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Brief • December 11, 2000
Solomos v. Jenne, FL, Appeal Brief, Jail Fees, 2000 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA THOMAS SOLOMOS AND LUCAS PITTERS, ON BEHALF OF THEMSELVES AND ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED, Petitioners, CASE NO. SC01-510 vs. SHERIFF KEN JENNE, Respondent. ____________________________________/ _________________________________________________________________ AMENDED INITIAL BRIEF OF PETITIONERS _________________________________________________________________ ON DISCRETIONARY REVIEW FROM …
Brief • November 30, 2000
Garner v. District of Columbia, DC, Complaint, Inmate Assaults, 2000 < • .,-' .t COLUMBIA . ,. SUPERIOR Civil JOHN GARNER DCDC No. 159-832 Central Facility Lorton, VA 22199 ::.~ : , ~'.\ ,.,j.,.! J Plaintiff Civil Action No. Calendar Judge v. THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA A Municipal Corporation 441 …
Brief • November 22, 2000
Amaechi v. DC DOC, DC, Release Officer, Racial Discrimination, 2000 Memorandum • Government of the District of Columbia RELEASE KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, OLIVER C. AMAECHI, residing at 17949 Milroy Drive, Dumfries, VA 22026, for consideration of the sum of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00), lawful …
Filing • November 17, 2000
PLN v. WA DOC, WA, Complaint, Public Records - Employee Death, 2000 2 3 4 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF PIERCE 5 6 7 PRISON LEGAL NEWS, INC., a Washington non-profit corporation, Plaintiff, 8 9 ) v. ) ) WASHINGTON …
Article • November 15, 2000 • from PLN November, 2000
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by News In Brief Australia: On August 28, 2000, 100 Afghan and Iraqi asylum seekers rioted at the Woomera detention center and set fire to four buildings. The detainees are seeking political asylum after arriving illegally in the country. News services did not report the causes of …
Whistle-blowing Doctor Shakes Up Nebraska DOC by Dan Pens I have a story to tell--about how a doctor can be used to kill patients. I will talk to anybody you want me to. I spent twelve years of my life, and these people push me around and turn me into …
Corcoran Show Trial Ends with Acquittals by Dan Pens Corcoran Show Trial Ends With Acquittals The saga of Corcoran's infamous SHU shootings ended June 8, 2000 when a jury acquitted eight California prison guards of federal charges that they entertained themselves by staging gladiator-style fights among prisoners from rival gangs. …
Pelican Bay's Bloody Wednesday by Willie Wisely By W. Wisely On Wednesday, February 23, 2000, one of the bloodiest riots in California prison history broke out among some 200 Black and Latino prisoners. The violence erupted at the state's infamous Pelican Bay prison. Guards sprayed rioting prisoners on the B …
$16 Million Agreement to Revamp NJ Prison Mental Health Care by A federal district court in New Jersey has approved a $16 million settlement in a class-action suit against state prison officials for constitutionally deficient prison mental health care. Patricia P. Pearlmutter, assistant professor of clinical law at the Center …
Article • November 15, 2000 • from PLN November, 2000
Florida 'Sexual Predator' Fails in Daring Bid for Freedom by A "violent sexual predator" who broke out of Florida's civil commitment detention center in a brazen midday helicopter escape was captured, along with his helicopter-flying accomplice, 4 ½ miles away after a 25-hour manhunt. Shortly after 1:00 P.Mon June 5, …
New York Prisoners Have Ad-Seg Liberty Interest by A Federal district court in New York held that prisoners have a protected liberty interest in remaining free from administrative segregation. On February 11, 1987 New York state prisoner, Santiago Ramirez, was served a Tier Three Disciplinary case for possession of a …
Pregnant OH Prisoner Obtains Abortion by A U.S. District Court enjoined the director of an Ohio prison from denying a pregnant jail prisoner access to abortion services. Jane Doe, a pseudonymous female prisoner at River City Correctional Center in Cincinnati, was approximately 6 weeks pregnant when she was incarcerated on …
Article • November 15, 2000 • from PLN November, 2000
Reconsidering Restorative Justice: The Corruption of Benevolence Revisited? by A A Condensed by David Rhys Adapted from an article by Sharon Levrant, Francis T. Cullen, Betsy Fulton and John F. Wozniak which appeared in the journal Crime & Delinquency, Vol. 45 No. 1, January 1999. Three decades have passed since …
FTCA Claims May Be Brought Only Against U.S. by A federal district court in North Carolina held that Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) claims could be brought against the United States, but not against the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), a correctional institution, or the institution's medical staff. The court …
Article • November 15, 2000 • from PLN November, 2000
Filed under: Sentencing, Habeas Corpus
Post-Conviction Update by Reaves, Jr, Walter M Prepared by Walter M. Reaves, Jr. Habeas Corpus Addressing an issue which has not been consistently decided by the circuits, the Fifth Circuit in United States v. Thomas, 203 F.3d 350 (5th Cir. 2000), held that for purposes of limitations in a §2255 …
Retaliatory Denial of WA Parole Decision Vacated by The Washington state Supreme Court, sitting En Banc held that Washington's Indeterminate Sentencing Review Board (ISRB) improperly considered a history of filing litigation and grievances against prison officials, in finding that a prisoner was unfit for parole. During a 1997 parole consideration …
Article • November 15, 2000 • from PLN November, 2000
Withholding Interest Does Not Violate Takings Clause by A federal district court in California held that prison officials did not violate the Takings Clause by failing to pay interest on funds deposited by prisoners into non-interest bearing "Inmate Trust Accounts" (ITAs). The court also held that: applying interest earned on …
Article • November 15, 2000 • from PLN November, 2000
Administrative Remedies Exhaustion Tolls LA Statute of Limitations by Ronald Young By Ronald Young The court of appeals for the Fifth circuit held that state administrative proceedings a prisoner was required to exhaust tolled Louisiana's one-year prescriptive period for filing a civil rights claim. The court also held that the …
9th Circuit Upholds Ban on Sex-based Publications; Requires Due Process by 9th Circuit Upholds Ban on Sex-based publications; Requires Due Process Against a First Amendment challenge, the Ninth Circuit has upheld a prison regulation banning sex-based publications depicting penetration. The Court also held that prisoners have a Fourteenth Amendment due …
Article • November 15, 2000 • from PLN November, 2000
From the Editor by Paul Wright By Paul Wright PLN recently gained the ability to process credit card orders for books, subscriptions, and donations. PLN's office phone number is on page two of every issue for those who wish to subscribe, renew their subscriptions, purchase books or just make a …
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