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Article • November 15, 1994 • from PLN November, 1994
Filed under: Money/Property, Forfeiture
Asset Forfeiture is Dysfunctional Policy by Two sociologists received the l994 Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Award for their undercover study and critical analysis of asset forfeiture's impact on police procedure. Drug Enforcement 's Double-Edged Sword: An Assessment of Asset Forfeiture Programs, by Mitchell Miller, Tennessee State University, and Lance …
Article • November 15, 1994 • from PLN November, 1994
Cooling Towers Spread Legionnaire's by The Federal Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has issued a report stating that cooling towers holding contaminated community water can lead to serious outbreaks of Legionnaire's disease, a pneumonia like illness that can be fatal. The bacteria causing the disease are spread by water or …
Article • November 15, 1994 • from PLN November, 1994
Filed under: Media, Access to Media
Committing Journalism - The Prison Writings of Red Hog (Book Review) by Bill Jeffcott By Dannie M. Martin & Peter Y. Sussman Review by Bill Jeffcott "I committed bank robbery and they put me in prison, and that was right. Then I committed journalism and they put me in the …
Article • November 15, 1994 • from PLN November, 1994
Overcrowding Leads to Pneumonia by On September 8, 1994, the New England Journal of Medicine published the report of an investigation conducted by the U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention into the outbreak of a deadly form of pneumonia in the Harris County (Houston) jail in Texas in …
RFRA Must Be Argued on Merits by Prisoners at the Nebraska State Penitentiary filed suit under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) 42 U.S.C. § 2000bb claiming that prison officials had violated their right to practice their religion. The prisoners are adherents to Asatru, an Icelandic term for the ancient …
BOP Phone Litigation Update by In the March, 1994, issue of PLN we reported on Washington et al. v. Reno, et al., a lawsuit filed by women prisoners at FCI Lexington challenging the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) newly implemented Inmate Telephone System (ITS). [Editor's Note: For a full account …
Article • November 15, 1994 • from PLN November, 1994
MI Parole Consent Decree Vacated by In 1977 Michigan state prisoners filed a class action suit challenging the procedures by which they were granted or denied parole. In 1981 the US district court in Michigan entered a consent decree settling a lawsuit between the Michigan state Parole Board and Michigan …
Article • November 15, 1994 • from PLN November, 1994
Filed under: Work, Prison Labor
Detainees Can't Be Forced to Work by Dickie Cokeley is an Arkansas state prisoner. While confined in the Arkansas DOC his criminal conviction was reversed by a federal court. Upon reversal of his conviction Cokeley asked prison officials to place him on an unassigned work status. They refused to do …
Article • November 15, 1994 • from PLN November, 1994
Killer Workplace by On June 15, 1994, a conference on workplace violence was held at Boeing's Renton campus near Seattle, WA. The topic was growing workplace violence, defined as workers striking out rather than companies maiming, poisoning, exploiting workers and the community. According to Dr. Kevin Flynn, a consultant to …
Article • November 15, 1994 • from PLN November, 1994
WA Digital Probe Suits Barred by In 1984 the Washington state DOC opened two control units and initiated a policy whereby all prisoners transferred to the Intensive Management Units (IMU) were subjected to a digital rectal probe, or digital rape, upon entry. The "searches" were conducted on a blanket basis …
Article • November 15, 1994 • from PLN November, 1994
Refusal to Help Prisoner Eat Illegal by A Wisconsin state prisoner suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, had difficulty eating due to weakness in his arms, hands, jaw, facial and throat muscles used in eating due to the disease's progression. Part of the treatment …
Admin Reversal Doesn't Affect Disciplinary Hearing Suit by Robert Walker is a New York state prisoner. During a search of Walker's cell prison guards found a knife and excess bedding and infracted him for their possession. At his disciplinary hearing Walker pleaded not guilty and maintained the knife and bedding …
Article • November 15, 1994 • from PLN November, 1994
The London Hanged: Crime and Civil Society in the 18th Century (Book Review) by Sandy Judd by Peter Linebaugh (Cambridge University Press, 1992) Review by Sandy Judd A title like The London Hanged might make a person think this is another book about death--an 18th century version of those true …
Brief • November 6, 1994
Filed under: Accidents
Gay v. WA DOC, WA, Release, McNeil Island Ferry Dock Accident, 1994 - RI " iANAGt.i"1t.h "95 NOV -6 A9 :47 RELEASE (TORT) FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION of the sum of Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000.00), Marion Avon Gay and Fernie Wayne Gay, their heirs, assigns, or other successors in interest, …
Brief • November 4, 1994
Earles v. WA DOC, WA, Settlement, Workplace Harassment, 1994 RECEIVED iORTS l''''/I SION •911NOll ~ Ar110 y~ 1 2 I SUPERIOR coa"R=i'~OF':WASHINarCSN FOR COUNTY OF MASON OFFICE. SEATTLE ) ONNY EARLES. 3 4 Plaintiff, vs. 5 6 7 8 9 10 1~ 12 TATE OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT F CORRECTIONS, KURT …
Brief • October 31, 1994
Filed under: Retaliatory Transfers
Wright v. Rebeiro, WA, 3rd Report and Recommendation, Retaliatory Transfer, 1994 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 5 6 7 PAUL A. WRIGHT, Plaintiff, 8 v. 9 10 VERONICA REBEIRO, et al., Defendants. 11 12 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) …
Brief • October 27, 1994
Horton v. Williams, WA, Memo Supporting Motion for Preliminary Injunction, Juvenile Pepper Spray, 1994 ·: ',:,·" l - ·, ., .•,; THE HONORABLE ROBERT J. BRYAN 1 2 ·-~.•-Hurn ·---- LODGY'.ti 3 * 4 ~"'"'=-~-·~N'ftllEO ---RECEIVED OCT 2 '71994 * ScAf ILi:: CLERK U.S. DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTf11CT OF WASHINGTON …
Horton v. Williams, WA, Declaration of Michael A. Milan, Use of Pepper Spray in Juvenille Detention Facility, 1994 THE HONORABLE ROBERT J. BRYAN UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA JAMES HORTON, et al., on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, No. C94-5428 RJB …
Brief • October 24, 1994
Horton v. Williams, WA, Declarations, Youth Pepper Spray, 1994 THE HONORABLE ROBERT J. BRYAN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 8 9 10 11 12 JAMES HORTON, et al., on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, 13 …
Ad-Seg Placement Without Hearing Illegal by Huey Wright is a New York state prisoner. In 1983 Wright was attacked in his cell by two other prisoners and placed in segregation on disciplinary charges. Three days later the disciplinary charges were dismissed by a hearing officer but Wright was retained in …
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