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Administrative Exhaustion Required in Third Circuit; U.S. S. Ct. Grants Review by The Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled that the PLRA requires exhaustion of administrative remedies for all prisonerinitiated prisoncondition federal court actions, even if "available" remedies exclude the specific relief sought. Applying the rule to both …
Build Jails, Not Schools: Ohio Prison Building Corruption by Bill Dunne The apparatus of repression provides frequent examples of the corruption endemic to late capitalism. It is hugely expensive, miniminaly accountable, and has no clear product by which to gauge its performance. Military fraud and waste are cliche. Endless police …
Article • January 15, 2001 • from PLN January, 2001
University Cancels Sodhexo-Marriott Contract by Students from Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, declared victory August 14, 2000 in a two month struggle to keep a catering company with ties to the forprofit prison industry from taking over the school's food service contract. In July, school administrators announced that the …
Article • January 15, 2001 • from PLN January, 2001
Sodexho Bows to Pressure, Announces Sale of CCA Stock by Bowing to pressure from angry U.S. and Canadian student activists, Paris based Sodexho Alliance (SA) announced plans to sell its 8 percent stake in Corrections Corporation of America, as soon as CCA completes a corporate restructuring. But in a statement …
Article • January 15, 2001 • from PLN January, 2001
States of Confinement: Policing, Detention, and Prisons by Mumia Abu-Jamal Edited by Joy James. (New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000). 352 Pages Reviewed by Mumia AbuJamal Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky once opined that the nature of a civilization could be discerned by examining its prisons. If that is so, James …
PLRA Attorney's Fees Cap Applies to Nonprisoner Intervenors by The Fourth Circuit has held that a publisher who intervened in a law suit filed by prisoners is subject to the attorney fees cap of the Prison Litigation Reform Act. Virginia state prisoners Donald Hodges and Michael Flores sued Keen Mountain …
Pubic Hair Search of Released Jail Detainee Unconstitutional by A federal district court in Alabama held that a sheriff's policy of searching prisoners' pubic hair as they were released from jail was unconstitutional. The court also held that jail officials were entitled to qualified immunity from money damages for strip …
IFP Litigant Entitled to Amend Complaint by The court of appeals for the Second circuit held that a district court erred when it dismissed an indigent pro se prisoner's complaint without affording him an opportunity to amend the complaint and cure the defect. Benjamin Cruz, a Connecticut state prisoner, filed …
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 …
Louisiana Prison System Exceeds Administrative Statutory Authority by The Court of Appeals of Louisiana for the First Circuit has held the Department of Public Safety and Corrections (DPSC) exceeded its statutory authority when it referred prisoners to a "Special Court" for the additional forfeiture of good time when they had …
Article • January 15, 2001 • from PLN January, 2001
U.S. S.Ct. Upholds PLRA Automatic Termination Law by On June 19, 2000, a divided U.S. supreme court upheld the constitutionality of 18 U.S.C. § 3626(e)(2). In 1996 congress enacted the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA). Among the PLRA's provisions are 18 U.S.C. § 3626(b)(2) which allows for the "immediate termination" …
Florida X-Wing Guard Acquitted in Valdes Beating by The first of five Florida State Prison guards to be tried in connection with the beating death of "XWing" prisoner Frank Valdes was acquitted by a jury in a rural county dominated by the state "corrections" industry. In the October 1999 PLN …
Article • January 15, 2001 • from PLN January, 2001
Wisconsin Supermax Bans Local Paper by When the southwestern Wisconsin town of Boscobel celebrated the grand opening of a 509bed supermax prison in September 1999, the festive atmosphere was likened to a carnival or state fair so happy were the townspeople to bring in jobs, jobs, jobs. Venders hawked sodas, …
Filing • January 10, 2001
PLN v. WA DOC, WA, Show Cause Order, Public Records - Employee Death, 2001 I /\ I 2 3 4 IN THE SUPERJOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHING TON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF THURSTON 5 6 7 PRJSON LEGAL NEWS, INC., a Washington non-profit corporation, No. 00-2-00432-7 …
Brief • January 2, 2001
Diaz v. Suffolk County Sheriff, MA, Complaint, Excessive Force, Discrimination, 2001 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS SUFFOLK, SS. SUPERIOR COURT C.A. NO. 99-3956G ******************************* MANUEL DIAZ, et al * * plaintiff * * v. * * SUFFOLK COUNTY SHERIFF * RICHARD ROUSE, * SGT. E. MATICCI, and * several JOHN DOES * …
In-the-News Article • January 1, 2001
PLN editor quoted in article re proposed elimination of WA DOC law libraries Jan. 1, 2001 Articles with PLN Quotes Seattle Weekly PLN editor quoted in article re proposed elimination of WA DOC law libraries - Seattle Weekly 2001 Prison shell game Seattle Weekly February 15, 2001, Thursday Governor Gary …
In-the-News Article • January 1, 2001
CA article quotes PLN editor Paul Wright re cutting prison programs Jan. 1, 2001 Articles with PLN Quotes Daily Journal CA article quotes PLN editor Paul Wright re cutting prison programs - Daily Journal 2001 JANUARY 15, 2001 Court Reform, Legal Services Top Bar Association's Requests By Lynn Thompson Washington …
In-the-News Article • January 1, 2001
"The Truth Will Set Him Free" - Article about PLN editor Paul Wright Jan. 1, 2001 Articles about PLN Washington Law & Politics "The Truth Will Set Him Free" - Article about PLN editor Paul Wright - Washington Law & Politics 2001 The Truth Will Set Him Free Article by …
In-the-News Article • January 1, 2001
PLN editor Paul Wright quoted in WA article re Starbucks using prison labor Jan. 1, 2001 Articles with PLN Quotes Seattle Weekly PLN editor Paul Wright quoted in WA article re Starbucks using prison labor - Seattle Weekly 2001 Starbucks admits its contractor uses prison labor By Erica C. Barnett …
In-the-News Article • January 1, 2001
PLN sues Washington DOC over bulk mail censorship Jan. 1, 2001 Articles about PLN Litigation Seattle Times PLN sues Washington DOC over bulk mail censorship - Seattle Times 2001 The Seattle Times December 13, 2001, Thursday Fourth Edition Prison newsletter sues state over mail distribution Michael Ko; Seattle Times staff …
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