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Article • March 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2004
U.S. Torture: A Sordid History Of Official And Systematic Abuse by G. Flint Taylor by G . Flint Taylor The brutal and sadistic torture by U.S. military prison guards, military intelligence officers, and CIA interrogators which is being revealed daily in the mainstream media has brought protestations from President Bush, …
Article • March 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2004
Filed under: Organizing, Voting
Florida's Rush to Disenfranchise Felons Before the 2004 Election by David Reutter By David M. Reutter After George W. Bush won Florida by 537 votes in the 2000 election, an uproar arose when it was learned that election supervisors, using a list compiled by an Atlanta firm, had mistakenly identified …
Article • March 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2004
Filed under: Organizing, Voting
Restoration of Voting Rights in Washington by Julya Hampton by Nancy Talner and Julya Hampton Are you registered to vote for the upcoming Presidential election? Even if you have a prior felony conviction, you may be eligible to register to vote in Washington. This article explains how ex-felons can get …
Article • March 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2004
Seventh Circuit Allows Sanctions for Frivolous Habeas Corpus Petitions by The Seventh Circuit has sanctioned two prisoners for filing frivolous habeas corpus actions under 28 U.S.C. § 2256 complaining about prison conditions. Jerry Montgomery and Larriante Sumbry are Indiana state prisoners with "long histories of filing frivolous lawsuits" which resulted …
Article • March 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2004
Georgia DOC to Provide Court Access With Computers, Legal Software by Georgia DOC To Provide Court Access With Computers, Legal Software The Georgia Department of Corrections (DOC) is changing the way it affords prisoners access to courts. Out are the six lawyers who provided prisoners with free legal assistance. In …
Article • March 15, 2003 • from PLN March, 2003
Filed under: Reviews, Work, Prison Industries
Gender and Incarceration: How Men and Women Experience Life Behind Bars by Silja JA Talvi Gender and Incarceration: How Men and Women Experience Life Behind Bars Reviews by Silja J.A. Talvi Prison Masculinities, edited by Don Sabo, Terry A. Kupers, and Willie London. Temple University Press, Philadelphia: 2001. Counseling Female …
Denial of Nation of Islam Literature Unconstitutional by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Third Circuit Court of Appeals held that prison officials' refusal to allow prisoners to receive Nation of Islam literature was unconstitutional, but prison officials were entitled to qualified immunity from money damages for their illegal …
Article • March 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2004
California Prisons Contract-Medical-Care Audit Reveals Millions In Waste by Marvin Mentor At a time when the California Department of Corrections (CDC) is already under intense Legislative criticism for overspending its annual budget by $544.8 million (see: PLN, Aug. 2004, p. 41), an April, 2004 report by the California State Auditor …
Article • March 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2004
Scrubbing Abu Ghraib Away by Mumia Abu-Jamal SCRUBBING ABU GHRAIB AWAY by Mumia Abu-Jamal If persistent news tips are correct, the U.S. Army's report on the barbarities at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison will lodge blame for the events there at the rank of colonel and below, and no real bigwigs …
Article • March 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2004
Filed under: Reviews, Media
Prisons Almanac 2004 Prisons Foundation, Washington, DC by John E Dannenberg Reviewed by John E. Dannenberg Prisons Almanac is a refreshingly eclectic collection of 140 of "the most promising and uplifting prison-related news stories of the previous year" produced in classic almanac format by the Prisons Foundation. The Almanac also …
Article • March 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2004
Texas Syndicate Gang Members Busted - Again by C.C. Simmons by C. C. Simmons Deep in the bowels of the 4,000-man H. H. Coffield State Prison in east Texas, a young prisoner is locked in a telephone-booth-size holding cage. He screams obscenities at everyone. In the next corridor, a squad …
U.S. Supreme Court: Guantanamo Detainees and "Enemy Combatants" Have Access to Habeas Corpus by John E Dannenberg U.S. Supreme Court: Guantanamo Detainees and "Enemy Combatants" Have Access To Habeas Corpus by John E. Dannenberg In three interrelated decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that "enemy combatant" detainees held at Guantanamo …
Article • March 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2004
California Awards Wrongly Incarcerated Man $428,000 by The State of California awarded $428,000 on September 24, 2003 for the 12 years of false incarceration served by an East Palo Alto, California man whose murder conviction had been abated when Santa Clara County prosecutors became convinced they had put the wrong …
Article • March 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2004
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: In May, 2004, Gail Munnerlyn sued the Alabama Department of Corrections for its practice of allowing uninsured prisoners to drive DOC vehicles. Munnerlyn was injured when her car was struck by a DOC work release van driven by an uninsured prisoner. Her attorney, Kenny Mendelsohn, …
Article • March 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2004
Jury Awards $20,000 to Nurse Stuck by Needle from HIV Positive Prisoner by On November 26, 2003, a Massachusetts jury awarded a nurse at a medical center, which treated prisoners from a nearby Worcester County prison, $20,000 for emotional distress that resulted from being stuck by a needle from an …
Article • March 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2004
From the Editor by Paul Wright From The Editor by Paul Wright The month of September will be the last month that Hans Sherrer, PLN's circulation manager will be with us. After several years working for PLN Hans is moving on to other activities. As PLN's circulation manager, Hans oversaw …
Report Downplays Wrongful Convictions in U.S. by Hans Sherrer A report by University of Michigan staffers and law students _ Exonerations in the United States: 1989 through 2003 _ was released to the public on April 23, 2004. The report analyzed data from 328 cases during that 15 year period …
Acrimonious Michigan Prisoners' Rights Suit Settled After 15 Years by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg A class-action lawsuit launched by Michigan state prisoners in 1988 which ultimately cost taxpayers $7.5 million in litigation costs was settled on November 4, 2003, resulting in prisoners gaining appropriate classification and psychiatric …
PLRA Applies to Juveniles; Claim Administratively Exhausted by A New York federal district court has held that the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) applies to juvenile prisoners, and the juvenile's actions to air his grievance informally satisfied the PLRA's administrative remedy exhaustion requirement. Corey Lewis, a delinquent resident of the …
Tulia Travesty Settled for $6 Million by Hans Sherrer Tulia Travesty Settled For $6 Million by Hans Sherrer On August 22, 2003, Texas Governor Rick Perry pardoned 35 people whose convictions stemmed from a Swisher County drug investigation that began in 1998. The prosecution of those people began with the …
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