Skip navigation

Search

71795 results
Page 3044 of 3590. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 ... 3040 3041 3042 3043 3044 3045 3046 3047 3048 ... 3586 3587 3588 3589 3590 | Next »

Brief • April 25, 1996
Van Wijk v. State of Washington, WA, Complaint, Negligence Rape Victim, 1996 RECE1"l.ED - 1 '" I<ir.g CCiur~,. SUQ'lrior C~I.n C:tllk's Office -. ' - ... . , 2 Cl ARLES V. JOHNSGi·~ . APR 2, 5 1996 ' 3 ~~;"i-. ~~'":",,, .." ..\:",,, r... Q~.,,·l·;~ .'-i', IN THE SUPERIOR …
Article • April 15, 1996 • from PLN April, 1996
Parole Change Violates Ex Post Facto Clause by In the July, 1995, issue of PLN we reported the supreme court's ruling in Morales v. California Department of Correction, 115 S.Ct. 1597 (1995) which held that legislatively extending the time in which a prisoner can appear before a parole board does …
Damn Lies and Statistics by Most PLN readers are well aware of the conservative PR campaign designed to convince legislators and the voting public that the courts are threatened with drowning in a deluge of prisoner-initiated litigation. The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) has developed model legislation designed to …
Article • April 15, 1996 • from PLN April, 1996
Racist Guards at Florida Prison by Dan Pens Rarely do you find reports of racist actions of prison guards in the mainstream press. Most editors wouldn't consider it news for white prison guards to display racial hatred towards their black captives. Ho-hum. But the Palm Beach Post featured several lengthy …
Grievance Discipline Struck Down by The court of appeals for the ninth circuit affirmed a lower court ruling that found Oregon DOC rules that punished prisoners for using hostile, sexual, abusive or threatening language in their written grievances to be unconstitutional. Jeff Bradley, an Oregon state prisoner, was infracted for …
Article • April 15, 1996 • from PLN April, 1996
Fourth Circuit Rules on IFP Statute, Again by In the July, 1995, issue of PLN we reported Nasim v. Warden, Maryland House of Correction, 42 F.3d 1472 (4th Cir. 1995) in which the fourth circuit court of appeals reversed a district court's dismissal of a prisoners' § 1983 suit as …
Article • April 15, 1996 • from PLN April, 1996
Iowa Supreme Court: Hearing Required Before Prisoner Funds Seized by The Iowa state supreme court has held that prisoners must be afforded a hearing before prison officials seize funds sent to the prisoner from outside sources in order to pay court ordered restitution. In 1982 Jerry Ashburn was convicted of …
Article • April 15, 1996 • from PLN April, 1996
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Reviews
The Keepers and the Caged: Heroes and Necromancers in the Prison System Today (Book Review) by Michael Spencer by Jean Marie Christenson; Kendall/Hunt Publishing 241 pages. $14.95 The Keepers and the Caged is a compilation of 21 personal interviews conducted by the author with Washington State prisoners, prison administrators, and …
Article • April 15, 1996 • from PLN April, 1996
Not All Prisoner Lawsuits Are Frivolous by Jon O Newman by Chief Judge Jon O. Newman, Second Circuit Court of Appeals [Editor's Note: The following article is reprinted from the January, 1996, issue of The Corrections Professional. Judge Newman is the chief judge of the U.S. Second Circuit Court of …
Disciplinary Findings Must State Evidence Relied On by A federal district court in Illinois held that a disciplinary committee's report finding a prisoner guilty of misconduct must state the charges the prisoner was found guilty of and the evidence supporting each of the charges. Alvin Oswalt, an Illinois state prisoner, …
Administrative Reversal of Disciplinary Sanction Doesn't Bar Suit by Afederal district court in New York held that the administrative reversal of a disciplinary sanction does not bar a § 1983 suit for money damages if the prisoner had already been punished with all or part of the sanction prior to …
Article • April 15, 1996 • from PLN April, 1996
Michigan Consent Decree Not Changed by It seems that not a year goes by where PLN does not report at least two or three rulings concerning the ongoing effort by the Michigan DOC to vacate the various consent decrees it entered into with prisoners to settle various conditions lawsuits in …
Article • April 15, 1996 • from PLN April, 1996
Georgia Prisons Enter Dark Ages by According to a PLN reader in Georgia, "Our ex-[Prisons] Commissioner, Dr. Allen Ault, got into a battle with Zig-Zag Zell Miller [Georgia's Governor]. Miller ordered him to cut-off TV's and phones during the day, cut the phone time to 10-minutes per call, and take …
Article • April 15, 1996 • from PLN April, 1996
Seventh Circuit Decides "Mail Box" Rule by In a case of first impression in that circuit, the court of appeals for the seventh circuit ruled that a prisoner's pleadings are considered "filed" with the court when they are given to prison officials for mailing. The case involves an Illinois state …
Article • April 15, 1996 • from PLN April, 1996
Pelican Bay Psychiatrists Resign in Protest by In the August '95 issue of PLN we reported Madrid v. Gomez, the suit challenging conditions at the Pelican Bay State Prison in Crescent City, CA. Federal district court judge, Thelton Henderson, ordered the California Department of Corrections (CDC) to implement significant improvements …
Article • April 15, 1996 • from PLN April, 1996
Permanent Injunction Issued in Madrid by A PLN reader in Pelican Bay sent us a copy of a 26-page "Remedial Order RE: Exclusion From the Security Housing Unit" issued by U.S. district court judge Thelton Henderson on December 15, 1995. The reader who sent us the copy characterized it as …
Jailhouse Lawyers Retain Right to Assist Prisoners by The court of appeals for the ninth circuit has held that prison officials are not entitled to qualified immunity when they punish a jailhouse lawyer for assisting another prisoner. Terry Newell, an Alaska state prisoner, was employed as a prison law library …
Sandin Inapplicable to Detainee Disciplinary Claims by The court of appeals for the ninth circuit held that a jail policy prohibiting detainees from calling live witnesses to testify at disciplinary hearings, under any circumstances, was unconstitutional. The court held that prison and jail rules confer no legal rights to prisoners …
Article • April 15, 1996 • from PLN April, 1996
Filed under: Work, Prison Industries
Exploitation of Ohio Prison Labor by William Ridenour Ohio Penal Industries (OPI) in recent years has stepped up their campaign to entice local industry into using Ohio's cheap prison labor force to manufacture their products. Their efforts have been met with considerable success. A number of Ohio companies have voiced …
$460,800 Verdict in Ohio Beating Affirmed by A district court in Ohio denied prison officials' motion for a new trial and affirmed a jury verdict of $460,800 to two Ohio state prisoners who had been beaten by prisoner guards. In the January, 1995, issue of PLN we reported the jury …
Page 3044 of 3590. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 ... 3040 3041 3042 3043 3044 3045 3046 3047 3048 ... 3586 3587 3588 3589 3590 | Next »