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Article • April 15, 2002 • from PLN April, 2002
Filed under: News, Federal Legislation
D.C. Closes Lorton Prison by The 91-year-old Lorton Correctional Complex is closed. Forever. In November 2001, after a 16-year-old jail population cap was temporarily lifted, the last 300 prisoners were transferred from the nearby Fairfax County complex to the District's main jail in Washington, D.C. On November 15th, U.S. District …
Article • April 15, 2002 • from PLN April, 2002
HIV Still a Major Health Threat in Prisons and Jails by Between 1995 and 1999, the death rate from AIDS in prisons and jails plummeted, and the rate of increase of HIV in prisons grew at about one third the rate of increase of the general prison population. That bit …
Failure to Protect States Claim in High Profile Case by The Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has held the failure to protect a pre-trial detainee in a highly charged and well-publicized case states a claim. Morritz Weiss, a white male, was the principal suspect in the rape of …
Death Toll Hits 87 as Turkish Prison Protest Strike Continues by Julia Lutsky On November 4, 2001, Turkish police used armored vehicles to batter down the barricades protesters had erected in Kucakarmutlu, an outlying district on the European side of Istanbul. The semi-official news agency Anatolia reported four protesters had …
Article • April 15, 2002 • from PLN April, 2002
Consecutive Ad Seg Placements From Same Cause Are Aggregated for "Atypical Hardship" Analysis by John E Dannenberg Consecutive Ad Seg Placements From Same Cause Are Aggregated For "Atypical Hardship" Analysis The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that where a prisoner suffered 670 days of administrative segregation (Ad Seg) …
Article • April 15, 2002 • from PLN April, 2002
En Banc Third Circuit Defines Religious Standard by by Matthew T. Clarke The federal Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit sitting en banc has ruled that the centrality of a religious belief to a prisoner's religion is not a factor in whether the belief must be accommodated by prison …
$147,000 Paid for 3-1/2 Hour Overdetention and Strip Search of Mistaken Arrestee by John E Dannenberg The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a jury verdict of $100,000 against the Little Rock, Arkansas police when, after a judge ordered the release of a mistakenly arrested woman, they failed to promptly …
Article • April 15, 2002 • from PLN April, 2002
$250,000 Award for Paraplegic Dallas County Jail Prisoner by $250,000 Award For Paraplegic Dallas County Jail Prisoner by Matthew T. Clarke A paraplegic Texas prisoner has been awarded a quarter million dollars for pain and suffering caused by conditions in the Dallas County Jail (the jail). Brent Lawson, a Texas …
Article • April 15, 2002 • from PLN April, 2002
Defendants Denied Summary Judgment in Wrongful Incarceration Suit by Defendants Denied Summary Judgment In Wrongful Incarceration Suit An Indiana federal district court has partially denied summary judgment and the qualified immunity defense to defendants at the Allen County (Indiana) Jail in a case involving wrongful imprisonment. Shakidi Johnson was arrested …
Pennsylvania Youths Have No Right to Education by The Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has held that Pennsylvania youths sentenced as adults and sentenced to county detention centers have no right to an education. This was a class action suit filed by school-aged youths against the Pennsylvania Department …
In-the-News Article • April 6, 2002
PLN challenges Kansas DOC censorship April 6, 2002 Articles about PLN Litigation Topeka Capital-Journal PLN challenges Kansas DOC censorship - Topeka Capital-Journal 2002 Suit filed over prison magazine 1:49 a.m. 4/6/2002, Topeka Journal The Associated Press The Kansas Department of Corrections has been sued because it restricts prisoners' access to …
Brief • April 5, 2002
Austin v Wilkinson Oh Stipulation Injunctive Relief 2002 Medical Mental Health Conditions 02 5 p>! ':: 03 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO EASTERN DIVISION CASENO.4:01CV071 CHARLES E. AUSTIN, et aL, Plaintiffs, JUDGE GWIN v. REGINALD A. WILKINSON, et aL, Defendants. STIPULATION FOR INJUNCTIVE …
Brief • April 5, 2002
Austin v Wilkinson Oh Settlement Order 2002 Medical Conditions Austin v. Wilkinson • m «• •• • • • m PC-OH-001-004 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO EASTERN DIVISION CHARLES E. AUSTIN, et al., ) CASENO.4:01-CV-71 ) Plaintiffs, v. ) Judge James S. Gwin …
Johnson v. Johnson, TX, Complaint, Rape by Prisoner, 2002 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS WICHITA FALLS DIVISION RODERICK KEITH JOHNSON (#623028), Michael Unit, Tennessee Colony, Texas, ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) GARY JOHNSON, Executive Director, Texas ) Department of …
Brief • March 28, 2002
Barber v Dc Settlement Guard Excessive Force Search 2002 OFF ICE CDPPORAT jOt" COUNSL 2027273625 ,5':) . ' to . '. I . • .Memorandum '~'. Govenunent of the District 01 Columbia BELE~§E ~E~E' I.J, P. ia2/,0]- fy CO~8Ii.alllrb9r, A11e~wood~p~i'mL . KNOW ALL MEN BY PRESENTS, That I, residing at …
Brief • March 20, 2002
Diaz v. County of Wayne, Mi, Failure to Protect, 2002 Case 2:02-cv-71066-DPH Document 1 Filed 03/20/2002 Page 1 of 27 Case 2:02-cv-71066-DPH Document 1 Filed 03/20/2002 Page 2 of 27 Case 2:02-cv-71066-DPH Document 1 Filed 03/20/2002 Page 3 of 27 Case 2:02-cv-71066-DPH Document 1 Filed 03/20/2002 Page 4 of 27 …
Article • March 15, 2002 • from PLN March, 2002
Filed under: Work, Prison Industries
Prison Coffee and Games: Starbucks and Nintendo Admit Their Contractor Uses Prison Labor by Erica C Barnett by Erica C .Barnett Most people assume that prisoners, especially those convicted of felonies like rape and murder, spend their days stamping license plates, making furniture for state offices, and digging ditches along …
No Qualified Immunity for Prison Officials Who Upheld Grievance by In a scathing opinion written in the first person, Elaine Bucklo, a federal judge in Illinois, handed down a potentially far-reaching ruling which favored a prisoner complaining of inadequate medical care, denied qualified immunity to prison medical workers, and found …
Article • March 15, 2002 • from PLN March, 2002
Recent Significant Decisions by Reaves, Jr, Walter M by Walter M .Reaves, Jr. The following is a summary of some of the more significant recent decisions on issues important to prisoners. Search and Seizure InUnited States v. Osage, 235 F. 3d 518 (10th Cir. 2000), the Court addressed the scope …
Article • March 15, 2002 • from PLN March, 2002
Qualified Immunity Upheld for Probation Officer in HIV Privacy Action by The Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has found that there is a right to privacy in non-disclosure of HIV status by government employees but granted qualified immunity to a probation officer since the law was not clearly …
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