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BOP Policy Denying Electric Musical Instruments Upheld; Religious Exception Enjoined by The United States District Court for the District of Columbia has upheld the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) policy prohibiting prisoners from using or possessing electric guitars or electronic musical instruments. The court enjoined BOP's exception that permitted electric …
Environmental Concerns Halt Construction of Pennsylvania Prison by Ronald Young Environmental Concerns Halt Construction Of Pennsylvania Prison The wretched and overcrowded conditions at Washington, D.C.'s Lorton Correctional Complex have resulted in Congress giving the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) responsibility for housing all D.C. prisoners. Lorton, located in Fairfax, VA, …
Article • September 15, 1999 • from PLN September, 1999
Federal Parolee Has Right to Hearing Under 18 USC § 4211(a)(2) by Federal Parolee Has Right to Hearing Under 18 USC § 4211(a)(2) The Seventh Circuit court of appeals has held that a pre-Guidelines federal parolee has the right to a hearing under 18 U.S.C. § 4211(a)(2), five years after …
BOP Exceeds Statutory Authority in Denying Sentence Reduction by Afederal district court in the District of Columbia held that the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) had exceeded its statutory authority by defining "violent" offenses to preclude a sentence reduction for convictions the courts have consistently defined as "non-violent." In 1994 congress …
CDC Must Establish Hobby Program by Lassen County Superior Court Judge J. Harvey issued a writ of habeas corpus on August 16, 1994, which ordered the California Department of Corrections (CDC) to establish a hobby program and store materials at the California Correctional Center (CCC) at Susanville. Steve Yakle, a …
Court Enjoins BOP Phone System by On October 13, 1993, Judge Henry Wilhoit of the U.S. District Court in Kentucky entered a preliminary injunction barring the federal Bureau of Prisons from implementing its Inmate Telephone System (ITS). The case is Washington v. Reno, case number 93-217 and 93-290. Readers should …
Article • June 15, 1993 • from PLN June, 1993
BOP Can Deny Halfway House Placement by William Lyle is a Bureau of Prisons (BOP) prisoner serving a sentence for firearms and explosives violations. At his pre-release classification review his unit team recommended Lyle be placed in a halfway house for 60 days to ease his reentry into the community. …
Article • February 15, 1993 • from PLN February, 1993
APA Partially Applicable to Arizona's DOC by Arizona's Administrative Procedures Act (APA) exempts the Department of Corrections in the formulation of policies that concern only inmates. Brad Wilkinson, a convict at the Tucson Prison Echo Unit, was denied a visit with a religious leader. This was done pursuant to a …
BOP Agency for APA Purposes by Garvin White was a federal prisoner at Leavanworth who was accused of attempting to escape and was transferred to Marion. At Marion he was infracted for the attempted escape. The hearing officer did not render a verdict until 4 months after White's arrival at …
Banks v. Norton, CT, Opinion, Prison Administrative Grievance Procedure, 1972 346 F.Supp. 917 (1972) Arthur Burghardt BANKS v. John J. NORTON, Warden, Federal Correctional Institution, Danbury, Connecticut. Mitchell SNYDER v. John J. NORTON, Warden, Federal Correctional Institution, Danbury, Connecticut. Robert STENNETT v. John J. NORTON, Warden, Federal Correctional Institution, Danbury, …
Bach v. Mitchell, DC, Amended Verified Complaint, Disciplinary Actions, 1971 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT JOHN M. BACH, FATHER PHILIP BERRIGAN S.S.J., JOHN THEODORE GLICK, THOMAS R. HOSMER, KEVIN B. JONES, DAVID MALAMENT, prisoners presently incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Institution at Danbury, Connecticut; JOHN HALLORAN, …
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