ruled that the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) attorney fees caps do not apply to work performed prior to the enactment …
Article • October 15, 2000 • from PLN October, 2000
California Private Prison Riot by Willie Wisely By W. Wisely Racial brawling broke out between black and Latino prisoners at Victor Valley Community Correctional Facility March 1, 2000. Six prisoners were sent to hospitals near the Adelanto, California, medium security private prison operated by Marantha Private Corrections LLC. Fighting began …
Article • October 15, 2000 • from PLN October, 2000
$50,000 to Settle CA Jail Beating Suit by In April 2000, Sacramento county paid $50,000 to settle a prisoner's excessive force lawsuit that two Sacramento county jail guards, later fired for assaulting another prisoner, also beat him. Troyd Ransom was in the Sacramento county jail on a parole hold in …
The Restraint Chair: Safe and Humane? by Anne-Marie Cusac Jail and prison employees call it the "strap-o-lounger," the "barcalounger," the "we care chair," and the "be sweet chair." Prisoners and their lawyers have other names for the device: "torture chair," "slave chair," and "devil's chair." They are not referring to …
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