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Article • January 15, 1998 • from PLN January, 1998
Dismissal of Paid Suit Counts as a "Strike" by The court of appeals for the seventh circuit held that the dismissal of a lawsuit in which the filing fee had been paid counts as a "strike" under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). Section (g) of the In Forma Pauperis statute requires …
Article • January 15, 1998 • from PLN January, 1998
Education as Crime Prevention: Providing Education to Prisoners by Dan Pens I lost count of the number of people who have written me to ask if I know where they can find statistics on the impact of prison-based education programs on recidivism. After congress eliminated Pell grants for prisoners in …
Article • January 15, 1998 • from PLN January, 1998
Filed under: PLRA, Filing Fees (PLRA)
Fifth Circuit Upholds PLRA IFP Provisions by The court of appeals for the fifth circuit held that the PLRA's filing fee provisions, 28 U.S.C. § 1915, which require that prisoners pay the filing fees of any civil suits or appeals they file in federal court, are constitutional. The court held …
Article • January 15, 1998 • from PLN January, 1998
A Matter of Fact by [Editor's Note: This will be the last "A Matter of Fact" column. Many of you have written to praise the column but others have complained that: 1) it's a waste of space, and 2) its hard to digest an entire page of facts and figures …
Smoking, Lies and Hypocrisy by Paul Wright By Paul Wright The recent settlement proposal between the tobacco industry and the attorney general's of 41 states has been in the news a lot lately. I share a home with 158 other men, 90% of whom smoke. The walls literally weep nicotine. …
Article • January 15, 1998 • from PLN January, 1998
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
TCI Breaks 'Inmate Telephone System' Stranglehold by Dan Pens By now you've seen the Tele-Con, Inc. (TCI) ads in Prison Legal News . I first heard of TCI in June, 1997, when a PLN reader sent me one of their brochures. Collect calls from prisoners billed at 10¢ a minute? …
Article • January 15, 1998 • from PLN January, 1998
Attn: Lawyers in Prison by Calfornia Lawyer , a legal trade magazine, is planning an article on incarcerated attorneys. We are looking for anyone who was a member of the California State Bar and who is serving time in a state or federal prison. The article will address issues that …
AL Jail Enjoined From Holding Prisoners Overnight by Afederal district court in Alabama held that conditions in the Pickens county jail in Carrolton, Alabama, were so abysmal it was not fit for human or animal habitation. Prisoners in the jail filed a class action suit challenging the conditions of their …
Alabama Jail Held in Contempt for Crowding by Afederal district court in Alabama held that a jail had willfully refused to comply with a consent decree limiting jail crowding and held the defendants in contempt and imposed sanctions of $100 per day for every prisoner held in the jail over …
Article • January 15, 1998 • from PLN January, 1998
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by AL : On October 3, 1997, a fight between two unidentified prisoners at the Holman prison in Atmore escalated into a brawl involving 18 prisoners that left two seriously injured and five slightly injured. Prison spokesman Tom Gilkson said the fight began as a dispute over …
$135,000 Award in Beating Affirmed, Municipal Liability Reversed by The court of appeals for the District of Columbia circuit affirmed the award of $135,000 in damages to a prisoner beaten by prison guards, but it reversed an attorney fee award premised upon municipal liability. Robert Triplett, a D.C. prisoner, had …
Washington 35% Law Struck Down, in Part by PLN has reported extensively on Wright v. Riveland , the class action lawsuit challenging Washington state statute RCW 72.09.480 [ PLN , Jun. Aug. Dec. 1996; May, 1997]. The law allows the DOC to seize 35% of all money sent to prisoners, …
Article • January 15, 1998 • from PLN January, 1998
Writs of Mandamus Not Subject to PLRA Fees by Writs of Mandamus Not Subject to PLRA Fees: The court of appeals for the fifth circuit joined the second and seventh circuit in holding that petitions seeking writs of mandamus in the court of appeals are not subject to the PLRA's …
Torture Info Wanted by Bonnie Kerness, longtime prison rights activist; PLN supporter; and Associate Director of the American Friends Service Committee, Criminal Justice Program, is seeking information from U.S. prisoners who have been subjected to the use of restraint chairs (aka "the chair"), four-point restraints (aka "the motorcycle"), stun belts, …
Article • January 15, 1998 • from PLN January, 1998
Utah Governor's 'Pal' Dupes Parole Officials by Michael Blake Jensen, an admitted con artist and pathological liar was on parole for the fourth time in early 1995. He was facing possible parole violation and felony theft, and Utah parole officer David Olive and his partner, Swen Heimburg, were prepared to …
Article • January 15, 1998 • from PLN January, 1998
From the Editor by Paul Wright Readers have recently asked if PLN still accepts subscription donations paid for with new, unused postage stamps. Yes, we do. Through an oversight that information wasn't included when we recently revamped our subscription flyer. As the first PLN of 1998 we present our index …
Brief • January 15, 1998
Sparr v. WA DOC, WA, Complaint, Walla Walla Double Amputee, 1998 -, -rn.t~ . I~ECEIVED ==: [ ~Ji.AIL ] MAR 191998 . JAN 15 1998 .mORNEY GENERAL'S OFFler C(,')R~CT!CtlS DlV AT S~rnE ""'"ClE.~ U.S. DlS1Iltcr C4'URT iJyQrtRII DISTRICT OF ~0tI 0£My UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON TraviS …
In-the-News Article • January 1, 1998
PLN editor quoted in article re racial bias suit, racism at Washington prisons Jan. 1, 1998 Articles with PLN Quotes Post-Intelligencer PLN editor quoted in article re racial bias suit, racism at Washington prisons - Post-Intelligencer 1998 PRISON UNDER SCRUTINY AGAIN CLALLAM BAY BIAS SUIT SAYS BLACK INMATES ARE OFTEN …
In-the-News Article • January 1, 1998
PLN quoted in article on prison labor Jan. 1, 1998 Articles with PLN Quotes Christian Science Monitor PLN quoted in article on prison labor - Christian Science Monitor 1998 Christian Science Monitor (Boston, MA) January 14, 1998, Wednesday 'Made in USA' ... but By Convicts Warren Richey, Staff writer of …
In-the-News Article • January 1, 1998
PLN editor Paul Wright quoted in article on WA DOC prison industry Jan. 1, 1998 Articles with PLN Quotes Spokesman Review PLN editor Paul Wright quoted in article on WA DOC prison industry - Spokesman Review 1998 WORKFORCE BEHIND BARS: PRIVATE COMPANIES RECEIVE INCENTIVES TO PROVIDE INMATES PAYING JOBS IN …
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