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Publication • March 1, 1996
Filed under: Prison Life Magazine
Prison Life March-April 1996 SUSAN 5ARANDON ON DEAD MAN WALKING 1-,. l, I- I 1\ l. t, r .. I • _cv • "One of the finest achievements of prison literature, and, indeed, of that much larger body of literature about criminals." - H. Bruce Franklin Prison Literature in America …
Brief • February 22, 1996
Filed under: HIV/AIDS, Overcrowding
Bartkus v. Manson, CT, Settlement Agreement, Prison Overcrowding and AIDS Case, 1996 J3CM rr-.Ol I Bartkus v. Commissioner of Correction illllllll UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT IN RE PRISON OVERCROWDTNG AND AIDS CASES Consolidated Case No. H-80-b06 RICHARD BARTKUS v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION : CIVIL NO. H-80-506 (RNC) …
Article • February 15, 1996 • from PLN February, 1996
BOP Multiple Cell May Violate Constitution by Afederal district court in New York has held that providing prisoners with 29 square feet of living space, per prisoner, in a multiple person cell may violate the constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Andrew Karacsonyi, a federal prisoner, filed suit because …
Article • February 15, 1996 • from PLN February, 1996
It's About Time: Americas Imprisonment Binge by Linda Wilson It's About Time: America's Imprisonment Binge, by John Irwin and James Austin, Wadsorth Publishing Co. (1994), provides an excellent critical analysis of the American prison system and makes a very strong case against America's excessive reliance on the use of imprisonment …
Article • February 15, 1996 • from PLN February, 1996
Alaska Overcrowding Fines Increase by In the November 1995, issue of PLN we reported on prison overcrowding in Alaska. In 1981 Alaska prisoners filed a class action suit challenging overcrowding and conditions in the prison system. The prisoners won most of the suit, the key aspect was a court ordered …
Article • February 15, 1996 • from PLN February, 1996
Kidnapping and Extortion, Texas Style by Dan Pens In the dead of the night, they come to your cell. You wake up with a flashlight shining in your face. You hear the rattle of chains. "Roll 'em up, boy... you're goin' for a ride.' The next day you get a …
Article • February 15, 1996 • from PLN February, 1996
How the Florida DOC Circumvents Prisoners' Rights to Meaningful Access to the Courts by Van Poyck, William by William Van Poyck and Enrique J. Diaz Although prisoners' constitutional right to meaningful access to the courts has been clearly established for almost three decades, the Florida DOC continues to evade and …
Jury Awards $39,000 in Texas Scalding by On September 21, 1995, a federal jury in Houston awarded Texas state prisoner Roland Rudd $39,000 in damages against prison guards Robert Bergeron and Leonardo Herrera. The jury found that the Bergeron splashed a pitcher of hot coffee on Rudd's face and refused …
Article • February 15, 1996 • from PLN February, 1996
Weight Lifting Info Available on the Internet by Past issues of PLN have reported on the efforts to halt or curtail weight lifting in prison. Strength Tech, Inc., a supplier to the prison weight lifting industry, has created and dedicated an Internet web site to the issue of prison weight …
Article • February 15, 1996 • from PLN February, 1996
Partial Filing Fee Allowed by The ninth circuit explicitly reaffirmed prior rulings which permit the district courts to collect a partial filing fee from prisoner litigants. Two California state prisoners sought to file § 1983 lawsuits in federal court. Both requested permission to proceed in forma pauperis, without paying the …
Article • February 15, 1996 • from PLN February, 1996
Ninth Circuit Rejects Disciplinary Double Jeopardy by The ninth circuit has joined the third and second circuit in holding that prison officials do not violate the double jeopardy clause of the constitution by subjecting a prisoner to administrative disciplinary proceedings and later to criminal prosecution. It is the first ninth …
Fifth Circuit to Require Administrative Exhaustion by In two separate rulings the fifth circuit affirmed dismissal of prisoners' section 1983 suits for failure to exhaust administrative remedies (i.e. the prison grievance procedure). In doing so, the court significantly expanded previous supreme court rulings that had held such exhaustion could only …
Article • February 15, 1996 • from PLN February, 1996
Filed under: Court Access, Mootness
Court Access in Massachusetts DDU Challenged by Afederal district court in Massachusetts expressed severe reservations about the court access afforded to prisoners confined in that state's control unit, or Departmental Disciplinary Unit (DDU). Manuel Ferreira was placed in the DDU after being infracted for allegedly leading a group demonstration. He …
Article • February 15, 1996 • from PLN February, 1996
No Jurisdiction for Some Appeals by The court of appeals for the eighth circuit has held that it lacks jurisdiction to hear appeals on issues not decided on the merits in the district court. Marlon Robinson, a Missouri state prisoner, filed suit claiming prison officials were deliberate indifferent to his …
Article • February 15, 1996 • from PLN February, 1996
Unrest in NY Prisons by EO E [Editor's Note: New York state's Republican majority legislature passed laws that mandate double bunking of the NYDOC prison system. Most cells in NY state prisons are tiny, a mere 9' x 6'. There is a high incidence of both AIDS and the deadly …
Article • February 15, 1996 • from PLN February, 1996
Colorado Prisoners Riot in Texas Jail by On page 13 of this issue of PLN we feature an article about 500 Colorado prisoners who were abducted from Colorado prisons and shipped to the Bowie County Jail in Texarkana, TX. The 500 Colorado prisoners have been fighting the move ever since, …
Ohio Update by John Perotti At Mansfield Correctional Institution (MANCI) the warden, Dennis Baker, Major Mack, the Business Manager, and two guards were placed on administrative leave while the FBI and State Highway Patrol (SHP) investigated allegations they accepted gratuities and kickbacks from a prisoner, J. Crow, whom they allowed …
Washington Prisoners Have Liberty Interest in Good Time by The court of appeals for the ninth circuit has ruled that Washington state prisoners retain a state created due process liberty interest in not losing their good time credits unless they are provided with due process at a disciplinary hearing. It …
NC Prisoners Riot in Tennessee by On October 28, 1995, more than 100 North Carolina prisoners at the Corrections Corporation of America owned private prison in Mason, TN rioted, demanding to be returned to North Carolina. The prisoners smashed toilets and sinks and knocked a hole in a dormitory wall. …
RFRA Case Set for Trial by A federal district court in Pennsylvania held that a factual dispute existed as to whether a jail's policy banning detainees from wearing religious headgear substantially burdened the exercise of religion under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000bb(b). In its ruling, …
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