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Turkish Political Prisoners Massacred by On September 26, 1999, eleven political prisoners in a Turkish prison were massacred by police. The victims were imprisoned members of the People's Revolutionary Liberation Front Party (DHKP-C) and the Communist Party of Turkey-Marxist-Leninist (TKP-ML). Both organizations are currently waging people's wars to overthrow the …
NY Prisoner Worker Awarded $90,000 in Accident by In 1995 William Terry was a prisoner at the Lyon Mountain Correctional Facility where he worked as a hay shredding machine operator on the prison dairy farm. While operating the shredding machine without safety shields, Terry's glove became caught in the machine …
Virginia DOC Says 'No Pattern' of Sexual Abuse by In 1999 the Virginia Department of Corrections conducted an internal review of 44 complaints of sexual assault, harassment and fraternization between prisoners and staff of the Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women, all since the prison opened in April 1998. Even though …
No Qualified Immunity for Unsafe Working Conditions by A federal district court in New York held that a risk of future harm to a prisoner from dangerous chemicals at his prison job violates a clearly established right, from which prison officials are not immune. The court further held that the …
Article • April 15, 2000 • from PLN April, 2000
From the Editor by Paul Wright As this issue goes to press it is too early to have received any response on the matching grant campaign. Between May and January 2001, each issue of PLN will contain a bar graph showing how much has been donated to date and how …
Article • April 15, 2000 • from PLN April, 2000
Warrant Required Despite Private Prison Contract by The Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that a home detainee's contract with a private confinement company allowing warrantless home searches was invalid under Louisiana law. Therefore, any evidence from a warrantless search of his home was properly suppressed. Joshua Francis …
Article • April 15, 2000 • from PLN April, 2000
Discovering America As It Is by Hans Sherrer by Valdas Anelauskas, Clarity Press, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, 1999, 584 pages Review by Hans Sherrer Discovering America is Valdas Anelauskas' challenge to the oft heard claim that America is the greatest country in the world. As a former Soviet dissident who emigrated …
Article • April 15, 2000 • from PLN April, 2000
Race to Incarcerate by Rick Card by Marc Mauer of the Sentencing Project,The New Press, 1999, 224 pages Review by Rick Card If understanding the social, political, and financial issues associated with our nation's massive prison system was a solution in itself, Marc Mauer's book, Race to Incarcerate, would spell …
Washington Prisoner May Not Challenge Underlying Infraction in Four Strike Disciplinary Violation by In the November 1998 issue of PLN we reported on In re Gronquist, 89 Wn.App. 596 P.2d 497 (WA Ct.App.Div.I 1997), where the Washington Court of Appeals granted Derek Gronquist's personal restraint petition alleging that he had …
Article • April 15, 2000 • from PLN April, 2000
Washington Health and Safety Standards Apply to Prison Work Places by The Washington State Supreme Court has held that the Dept. of Corrections (DOC) must comply with electrical licensing and safety laws, but not competitive bidding and prevailing wage laws, when managing prisoner labor. The National Electrical Contractor Association (NECA) …
Four Florida Prison Guards Face Murder Charges by Nine guards from Florida State Prison's "X-Wing" were suspended while state law enforcement investigators probed their role in the July 17, 1999 beating death of X-Wing prisoner Frank Valdes [see page 1 of the October 1999 PLN]. On February 2, 2000, four …
Article • April 15, 2000 • from PLN April, 2000
U.S. Political Prisoner Info by The Anarchist Black Cross Federation is a group dedicated to providing political and material support to political prisoners and prisoners of war. They currently distribute one of the largest selections of books, tapes and videos by and about American political prisoners anywhere. The proceeds of …
Article • April 15, 2000 • from PLN April, 2000
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News in Brief by AR: On January 17, 2000, the state prison system banned all tobacco products on prison property. The ban affects 12,000 prisoners and 3,000 employees. Brazil: On January 1, 2000, riot police stormed the Presidente Bernardes Penitentiary to end a 60 hour uprising by hundreds of prisoners …
Pretrial Cold Cell Violates Fourteenth Amendment by Ronald Young A federal district court in Illinois held that a pretrial detainee's alleged exposure to low temperature in a detention cell, while naked and with no alternative means of protecting himself from the cold, supported a claim of inadequate shelter against county …
Article • April 15, 2000 • from PLN April, 2000
En Banc Ninth Circuit Upholds Jail Porn Ban by Paul Wright By Paul Wright In the February, 1999, issue of PLN we reported Mauro v. Arpaio, 147 F.3d 1137 (9th Cir. 1998) where a panel of the Ninth circuit appeals court held that a jail policy banning all sexually explicit …
Article • April 15, 2000 • from PLN April, 2000
$3,000 Awarded in Wrongful Release Suit by On October 29, 1999, the New York court of claims awarded. $3,000 in damages to Frank Nicchio. Nicchio was a New York state prisoner who was wrongly held 30 days past his release date from prison. Nicchio was granted summary judgment on the …
Article • April 15, 2000 • from PLN April, 2000
Denial Of Food and Medicine Supports Eighth Amendment Claim by Ronald Young The court of appeals for the Seventh circuit held that a prisoner's medical condition was sufficiently serious to support an Eighth Amendment claim, and material fact issues existed as to whether officials acted with deliberate indifference toward the …
South Carolina Prisoner Wins Excessive Use of Force Suit Pro Se by South Carolina Prisoner Wins Excessive Use Of Force Suit Pro Se By Matthew T. Clarke In an unpublished opinion, the Fourth Circuit court of appeals has held that a South Carolina federal district court improperly failed to consider …
Tenth Circuit Holds Prison Officials Liable for Failing to Provide Religious Meals by Tenth Circuit Holds Prison Officials Liable For Failing To Provide Religious Meals The Tenth Circuit court of ap- peals has held that prison officials unconstitutionally interfered with a punitive segregation prisoner's exercise of religion when they failed …
Qualified Immunity Granted for Pre-1996 ADA Violation by The court of appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that it was not clearly established before 1996 that the Americans with Disabilities Act, (ADA), and Rehabilitation Act of 1973, (Rehabilitation Act), apply to state prisoners. As such, the court concluded that prison …
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