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Article • November 15, 1997 • from PLN November, 1997
Filed under: Work, Prison Industries
Sewing Our Own Destruction by Ray Luc Levasseur When I saw Dan Pens' front page PLN article [Oct. '96] on UNICOR production of bullet resistant vests (there's no such animal as "bullet proof" vests) I was struck by the difference in perspective. I read some of the same material he …
Article • November 15, 1997 • from PLN November, 1997
Electronic Guards of the Future? by B.S. The Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) is conducting a pilot program at the Cook Unit. If they like the results, ADC will implement the program state-wide. I am sure you are familiar with these electronic ankle bracelets that people on home arrest are …
Article • November 15, 1997 • from PLN November, 1997
Exiled From Idaho by D.M. I'm a prisoner from Idaho doing time in a private facility in Minnesota. I'm sure you all never hear much about the DOC in Idaho. It's pretty small, a little less than 4,000 prisoners. It has much of the same problems as the rest of …
'Training Video' Reveals Beatings in Texas Rent-A-Jail by The state of Missouri was swift to react to the explosive national news coverage resulting from the release of a video tape showing Missouri prisoners being kicked and beaten during a "shake down" at a Texas Rent-A-Jail. The state of Missouri announced …
Article • November 15, 1997 • from PLN November, 1997
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by AR: The DOC announced plans to convert the Hiland Mountain Correctional Facility into a women's prisons as the legislature refuses to provide funds to build one. Hiland currently houses 230 male sex offenders undergoing treatment. During a 1-year transition, the prison will be co-ed, housing male …
Article • November 15, 1997 • from PLN November, 1997
Factual Findings Required in 8th Amendment Suit by The court of appeals for the seventh circuit held that district courts must make clear, specific factual findings when ruling on contested issues relevant to prisoners' constitutional claims. Aaron Isby, an Indiana state prisoner, filed suit claiming his eighth amendment rights were …
Fear Alone Doesn't Violate Eighth Amendment: No Immunity for Retaliation by The court of appeals for the seventh circuit held that a prisoner's fear of being attacked, by itself, does not violate the eighth amendment. The court also held that prison officials who retaliate against prisoners who complain about prison …
Article • November 15, 1997 • from PLN November, 1997
Civil Disabilities of Convicted Felon: A State-by-State Survey by Jon Marc Taylor By Jon Marc Taylor Under federal and various state laws, conviction of a felony has consequences that may continue long after the sentence has been served. Convicted felons may lose essential rights of citizenship, such as the rights …
Article • November 15, 1997 • from PLN November, 1997
From the Editor by Paul Wright The past several months have seen a lot of changes at PLN. Our sample mailing campaign has been proceeding so that by the end of this year we will have mailed out more than 50,000 sample copies. It is still too early to tell …
Article • November 15, 1997 • from PLN November, 1997
Washington Officials Liable for Seizing Court Tape by In an unpublished ruling, the court of appeals for the ninth circuit held prison officials were not entitled to qualified immunity for intentionally withholding a prisoner's video taped court transcript. Robert Wrinkle a Washington state prisoner at the Clallam Bay Corrections Center, …
Brief • November 14, 1997
Wrinkle v. Wright, WA, Report and Recommendation, Video Tape Withheld, 1997 "-. I~ECE\VED \ I~ , 4 ''397 1 2 3 4 5 6 lJ'N1TED STATES DISTRlCT COu~T '-tVESTER.'i DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 7 ATTACONL~ 8 9 ROBERT D. WR~l<LE, CASE );0. C94-5730RJB 10 11 12 13 Plaintiff, REPORT .~~TI RECONfMENTIATION …
Brief • November 10, 1997
Bickford v. US, WI, Complaint, Vendor Nonpayment, 1997
Brief • October 17, 1997
Filed under: Mail, Mail Regulations
Miniken v. Walter, WA, Order, Mail Restrictions, 1997 I , 1 RECEIVED" \9~: OCT 17 BRI~KLlN &. GENDLE.R, I L P . us. ~~~:~ig~RT UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTEastern District of Washington EASTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 2 0CT 1 5 1997 JAMES R. LARSEN. CLERK 3 _ - - - - …
Article • October 15, 1997 • from PLN October, 1997
Editorial by Dan Pens In the July 11 "Living Arts" section of the New York Times, appears a feature titled, 'For a Summer Getaway, a Model Prison." It is a personal narrative of NYT reporter Judith H. Dobrzynski's visit to Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia. Eastern State, built in the …
Arizona DOC Contempt Fines Affirmed by In the July, 1996, issue of PLN we reported Hook v. Arizona, 907 F. Supp. 1326 (D AZ 1996) where the court held Arizona DOC officials In contempt for refusing to pay the fees for special masters appointed by the court to oversee implementation …
Article • October 15, 1997 • from PLN October, 1997
Felon Disenfranchisement Laws Challenged in Washington by In the January and December, 1996, issues of PLN we reported Baker v. Cuomo, 58 F.3d 814 (2nd Cir. 1995) and Baker v. Pataki, 85 F.3d 919 (2nd Cir. 1996)(en banc) in which New York state prisoners were using the Voting Rights Act …
Georgia Prison Guards Speak Out by Dan Pens Shortly after Wayne Garner took over as Georgia's Corrections Commissioner in December 1995, he addressed the state legislature wherein he quipped, "...thirty to thirty-five percent [of GA prisoners] ain't fit to kill, and I'm going to be there to accommodate them." [See: …
Three Texas Guards Indicted in Beating Death by In the July issue of PLN we reported "Judge Rules Texas Prisoner's Death Excessive Force" about Gary Crenshaw, 31, who died at the hands of his captors January 26, 1997, at the French Robertson Unit. On June 30, 1997, a Jones County …
Article • October 15, 1997 • from PLN October, 1997
Mississippi Good Time Violates Ex Post Facto by The supreme court of Mississippi held that retroactive application of a statute requiring felons to serve 85% of their sentence before release violated the ex post facto provisions of the Mississippi and United States constitutions. In 1995 the Mississippi legislature enacted Senate …
Article • October 15, 1997 • from PLN October, 1997
Prison Uprisings Sweep Columbia by A large number of prison uprisings and breakouts occurred throughout Colombia in the first quarter of 1997. On January 5, eighteen prisoners escaped from the prison in Arauca. On January 12, rebels from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia broke 39 prisoners out of the …
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