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Article • June 15, 2002 • from PLN June, 2002
From the Editor by Paul Wright This month's cover story examines the effects of mass imprisonment on the children of prisoners. All too often it is forgotten that prisoners have family members and the impact of penal policies on these families is largely ignored. Just as "family values" has served …
Article • June 15, 2002 • from PLN June, 2002
Prisoner Killed in California Prison by Michael Rigby On the morning of Sept. 29, 2001, after his very first night in prison, Gary Avila was found dead in his cell, apparently strangled by his cellmate. Inside the cell Paul Posada paced nervously and muttered to himself. "Yeah, I did it," …
Article • June 15, 2002 • from PLN June, 2002
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by Bolivia: On March 27, 2002, prosecutor Alex Alipaz, was stabbed four times by two prisoners while walking through a prison corridor in the San Pedro prison. Alipaz was seriously injured in the attack but survived. Alipaz said he had no idea why he was attacked, and …
Article • June 15, 2002 • from PLN June, 2002
California Guards Bust Budget by Willie Wisely by W. Wisely A report released November 27, 2001, by the Bureau of State Audits showed the California Department of Corrections (CDC) spent $87 million more than their annual budget allotted, according to the Sacramento Bee. That money was used to cover excessive …
$525,000 Paid in California Prisoner Beating Death by In early October, 2001, the State of California agreed to pay $525,000 to the parents of a Corcoran State Prison prisoner who was killed by another prisoner in the exercise yard. James Kevin Mahoney, Jr., who was serving a life term without …
Article • June 15, 2002 • from PLN June, 2002
Filed under: Sentencing, Habeas Corpus
Habeas Hints: Post Conviction Relief by Kent Russell This column is intended to provide habeas hints for prisoners who are considering or handling habeas corpus petitions as their own attorneys in propia persona. The focus of the column is habeas corpus practice under the AEDPA, the 1996 habeas corpus law …
Dominican Women Prisoners Strike for Conjugal Visits by Julia Lutsky In November of 2001, women prisoners in the Najayo public prison in San Cristóbal on the southern coast of the Dominican Republic, carried out a protest during which they set fire to and burned all the books, doors and shelving …
Article • June 15, 2002 • from PLN June, 2002
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Reviews
Book Review: The Prisons by Maggie Jaffe by Michael McIrvin (Cedar Hill Publications, 92 pages, paper, $15.00) Reviewed by Michael McIrvin The Prisons, Maggie Jaffe's most recent poetry collection is hard to read, as the bleakest truths often are. The book is also hard to put down for the same …
Article • June 15, 2002 • from PLN June, 2002
U.S. Supreme Court Holds Warrantless Probationary Searches Are Valid by The United States Supreme Court held in a unanimous decision the warrantless search of a probationer supported by reasonable suspicion and authorized by a condition of probation, was reasonable within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment. Mark Knights was sentenced …
Article • June 15, 2002 • from PLN June, 2002
The Death Penalty in the U.S.A. -- Past, Present, and Future by Roger Hummel The Death Penalty in the U.S.A. - Past, Present, and Future Book Reviews by Roger Hummel Condemned: Inside the Sing Sing Death House by Scott Christianson. New York University Press, New York. 184 pages (illustrated), $24.95, …
Article • June 15, 2002 • from PLN June, 2002
$540,000 Settlement in Minnesota Jail Beating by In October 2001, Hennepin County, Minnesota, agreed to pay $540,000 to settle a brutality suit against the county jail. It is believed to be the largest brutality settlement in county history. On September 4, 2000, Derek Martin, 43, was arrested on suspicion of …
$540,000 Settlement in Minnesota Jail Beating by Robert Woodman In October 2001, Hennepin County, Minnesota, agreed to pay $540,000 to settle a brutality suit against the county jail. It is believed to be the largest brutality settlement in county history. On September 4, 2000, Derek Martin, 43, was arrested on …
Ex-Ohio Sheriff's Deputy Wins $650,000 Verdict Against CMS for Prisoner Escape by Franklin County (Ohio) prisoner Alva Campbell was escorted to court in April 1997 while in his wheelchair, unable to walk. He was not handcuffed or otherwise restrained and was being guarded only by then-Franklin County Deputy Sheriff M. …
Article • June 15, 2002 • from PLN June, 2002
Two Federal Courts Grant Injunction for HCV Treatment by A federal court in Oklahoma issued an unpublished opinion granting a preliminary injunction ordering prison officials to provide prescribed medications for a prisoner's liver disease. Another federal court in Ohio issued an unpublished opinion granting a preliminary injunction ordering prison officials …
U.S. Supreme Court: Administrative Exhaustion Required for All Prisoner Section 1983 Suits by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The US Supreme Court ruled that under the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), exhaustion of administrative remedies is required in all prisoner civil rights suits pertaining to prison life, regardless …
Summary Judgment Denied in Ohio Jail Booking Fee Challenge by Robert Woodman In a case of first impression, an Ohio Federal District Court denied summary judgment to the Hamilton County [Ohio] Sheriff and the Hamilton County Board of Commissioners in a former jail prisoner's challenge to Hamilton County's assessment of …
Article • June 15, 2002 • from PLN June, 2002
U.S. Supreme Court: Qualified Immunity Determination Must Precede Trial on Merits by John E Dannenberg U.S. Supreme Court: Qualified Immunity Determination Must Precede Trial On Merits by John E. Dannenberg The US Supreme Court held in a suit against a military police (MP) officer for use of excessive force in …
Article • June 15, 2002 • from PLN June, 2002
$1,500 Awarded in New York Slapping Case by A New York federal district court has held that minor injury incurred from excessive force by a prison guard is actionable, and awarded damages after a bench trial. The court found it was undisputed that while prisoner Larenzo Romaine was housed at …
Article • June 15, 2002 • from PLN June, 2002
California Jury Awards $1 Million in Jail Rape by On November 20, 2001, a Los Angeles county jury returned a $1 million verdict to 39 year-old Jay Reynolds, a former jail detainee who was raped by his cellmates after a judge ordered his release from jail. Reynolds was arrested in …
Article • June 15, 2002 • from PLN June, 2002
Punch & Jurists: Criminal Law News You Can Use by Paul Wright One reason PLN doesn't expand its coverage into criminal law is because other publications already do a good job covering it and we see little point in duplicating those efforts. Punch and Jurists is, bar none, the best …
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