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Article • July 15, 2005 • from PLN July, 2005
Sex Offenders Living In Nursing Homes by by Matthew T. Clarke A recent study revealed that hundreds of sex offenders live in state-regulated nursing homes nationwide. An Oklahoma-based advocacy group, A Perfect Cause, performed a computer search of the nation's sex-offender registries and cross-matched it with the addresses of the …
PLN in Court by by Paul Wright Since PLN started in 1990 we have been censored in prisons and jails around the country. We have always attempted to resolve censorship issues administratively, but in cases where the goal was to keep PLN out of prison at any cost, that obviously …
Article • July 15, 2005 • from PLN July, 2005
From the Editor by by Paul Wright This issue marks PLN's 180th consecutive issue and our 15th anniversary. When I first started PLN in 1990 I didn't think it would last this long. I am pleased to report that it has and should continue to do so for the foreseeable …
Article • July 15, 2005 • from PLN July, 2005
The History of Prison Legal News by Paul Wright In May 1990, the first issue of Prisoners' Legal News (PLN) was published. It was hand typed, photocopied and ten pages long. The first issue was mailed to 75 potential subscribers. Its budget was $50. The first 3 issues were banned …
Article • July 15, 2005 • from PLN July, 2005
$600,000 Awarded To Paraplegic Jail Prisoner Hurt By Riding In Non-Handicap-Accessible Vehicle by by John E. Dannenberg A paraplegic jail prisoner who was transported to a hospital in a non-handicap accessible police car was awarded $600,000 by a federal jury on November 12, 2003 for injuries he claimed resulted from …
Article • July 15, 2005 • from PLN July, 2005
Filed under: Media, Prisoner Media
Prison Legal News at 15 by Mumia Abu-Jamal I know a little something about newspapers. As a teenager, I worked on the staff of The Black Panther newspaper. By worked," I mean, I did whatever I was told to do; whatever was needed to help get the paper ready for …
Article • July 15, 2005 • from PLN July, 2005
Filed under: Media, Prisoner Media
Interview with Leonard Schroeter by Todd Matthews It's difficult to talk about Leonard Schroeter's law career without discussing one topic in particular: civil rights. After graduating from Harvard Law School in 1951, Schroeter went to work for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), then headed by …
Article • July 15, 2005 • from PLN July, 2005
Pro Se Tips and Tactics by Daniel Manville by Daniel E. Manville Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies Introduction1 If you are confined and are suing in federal court prison or jail staff for an incident that occurred while locked up, you are required to exhaust the administrative grievance system that exists. …
Summary Judgment Reversed in Louisiana Jail Conditions Case by by Robert H. Woodman The Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit, reversed summary judgment granted by the Twenty-Third Judicial District Court of Ascension Parish (Louisiana) to the Ascension Parish sheriff in a case involving conditions of confinement at the Ascension …
Article • July 15, 2005 • from PLN July, 2005
Crime Lab Problems Continue In Texas, Elsewhere by Michael Rigby More than two years after the closure of its DNA division, the Houston Police Department (HPD) crime lab remains a lesson in how not to run a forensics unit. Recent developments include the discovery of 280 boxes of misplaced evidence …
Article • July 15, 2005 • from PLN July, 2005
Three California Prisons Ration Water Due To Contaminated Wells by by John E. Dannenberg When wells at the California Rehabilitation Center (CRC), Salinas Valley State Prison (SVSP) and Sierra Conservation Center (SCC) state prisons became contaminated, water was severely rationed until repairs could be made. In June, 2004, when maximum-security …
Article • July 15, 2005 • from PLN July, 2005
Filed under: Medical
Two Pennsylvania Prisoners Win $1.2 Million For MRSA Skin Infections Contracted County Jail by by John E. Dannenberg An uncontrolled and untreated chronic infection of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA), a highly contagious, stubborn, disfiguring and sometime fatal bacterial disease, has permeated the Bucks County Correctional Facility (BCCF), unabated, for …
Article • July 15, 2005 • from PLN July, 2005
California Parole Condition Prohibiting Computer Access For Molester Ruled Unreasonable by The California Court of Appeals granted habeas corpus relief sought by a paroled child molester who complained that the condition of parole forbidding him from either using a computer or getting on the Internet was unreasonable. Ramon Stevens was …
Article • July 15, 2005 • from PLN July, 2005
Alabama Prisoner Awarded $90,000 For Work-Related Eye Injury by by Michael Rigby On February 5, 2004, the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) agreed to pay $90,000 to a prisoner who was refused safety glasses and later suffered an eye injury while working at a prison recycling center. Plaintiff Brian Dodd, …
Brief • July 15, 2005
Lake v. County of Schoharie, Ny, Jail, Medical Neglect Verdict, July, 2005 ================================================================================ * * * * * UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT * * * * * NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK JUDGM ENT IN A CIVIL CASE DOCKET NO. 9:01cv1284 (DEW/DEP) BYRON LAKE, Plaintiff(s), THE COUNTY OF SCHOHARIE, THE …
Brief • July 15, 2005
Epa Settlement With Pa Prison 2005 ~ .. BEFORE THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Region III 1650 Arch Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-2029 In the Matter of: StateCorrectioDal Institution at Laurel Highlands 5706 Glades Pike P.o. Box 631 ~~.!J1~J:~~!'_~~J"~50}_=Q63! EPA DOCKET NO. CAA-3-2005-0152 . Commonwealth of PenDsylvania Department of Correctjons …
Brief • July 12, 2005
Pettit v. Ohio Dept. of Rehab. & Corr., Decision, inmate work injury, 2005 [Cite as Pettit v. Ohio Dept. of Rehab. & Corr., 2005-Ohio-3958.] IN THE COURT OF CLAIMS OF OHIO www.cco.state.oh.us DAVID PETTIT, et al. : Plaintiffs : v. : CASE NO. 2003-11798 Judge Fred J. Shoemaker DECISION DEPARTMENT …
Brief • July 11, 2005
Meisberger v. Donahue, Complaint, In, Sexually Explicit Materials, 2006
Brief • July 11, 2005
Roach v Dc Release Warden Breach of Contract 2005 , RELEASE KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENT, That I, David D. Roach, residing at 265'1> Englewood Drive, iri the City of Melbourne, Florida 32940 with Social Security Nun.lher , for consideration of the sum of Sixty Two Thousand andno/IOOths ($62,OOO,OO) …
Brief • July 7, 2005
Thompson v Dc Dismissal Severed Finger 2005 , ' ~....•.. \ ~. , ~ SUPERIOR COURT OF THE D~STRICT OF COLUMBIA ~~fl D~vlsion ERIC THOMPSON ' . ~/-'~-- ~\L~~~l\'\\- , . ~r·.rtJ) ". ., ' ;:, ~ \\ \t~C):' j\J\. \' Plaintiff i . -: \ Cl)~:t,"ii \ S.\~..~:; 0\ …
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