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From the Editor
Article • October 15, 2000 • from PLN October, 2000
Filed under: Editorials, Organizing, Voting
From the Editor by Paul Wright Paul Wright Recent issues of PLN have reported on criminal justice news in Texas and the response from Republican presidential candidate, George Bush Jr., to these events. PLN has reported on Bush's supervision of the Texas plantation-like prison system and death machine to duly …
WI DOC Ends Censorship of PLN
Article • October 15, 2000 • from PLN October, 2000
Filed under: Mail, Publications/Books, Mail Regulations, PLN Litigation
WI DOC Ends Censorship of PLN by In early August 2000, the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC) announced it would end its haphazard ban on PLN in Wisconsin prisons. Since January 2000, some Wisconsin prisons had refused to allow prisoners to subscribe or renew their subscriptions to PLN by paying …
Arpaio Runs for Reelection on Backs of Prisoners, For the Third Time
Article • October 15, 2000 • from PLN October, 2000
Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Jail Misconduct, Voting
Arpaio Runs for Reelection on Backs of Prisoners, For the Third Time by Paul Wright By Paul Wright With the American electoral process consisting largely of saccharine spectacle, and with no substantive issues to get in the way of corporate rule, prisoner bashing has become an accepted political path to …
Prison Legal News v. Crawford, NV, Settlement and Memo, NV DOC Censorship, 2000
Brief • October 4, 2000
Filed under: PLN Litigation, Censorship, PLN related
Prison Legal News v. Crawford, NV, Settlement and Memo, NV DOC Censorship, 2000 NATIONAL PRISON PROJECT Elizabeth Alexander David C. Fathi su.eoun$tli (202) 234·4830 , 875 Connecticut Avenue. NW. Suite 410 Washington. DC 20009 Fax (202) 234-4890 BY FACSIMILE AND FIRST-CLASS MAIL October 4, 2000 Joe Ward, Jr., Esq. Senior …
Firearms Policy Manual, Department of Interior, 2000
Publication • October 4, 2000
Filed under: Shootings, Police Department Manuals, Firearms
Firearms Policy Manual, Department of Interior, 2000 Department of the Interior Departmental Manual Effective Date: 10/4/00 Series: Law Enforcement and Security Part 446: Law Enforcement Chapter 10: Firearms and Other Defensive Equipment Originating Office: Office of Managing Risk and Public Safety 446DM10 10.1 Purpose. This chapter establishes uniform policy concerning …
Inmates of the Boys Training School v. Lindgren, RH, Order and Stipulation, 2000
Brief • October 3, 2000
Filed under: Juveniles
Inmates of the Boys Training School v. Lindgren, RH, Order and Stipulation, 2000 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND 3 4 5 INMATES OF THE BOYS' TRAINING SCHOOL, et a1 6 7 8 9 v. C. A. No. 4529 JAY G.LINDGREN et al. ORDER ~n I1 …
Judd v. AT&T, WA, Motion to Dismiss Undisclosed Phone Rates, 2000
Brief • October 2, 2000
Filed under: Telephones
Judd v. AT&T, WA, Motion to Dismiss Undisclosed Phone Rates, 2000 RECEIVED 0" I 2 2000 sl~~1v2rFICE OF HONORABL1r~RATHLEENLEARNED 1 2 "; . \.,,:,. 1. \ " 3 4 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR KING COUNTY 5 6 7 SANDY JUDD, TARA HERIVEL and ZURAYA WRIGHT, for themselves, …
Prison Legal News v. Crawford, NV, Settlement, NV DOC Censorship, 2000
Brief • September 27, 2000
Filed under: PLN Litigation, Censorship, PLN related
Prison Legal News v. Crawford, NV, Settlement, NV DOC Censorship, 2000 / • , '. \:~ ( , , a ,• • ,"'.- -,.' ,- ! ~ .. ,~ - . ;"nI CT ....., 1•.::: . IIIECEMO ~ SEP I 8 100l .'.L.EM" Wi. DJSTRlCT couer r , • ,I …
Hook v. State of Arizona, AZ, Order, Inmate Mail, 2000
Brief • September 25, 2000
Filed under: Mail
Hook v. State of Arizona, AZ, Order, Inmate Mail, 2000 · L l" l SEP 2 52000 t. t1 '/I I - Fl.ED _ AiCiJVEO " ~ 1 SEP 2 3 ~ 9; - (!) \70' , fD() o. COPY 9rj-r7,t) STRICT COURT OF ARIZONA ..",._~_~S DEPUTY 4 5 6 …
Sheptin v. US, IL, Complaint, BOP Hepatitis C Medical Suit, 2000
Brief • September 23, 2000
Filed under: Hepatitis, Failure to Treat
Sheptin v. US, IL, Complaint, BOP Hepatitis C Medical Suit, 2000
News in Brief
Article • September 15, 2000 • from PLN September, 2000
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by AL: Citing "loyalty problems," on June 19, 2000, prison commissioner Mike Haley removed deputy commissioner John Shaver from his $71,000 a year job as head of the DOC's treatment programs. Shaver was transferred to a post as administrative services officer at a state prison, with a …
The Restraint Chair: Safe and Humane?
