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"Free to Shut Up" - Article about parole restrictions imposed on PLN co-founder Ed Mead
In-the-News Article • August 1, 1994
"Free to Shut Up" - Article about parole restrictions imposed on PLN co-founder Ed Mead Aug. 1, 1994 Articles about PLN The Progressive "Free to Shut Up" - Article about parole restrictions imposed on PLN co-founder Ed Mead - The Progressive 1994 The Progressive August, 1994 Free to shut up; …
Carruthers v. Cochran, FL, Consent Decree, Broward County Jail Conditions, 1994
Brief • July 27, 1994
Filed under: Totality of Conditions, Eighth Amendment
Carruthers v. Cochran, FL, Consent Decree, Broward County Jail Conditions, 1994 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA OLLIE CARRUTHERS, et aJ., Plaintiffs, Case No. 76-CIV-WMH vs. RON COCHRAN, as Sheriff of Broward County, GERALD F. THOMPSON, SYLVIA POITlER, JOhN P. HART, SCOTT I. COW AN, LORI N. PARRISH, …
Volstead v. Frost, WA, Amended Complaint, Mail Rejection, 1994
Brief • July 25, 1994
Filed under: Mail, Mail Regulations
Volstead v. Frost, WA, Amended Complaint, Mail Rejection, 1994 flli!O IN Tl-lE U.S. DISTRICT COURT EASTeRN 01$11111:" OF WK.HIN\;TON RECC:IV ED JUL 2 1 1994 ~, - r ... , JAMES R. LAASEN. CLERK _ _ _ _ _ OEPUrt 'J .' • z,...,.. . ,J.' 'i'.f..C" ( .~I",'I q …
Court is Ultimate Arbiter of Consent Decree
Article • July 15, 1994 • from PLN July, 1994
Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Totality of Conditions, Consent Decrees
Court is Ultimate Arbiter of Consent Decree by In 1984 the United States government and the state of Michigan entered into a consent decree which required improvements in Michigan penal facilities so that they would comport with minimal constitutional standards. After several years of improvements and monitoring the parties filed …
Administrative Exhaustion May Be Required
Article • July 15, 1994 • from PLN July, 1994
Filed under: Racial Discrimination, Civil Procedure, Administrative Exhaustion
Administrative Exhaustion May Be Required by Leopold Pedraza is a Texas state prisoner. He filed suit under § 1983 claiming prison officials harassed him because of his race, national origin and prior litigation. At no time did Pedraza file grievances or complaints with prison officials concerning his allegations. A magistrate …
NM Visitors May Refuse Searches
Article • July 15, 1994 • from PLN July, 1994
Filed under: Searches, Strip Searches, Visitor Searches
NM Visitors May Refuse Searches by Diane Castro is married to a New Mexico state prisoner. Prison officials received an anonymous telephone call stating that Castro was smuggling drugs to her husband at the Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility (SNMCF). Upon her next visit Castro was taken to a conference …
CO Ad Seg Rules Don't Create Liberty Interest
Article • July 15, 1994 • from PLN July, 1994
Filed under: Disciplinary Hearings, Liberty Interests, Ad-Seg Hearings
CO Ad Seg Rules Don't Create Liberty Interest by Vernon Templeman is a Colorado state prisoner. After spending seven years in administrative segregation (ad seg) he was placed in a maximum security general population. A year later he was again placed in ad seg. Despite requesting a three member panel, …
Prisoners Have Right to Jury from Community
Article • July 15, 1994 • from PLN July, 1994
Filed under: Racial Discrimination, Sanitation, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Juries, Federal Statutory Law, Jury Service and Selection Act
Prisoners Have Right to Jury from Community by Emmanuel Mitchell is a Tennessee state prisoner. He sued prison officials claiming excessive use of force and placement in an unsanitary cell. After a jury trial judgment was entered in favor of prison officials, Mitchell filed a motion for a new trial …
Shackling States Claim
Article • July 15, 1994 • from PLN July, 1994
Filed under: Appointment of Counsel, Excessive Force, Restraints, Discovery, Supervisory Liability
Shackling States Claim by Jerome Williams is a Michigan state prisoner. After damaging the toilet in his cell, Williams was removed from his cell and placed in restraints where he was fully restrained by chains and shackled to his bed; where he remained for 73 hours. He was allowed to …
FL DOC to Deport Aliens
Article • July 15, 1994 • from PLN July, 1994
Filed under: International, Immigration
FL DOC to Deport Aliens by Florida Governor Lawton Chiles announced on March 17, 1994, that he hopes to persuade federal immigration officials to let the state release foreign felons convicted of nonviolent crimes and then ship them home. The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) has identified 2,700 Florida state …
Delay in Treatment States Claim
Article • July 15, 1994 • from PLN July, 1994
