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Media Interview Protected Free Speech by A federal district court in Pennsylvania held that the transfer of a prisoner for his participation in a pre-authorized media interview and his subsequent correspondence with the newspaper reporter violated the prisoner's constitutional rights. Prison officials were denied qualified immunity and the prisoner was …
Florida Jail Guard Found Guilty in Prisoner's Death by On December 22, 1998, former Osceola County, Florida jail guard Greg Wilson was convicted of manslaughter in connection with the March 1997 death of prisoner Daniel B. Sagers. Wilson and several other guards, including Wilson Santiago and Gail Edwards, were trying …
Article • October 15, 1999 • from PLN October, 1999
Tough on Prisoners Florida Sheriff Avoids Prison by In the March, 1999, issue of PLN we reported the arrest of Marion County, Florida, sheriff Ken Ergle, on corruption charges. Ergle had previously gained notoriety for housing county jail prisoners in tents under draconian conditions and charging them "rent" and a …
Article • October 15, 1999 • from PLN October, 1999
Supreme Court Holds PLRA Attorney Fee Cap Inapplicable to Work Performed Before Enactment by by Matthew T. Clarke The Supreme Court has held that the attorney fee cap contained within the Prison Litigation Reform Act, 42 U.S.C. §1997e(d), (PLRA) does not apply to attorney fees for work performed prior to …
PLRA Attorney Fee Limits Not Retroactive in Second Circuit by The court of appeals for the Second Circuit held that the Prison Litigation Reform Act's (PLRA) attorney fee provisions do not apply to fee awards made after the law's enactment when representation began before the PLRA's enactment. Donovan Blissett, a …
CDC Settles Excessive Force Suit for $1,000 by John Gann On October 26, 1998, the California Department of Corrections (CDC) paid $1,000 to settle an excessive force suit filed by pro se prisoner John Gann against nine named prison officials. On January 7, 1994, Gann, Alex Bermudez and Carlos Ramirez …
Article • October 15, 1999 • from PLN October, 1999
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News in Brief by Brazil: A riot involving 320 prisoners erupted at a facility in Florianopolis, Santa Catarina state, on May 7, 1999. One prisoner was killed and 4 injured during the disturbance, in which rioters chased away the guards and set fire to mattresses and tires. Brazil: Three hundred …
ADOC Settlement Terms by -Additional staff training on sexual misconduct and prisoner privacy issues. -Implementation of a program to inform the state's 1,810 female prisoners about their rights. -Requiring all male prison employees who may be alone with a female prisoner to notify a supervisor. -Providing two 15-minute periods a …
Article • October 15, 1999 • from PLN October, 1999
From the Editor by Paul Wright A PLN supporter recently commented that I must find editing PLN incredibly depressing given the content of the July, 1999, issue: medical neglect, rape, extrajudicial murders, brutality, sensory deprivation control units, random shootings, etc. As an optimist, I see the prison struggle glass as …
Wreaking Medical Mayhem in Washington Prisons by Tara Herivel In 1993, prisoner Gertrude Barrow crawled to the clinic at the Washington Corrections Center for Women. Her peptic ulcer ruptured, Barrow's requests for treatment had been dismissed by health care staff who diagnosed her ulcer as a bad case of gas. …
A Foul Trend Emerges by Tara Herivel An 1996, the Department of Labor and Industry (L&I) fined McNeil Island Corrections Center (MICC) over $13,000 for health and safety violations. L & I investigator Jeff Spann unearthed a pattern of inadequate training for health care staff, use of faulty medical equipment, …
Article • September 15, 1999 • from PLN September, 1999
Is Health Care Too Much to Ask For? by Silja JA Talvi By Silja J.A. Talvi In California's State Prison System, Female Prisoners and Their Advocates Say They're Continuing to Fight an Uphill Battle, While Prison Administrators Insist They're Doing Their Job Over the last several years, health care-related allegations …
Article • September 15, 1999 • from PLN September, 1999
Ex-Prisoner Gets $850,000 for Broken Neck by When Steven Dodson entered a California prison in October 1996, he didn't know that his neck was broken. He only knew that his neck pain kept getting worse. He also didn't know that the next 10 months of his life would be a …
Arkansas Department of Corruption Revealed by A career employee of the Arkansas Department of Correction was demoted from his position as warden of the state maximum security prison in January 1996, after he spoke out about corruption and lack of security in the prison. He sued the DOC and several …
County Jail Political Shenanigans, Corruption Revealed by Seven employees of the Rockingham County (North Carolina) Sheriff's Department were fired by the sheriff the day after his 1994 re-election. The seven filed suit alleging violation of their free speech and due process rights; the sheriff had fired them for not supporting …
Article • September 15, 1999 • from PLN September, 1999
Crime and Punishment in America, by Elliot Currie (Review) by H Bruce Franklin Metropolitan 230 pp. Reviewed by H. Bruce Franklin This is a very unfashionable book. Elliott Currie does not believe that we need to build more and more prisons, impose longer sentences, make prisons as harsh as possible, …
Article • September 15, 1999 • from PLN September, 1999
The Way the Wind Blew: A History of the Weather Underground, by Ron Jacobs (Review) by Paul Wright Verso. 216 pages. $17 Reviewed by Paul Wright The United States is unique among modern nations in that its government has never experienced a serious revolutionary challenge. Opposition movements in the U.S. …
Article • September 15, 1999 • from PLN September, 1999
Texas Prison Warehouses (Letter) by DG "Tex" Hoffman by : D.G. "Tex" Hoffman The Texas Dept. of Corrections operates the nation's second largest prison system after California, including 20 transfer facilities. Transfer facilities are Texas' answer to overcrowded county jails; the first facility was built in mid- 1994 when jails …
Beaten Connecticut Jail Detainee Awarded $2.07 Million by A federal jury in February, 1999 awarded Kevin King $2 million in punitive damages and $75,000 in compensatory damages for a beating he suffered at the hands of Hartford (Conn.) Correctional Center jail guards. The verdict touched off a firestorm of controversy …
Missouri Proposes $2.2 Million Settlement by On June 25, 1999, the state of Missouri filed a proposed $2.2 million settlement in U.S. District Court that would dispose of 32 lawsuits filed in state and federal courts by 700 - 2,100 Missouri prisoners abused in Texas jails. The lawsuits stem partly …
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