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Article • January 15, 2000 • from PLN January, 2000
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by CT: In October, 1999, the state DOC announced it would send 900 prisoners to the Wallens Ridge State Prison in Virginia to relieve overcrowding. Wallens Ridge is a "super-max" prison that has been repeatedly cited for human and civil rights abuses by various human rights organizations. …
Arizona Incarceration Cost Setoff Law Upheld by The Arizona Court of Appeals held that, as applied, the state's incarceration cost setoff law does not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment or the anti-abrogation provisions of the Arizona Constitution. A jury awarded $15,000 to Felix Duarte and $1,500 …
Article • January 15, 2000 • from PLN January, 2000
Amnesty International Calls for Stun Belt Ban by Julia Lutsky In 1996 Amnesty International called on the United States to "establish a rigorous independent inquiry into the use of stun belts and all other types and variants of electro-shock weapons;" it now calls for the outright banning of stun belts. …
Article • January 15, 2000 • from PLN January, 2000
Drug Seizures Pay for Death Celebrations by In 1998 the East Baton Rouge District Attorney's Office shelled out $1,291.27 for steak dinners to celebrate three death penalty verdicts. The DA's office used money and other assets seized in drug arrests to bankroll the celebratory dinners at a local steak house. …
Article • January 15, 2000 • from PLN January, 2000
California Governor Vetoes Media Access Bill by In September, 1999 California Governor Gray Davis vetoed legislation that would have rescinded his predecessor's policy of barring reporters from interviewing state prisoners. The measure was supported by the California Correctional Peace Officers' Association (CCPOA) which said that barring reporters from prison makes …
Article • January 15, 2000 • from PLN January, 2000
Florida DOC Curtails Use of Stun Belts by After several Florida circuit judges ordered the state prison system to stop using stun belts on prisoners, DOC Chief of Operations James Upchurch ordered the routine use of the of the belts temporarily discontinued, the Palm Beach Post reported in its 23 …
BOP Can't Keep Prisoner Who Refuses to Pay Fine Indefinitely by A federal district court judge in Virginia held that a prisoner's refusal to sign an agreement to pay a court ordered fine does not allow the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to keep him imprisoned indefinitely. This ruling amply illustrates …
Washington Municipalities Liable for Attacks by Probationers by The Washington state Supreme Court held that municipalities have a duty to protect others from reasonably foreseeable harm resulting from the dangerous propensities of probationers and pretrial releasees under their supervision. In 1990 Barry Krantz raped a 6 year old little girl …
Article • January 15, 2000 • from PLN January, 2000
A Day at the Prison Fun Park by Daniel Burton-Rose "Have you guys been here before?" a female high schooler asks two young guys in baseball caps and shorts. "We have," she goes on. "We liked it so much we came back a second time." I hear an older man …
Article • January 15, 2000 • from PLN January, 2000
From the Editor by Paul Wright Welcome to another year of PLN. This issue contains our case and subject index for 1999. In 1995 we decided that indexing PLN would greatly enhance its value as a research tool. All of our back issues are indexed and each January we have …
Article • January 15, 2000 • from PLN January, 2000
State Police Investigate Illinois Prison Industry by According to a highly critical report by the Illinois Auditor General's office released April 21, 1999, a tire recycling industry at the Downstate Lincoln Corr. Center provided up to $325,000 in free recycling services to private businesses over a 2-year period. It is …
Valdes Murder Witness Exiled, Muzzled by On the cover of the October 1999 PLN was an article describing the July 9, 1999 beating death of "X-Wing" prisoner Frank Valdes at the hands of Florida State Prison (FSP) guards. The day of the killing Valdes' partner and fellow X-Wing prisoner William …
Brief • January 13, 2000
Bogardus Deposition, CA, Dog Vehicle Search, 2000 DECLARATION OF VANNESS BOGARDUS III I, VANNESS BOGARDUS III, declare: 1. I reside in Grass Valley, California. My mailing address is 10556 Combie Road, Suite 6200, Auburn, California 95602. PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS 2. I am a retired Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff, having honorably …
Brief • January 4, 2000
Brown v. District of Columbia, DC, Release, Guard Slander, 2000 ,. . ",.' Release Form • Government of the District of Columbia RELEASE KNOW ALL MEN BY TIIESE PRESENTS, That I, Eric Brown (SSN: tJ Ie) , residing at the Youth Center of the Lorton Correctional Facility, in the City …
In-the-News Article • January 1, 2000
PLN editor quoted in article re lawsuit over WA prison phone rates Jan. 1, 2000 Articles with PLN Quotes Everett Herald PLN editor quoted in article re lawsuit over WA prison phone rates - Everett Herald 2000 Published: Friday, August 11, 2000 Verizon changes prison call policies By WARREN CORNWALL …
In-the-News Article • January 1, 2000
PLN's editor quoted in article re prisoners' access to Internet Jan. 1, 2000 Articles with PLN Quotes Seattle Times PLN's editor quoted in article re prisoners' access to Internet - Seattle Times 2000 The Seattle Times October 8, 2000, Sunday WEEKEND EDITION Dot-cons: Inmates take to the Web Michelle Locke; …
In-the-News Article • January 1, 2000
Article re Prison Legal News 10th Anniversary Jan. 1, 2000 Articles about PLN Everett Herald Article re Prison Legal News 10th Anniversary - Everett Herald - 2000 Everett Herald (Wash). Published: Monday, July 10, 2000 Feisty prisoner keeps magazine alive Controlled by inmates, monthly marks 10th year By WARREN CORNWALL …
In-the-News Article • January 1, 2000
PLN's suit over ban of article on white supremecist guards in WA DOC Jan. 1, 2000 Articles about PLN The Progressive PLN's suit over ban of article on white supremecist guards in WA DOC - The Progressive 2000 The Progressive February 1, 2000 Prisons Gag Journalists. Journalists in Washington State …
In-the-News Article • January 1, 2000
Washington legislators attack PLN's public records access Jan. 1, 2000 Articles about PLN The Stranger Washington legislators attack PLN's public records access - The Stranger 2000 PUNISHING PRISONERS Republicans Go After Inmates' Rights to Information by Phil Campbell (The Stranger, Seattle, WA) 2000 THE WORK of a prominent prison-rights activist …
In-the-News Article • January 1, 2000
Nevada federal court rules in favor of PLN in censorship lawsuit Jan. 1, 2000 Articles about PLN Litigation Reno Gazette-Journal Nevada federal court rules in favor of PLN in censorship lawsuit - Reno Gazette-Journal 2000 Reno Gazette-Journal August 17, 2000 Thursday Judge halts prisons from banning journal By Mike Henderson …
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