Filed under: Medical, Medical Expenses, Surgery, Hernias, Damages, Qualified Immunity
Delay in Treatment States Claim by Dean Delker is an Oregon state prisoner. He filed suit under § 1983 seeking injunctive and monetary relief from prison officials who refused to authorize surgery to treat his inguinal hernia (this is a hole in the abdominal wall where the intestine pokes through; …
Prisoner Dies at Purdy
Article • July 15, 1994 • from PLN July, 1994
Filed under: Gender Discrimination -- Women, Medical, Systemic Medical Neglect, Gastrointestinal, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
Prisoner Dies at Purdy by In the April, 1994, issue of PLN we reported Hallett v. Payne, a class action suit filed by prisoners at the Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW) at Purdy. The suit contends medical care is wholly inadequate to meet the medical needs of prisoners. On …
Photos Unlawful
Article • July 15, 1994 • from PLN July, 1994
Filed under: Injury -- Misc., Searches, Photographing, Qualified Immunity
Photos Unlawful by Scott Lattany was a federal pretrial detainee representing himself pro se on criminal charges in Philadelphia. Lattany was taken from his cell to the jail parking lot where he and other prisoners were photographed by U.S. Marshalls. Lattany protested the picture taking as illegal and racist, one …
Texas Prison Reform Suit May Reopen
Article • July 15, 1994 • from PLN July, 1994
Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Eighth Amendment, Consent Decrees
Texas Prison Reform Suit May Reopen by Tim Queen In 1972, a Texas state prisoner, David Ruiz, filed a lawsuit in Federal Court alleging many conditions in the Texas prison system violated the constitutional rights of those incarcerated. The suit was consolidated with other Texas prisoners' complaints and certified as …
Filthy Cell Standards Clarified
Article • July 15, 1994 • from PLN July, 1994
Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Eighth Amendment, Sanitation, Damages
Filthy Cell Standards Clarified by Two Nebraska jail prisoners, one convicted of a crime, one not yet convicted were moved into a jail cell containing a "toilet... covered with dried feces on both the inside and outside, the sink was covered with hair and vomit, the floor was covered with …
Change in Parole Hearings Violates Ex Post Facto
Article • July 15, 1994 • from PLN July, 1994
Filed under: Sentencing, Ex Post Facto, Parole
Change in Parole Hearings Violates Ex Post Facto by PLN readers may recall that in the December, 1993, issue we reported on the conflict within the ninth circuit on whether changing the frequency of parole board hearings violates the Ex Post Facto provisions of the constitution. In Powell v. Ducharme, …
No Right to Self-Defense in Prison
Article • July 15, 1994 • from PLN July, 1994
Filed under: Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, Disciplinary Hearings, Liberty Interests, Legality of Rules, Sanctions (Disciplinary Hearings), Failure to Protect (General)
No Right to Self-Defense in Prison by John Rowe is an Indiana state prisoner. A prisoner named Michael Evans was moved into a cell next to Rowe and Rowe complained to staff, who did nothing. Evans sent Rowe a note demanding sexual favors. The next morning Evans entered Rowe's cell …
Urinalysis is Search
Article • July 15, 1994 • from PLN July, 1994
Filed under: Disciplinary Hearings, Self Incrimination, Drug Testing
Urinalysis is Search by Anthony Lucero is a Colorado state prisoner. He refused prison official's order to submit a urine sample for urinalysis testing and was infracted, found guilty and punished for refusing to obey an order. Lucero filed suit under § 1983 claiming that the urinalysis violated his rights …
RFRA Has Retroactive Application
Article • July 15, 1994 • from PLN July, 1994
Filed under: Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Mail, Mail Regulations, Due Process, Religious Property
RFRA Has Retroactive Application by Adherents of the Hebrew Israelite faith challenged Florida prison regulations which forbade their receipt of Hebrew Israelite literature. A class action suit challenging the censorship culminated with a victory for the prisoners at 641 F. Supp 312 in 1986. The court of appeals for the …
Transport of Prison Made Goods Illegal
Article • July 15, 1994 • from PLN July, 1994
Filed under: Prison Industries, Federal Statutory Law, Ashurst Summers Act
Transport of Prison Made Goods Illegal by Preston Glove Company is a Mississippi textile manufacturer who entered into a contract with Magnolia State Enterprises, a quasi governmental business incorporated pursuant to the Mississippi Prison Industries Act of 1990, for the use of prison laborers and Magnolia facilities. Under the contract …
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