Murder Incorporated by Bill Dunne By Bill Dunne The U.S. Bureau of Prisons recently designated the U.S. penitentiary at Terre Haute, Indiana, as the facility at which prisoners sentenced to death by the federal courts will be housed until they are executed by lethal injection. The federal government has never …
Making Con Drink from Toilet States Claim by Making Con Drink From Toilet States Claim Apro se prisoner at the Indiana State Prison, Craig Thomas, filed a civil rights claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The complaint raised a number of issues, only one of which survived the state's motion …
Christopher "Naeem" Trotter Needs Support Against Injustice! by Christopher "Naeem" Trotter is incarcerated at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City. Christopher is a young man, 30 years old from a working class Black family. Chris is serving a 142 year sentence as a result of his participation in the …
Chained Detainee Wins Restraint Case by At the Madison County Jail in Indiana a pre-trial detainee named Jones became despondent and tried to hang himself, after learning that his four months pregnant girlfriend had taken a job as an exotic "topless" dancer. Jail officials busted Jones and moved him to …
Anderson v. Bayh, IN, Order, Request Capacity, 1993 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA SOUTH BEND DIVISION INMATES OF WESTVILLE CORRECTIONAL CENTER, ROGER W. ANDERSON, et. al-/ Plaintiffs, vs. EVAN BAYH, et. al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CAUSE NO. S 83-481 …
Moorish Appeal for Your Support by Taajwar Rasheed-Bey Members of The Moorish Science Temple of America, who are incarcerated in the penal institutions in the state of Indiana, have received much opposition and are being continuously denied the right to practice our religious beliefs, to hold religious services by the …
Infraction Suits Must Exhaust Administrative Remedies by L. Markham is an Indiana state prisoner. He lost 243 days of earned good time in a series of disciplinary proceedings. Under Indiana DOC regulations prisoners can appeal the loss of good time credits to prison officials within 10 days of the hearing, …
Indiana DOC Must Allow Witnesses at Hearings by Jerry Forbes is an Indiana state prisoner who refused to take a urine test because the prison did not publish its testing procedures. He was infracted and requested prison officials as witnesses at his hearing and they refused to appear. He was …
Pendleton News by J Ford I am writing to you from inside the walls of Pendleton, the Indiana State Reformatory. Since November of 1991 we have gone through a systematic deprogramming. All programs have been abolished. Vocations, education, spiritual, and psychiatric for 80 percent of our population. Very few in …
Inhumane Conditions Suit Requires Trial by Marshal Jackson, an Indiana state prisoner filed suit on the subhuman prison conditions he was subjected to in the Indiana penal system. He claimed he was forced to live with filth, inadequate plumbing, roaches, rodents, poor lighting, inadequate heating, rusted out toilets, drinking water …
Indiana Control Unit Prisoners File Suit and Strike by Paul Wright On May 4, 1992, the Indiana Civil Liberties Union filed a class action suit in the Marion County, Indiana, Superior Court. The action is Taifa Vs. Bayh, and challenges numerous conditions of confinement at the Westville, IN, Maximum Control …
PLN Reader Sends ACLU Finger by Recently the PLN received a letter from Kataza Taifa, imprisoned at the Westville Control Unit in Indiana. It included a copy of the following letter he has sent to the Indiana branch of the American Civil Liberties Union: "Dear ACLU Board Members, Since for …
Indiana Ad Seg Policy Does Not Create Liberty Interest by Two Indiana state prisoners filed suit over being placed in administrative segregation (Ad Seg). They claimed their right to due process had been violated and sought relief under § 1983. The district court dismissed the suit on the grounds they …
Avenue to Attack Habitual Criminal Conviction by Avenue To Attack Habitual Criminal Conviction On January 8th the U.S. Supreme Court let stand a decision that a court can be ordered to review the constitutionality of a prior conviction before a person found guilty of a new crime is sentenced as …
Loss of Legal Materials States Claim for Denial of Access To The Courts by Loss Of Legal Materials States Claim For Denial Of Access To The Courts A prisoner's allegation that prison officials had accepted and lost materials essential to his pursuit of post-conviction relief stated a claim for denial …
Anderson v. Orr, IN, Order, Capacity, 1989 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA SOUTH BEND DIVISION ROGER W. ANDERSON, et al. , Plaintiffs, CIVIL ACTION No. S83-0481 v. ROBERT ORR, et al., Defendants. ORDER AND NOW, this ^ 2 3 day of , 1989, upon consideration of plaintiffs1 …
Anderson v. Broglin, IN, Order, Capacity, 1989 AO 450 (Rev 5/85) Judgment in a Civil Case <B tates cSisirtct Court NORTHERN INDIANA DISTRICT OF ROGER W. ANDERSON, et al JUDGMENT IN A CIVIL CASE V. G. MICHAEL BROGLIN, et al CASE NUMBER: S83-0481 Jury Verdict. This action came before the …
IN Contract with GTL 2004 AGREEMENT FOR PAY TELEPHONE LOCAL AND INTRALATA LONG DISTANCE SERVICE FOR THE STATE OF INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION WHER.EAS, the State of Indiana ("State") desires to enter into this Agreement for Pay Telephon~ Local and Long Distance Voice and related Facilities Maintenance …
IN Contract with PCS 2011-2015 State Form 41221 (Rl0/4-06) Instructions for completing the EDS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Please read the guidelines on the Please type all information. Check all boxes that apply. For amendments I renewals, attach original Attach additional pages if necessary. I. EDS Number: Grant - …
IN Contract Request for Proposal 2010 EXHIBIT '(3: PageLOf (}I STATE OF INDIANA Request for Proposals 10-55 INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION On Behalf Of Indiana Department of Corrections Solicitation For: Offender Pay Telephone Service Response Due Date: July 14,2010 JURe 30, 2010 3:00 PM Eastern Time Teresa Deaton-Reese, Senior Account …