Article • September 15, 2000 • from PLN September, 2000
Filed under: DOC/BOP misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, Damages, Settlements, Mental Health
The Restraint Chair: Safe and Humane? by Anne-Marie Cusac Jail and prison employees call it the "strap-o-lounger," the "barcalounger," the "we care chair," and the "be sweet chair." Prisoners and their lawyers have other names for the device: "torture chair," "slave chair," and "devil's chair." They are not referring to …
Prison Realty/CCA Bailout Deal Canceled
Article • September 15, 2000 • from PLN September, 2000
Filed under: Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Financing
Prison Realty/CCA Bailout Deal Canceled by On the cover of the July PLN we reported that the nation's largest private prison owner and operator, Prison Realty/CCA, verged on bankruptcy and that one of its principal shareholders, Pacific Life Insurance Co., planned to infuse a $200 million equity investment into the …
Deviant Doctors Dumped on Prisoners
Article • September 15, 2000 • from PLN September, 2000
Filed under: Sexual Assault, Staff-Prisoner Assault, Medical Misconduct
Deviant Doctors Dumped on Prisoners by How does a psychiatrist come by the "qualifications" required to work in a state prison? Not all prison doctors have questionable pedigrees, but the case of Dr. Valentino Andres is all too common. According to a California prisoner and PLN subscriber, Dr. Andres is …
Former Political Prisoner Settles Suit for $4.5 Million
Article • September 15, 2000 • from PLN September, 2000
Filed under: Police Misconduct, Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Discrimination, Political Prisoners, Informants, Damages, Settlements, Wrongful Conviction
Former Political Prisoner Settles Suit for $4.5 Million by On April 26, 2000, the city of Los Angeles, California and the federal government agreed to pay former political prisoner Geronimo Ji Jaga (formerly known as Elmer Pratt) $4.5 million to settle a wrongful imprisonment suit he had filed. Ji Jaga …
Penis Stomping Guard Loses Appeal
Article • September 15, 2000 • from PLN September, 2000
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Criminal Prosecution, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Mental Health
Penis Stomping Guard Loses Appeal by In the July '99 issue of PLN we reported the conviction of former Orleans County Jail (Albion, NY) Lieutenant John Walsh on three counts of violating the civil rights of jail detainee Norvin Fowlks. Walsh was alleged to have tormented and abused Fowlks, who …
PLN Sues Nevada DOP
Article • September 15, 2000 • from PLN September, 2000
Filed under: Mail, Mail Regulations
PLN Sues Nevada DOP by On June 11, 2000, PLN filed suit against the Nevada Department of Prisons for censoring PLN at all Nevada prisons. Beginning in September, 1999, Nevada prison officials have banned PLN from all Nevada prisons claiming that "inmate correspondence" and "inmate newsletters" are not allowed. Efforts …
WA and IN Prison Phone Rates Challenged
Article • September 15, 2000 • from PLN September, 2000
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
WA and IN Prison Phone Rates Challenged by On June 20, 2000, a class action suit was filed in King county (Seattle) superior court in Washington. The suit claims that various phone companies that have contracted with the Washington Department of Corrections to provide collect call services for Washington prisoners …
Pro Se Tips and Tactics
Article • September 15, 2000 • from PLN September, 2000
Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution, Appointment of Counsel, Attorney Client, Appeals, Habeas Corpus
Pro Se Tips and Tactics by John Midgley Supreme Court on Kind and Quality of Appellate Counsel by John Midgley In three recent decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court addressed the kind and quality of representation to which people are entitled on appeal of their criminal convictions. If your conviction is …
The Ride: Rise of the NLR
Article • September 15, 2000 • from PLN September, 2000
Filed under: Gang Policies, Racial Discrimination, Prison Rebellion, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings
The Ride: Rise of the NLR by Willie Wisely THE RIDE: Rise of the NLR By W. Wisely With virtually all confirmed members of the Aryan Brotherhood indefinitely sentenced to Pelican Bay's infamous SHU, a new group moved in to fill the void on California prison yards. The pace of …
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