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Article • December 15, 1995 • from PLN December, 1995
Ohio Prison Doctor Imprisoned by Harry Schutte was the medical director at the Marion Correctional Institution in Marion, OH when his license to practice medicine was suspended after he was arrested and convicted for forging prescriptions. Schutte, who was addicted to the drug Stadol and synthetic morphine, did not notify …
Sexual Harassment Violates Eighth Amendment by A federal district court in the District of Columbia (DC) granted extensive injunctive and declaratory relief for a class of women prisoners who filed suit challenging their conditions of confinement in DC prison facilities. The rights of women prisoners were also violated under Title …
Withholding of Legal Papers Illegal by A federal district court in New York has held prison guards liable for withholding a prisoner's legal papers for more than two years. The court awarded the plaintiff one dollar in nominal damages and $500 in punitive damages to deter further conduct by prison …
Detainee States Claim for Retaliation and Med Needs by The court of appeals for the seventh circuit has held that pretrial detainees are entitled to adequate medical care and have a right to be free from retaliation for complaining of guard misconduct. Richard Murphy was a pretrial detainee in the …
NJ Prisoners Have Liberty Interest in Staying in Population by The court of appeals for the third circuit has held that New Jersey state prisoners have a due process liberty interest, enforceable in federal court under § 1983, to remain in general population. David Sheehan is a PLN reader at …
Article • December 15, 1995 • from PLN December, 1995
PA Prison Investigated for Corruption; Biggest Shake Down Ever by In September, 1995, several prisoners from the 3,490 man Graterford state prison testified before the Pennsylvania senate judiciary committee about corruption at the state prison. The prisoners testified that prison officials accepted bribes typically between $100 and $300 to expunge …
Charging for Medication May Violate Eighth Amendment by A federal district court in Indiana has held that requiring prisoners to pay for medication when they are able to does not violate the eighth amendment. However, prison officials' refusal to provide over the counter medication to indigent prisoners with serious medical …
Article • December 15, 1995 • from PLN December, 1995
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by Venezuela: On September 22, 1995, police entered the Catia prison in Caracas to search for weapons and drugs when prisoners shot at them. In a five hour riot four prisoners were killed and 26 people injured, including a guard and a policeman. Hundreds of soldiers stormed …
Jail Detainee Entitled to Law Library Access by A district court in Texas has held that jail prisoners have a right to law library access in order to defend against lawsuits in which they are the defendant, the court also held that a "bookmobile" system of allowing prisoners to check …
Missouri Ad Seg Damages Award Upheld by The eighth circuit court of appeals has affirmed an award of money damages to Michael Weems, a Missouri state prisoner, who was denied a review hearing while in administrative segregation. The court reaffirmed that Missouri state prisoners have a due process liberty interest …
Article • December 15, 1995 • from PLN December, 1995
From the Editor by Dan Pens Welcome to another edition of PLN. We have published continuously for five and a half years now. A lot of people write and ask the same question, "Gee, how did you guys do it?" The answer is simple, hard work and persistence. It's pretty …
Brief • November 27, 1995
Filed under: Accidents
Gay v. WA DOC, WA, Judgment, McNeil Island Ferry Dock Accident, 1995 L i ,.;. ,~Jl~. -.~ j' r.. ·95 NOV -6 A9 :46 1 .. 2 J .: -I \ '... .: \ ' I ' " 'i .... ,"' .( . .' f • II. • ) I …
Alaska Prisoners in Exile by Anthony Brown I would like to respond to a News in Brief segment of your February 1995 issue of PLN concerning the shipment of Alaska state prisoners to the Penal Detention Center [a private prison operated by the Corrections Corporation of America] in Florence, AZ, …
WSR Prisoner Murdered by Neglect by On December 12, 1994, Stanley Watson died of a heart attack at the Washington State Reformatory (WSR) in Monroe, WA. While heart attacks do happen and can be fatal Watson's death could have been easily prevented, so easily that his death amounts to negligent …
Time Barred Dismissal Reversed by The court of appeals for the tenth circuit has held that a district court erred when it dismissed a prisoner's suit as being time barred when it was not clear from the face of the complaint if the applicable time limits had been tolled. David …
Lethal Gas Execution Cruel and Unusual by Dale Gardner Derek Humphry, President of the Hemlock Society, and Judge Marilyn Hall Patel have differing views on the virtues of inhaling lethal gas. Humphry, in his how-to-suicide-it manual Final Exit, recommends the use of potassium cyanide as a quick and "humane", although …
Article • November 15, 1995 • from PLN November, 1995
CA Prisoners Riot by On July 7, 1995, more than 250 prisoners at the Sierra Conservation Center (SCC), near Jamestown, CA, engaged in a brawl and riot at the 5,900 bed minimum security prison. The fight took place in the yard and housing units between white and Latino prisoners and …
Article • November 15, 1995 • from PLN November, 1995
Standard for Gender Discrimination Clarified by The court of appeals for the eighth circuit has held that heightened judicial scrutiny may be appropriate in equal protection claims brought by female prisoners. This ruling will be of special interest to female prisoners. Women prisoners in Iowa filed a class action suit …
Article • November 15, 1995 • from PLN November, 1995
Detainees Entitled to Hygiene Items by A district court in Illinois has held that pretrial detainees are entitled to clean linen and clothes on a regular basis as well as adequate ventilation, medical treatment and food. The court begins its ruling with a quote by Dr. Karl Menninger who described …
Article • November 15, 1995 • from PLN November, 1995
IN Passes Excrement Law by Senate Enrolled Act #56, which went into effect on July 1, 1995, added a new section to the Indiana Criminal Code which makes it a crime to "knowingly or intentionally in a rude, insolent, or angry manner place blood or another body fluid or waste …
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