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Prisoners Have Right to Prompt Sentence Computation by David Plumb is an Oregon state prisoner. He filed suit under § 1983 claiming that his right to due process under the fourteenth amendment and his right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment under the eighth amendment were violated by …
$153,400 Awarded to Estate for Stabbing Death by $153,400 Awarded To Estate for Stabbing Death An Ohio state prisoner was stabbed to death in a prison kitchen by another prisoner. The victim's estate sued the Ohio DOC claiming that because of inadequate security procedures with regards to kitchen knives and …
Article • October 15, 1994 • from PLN October, 1994
No Immunity for Delay of Medical Care by Willie Harris was a pretrial detainee in the Coweta County, Georgia, jail. When he was arrested his hand was injured by tight handcuffs. Upon arrival at the jail, on September 6, 1990, he requested treatment for the injury. He was seen by …
Correct Jury Instructions Needed for Beating Trial by Keith Howard is a Missouri state prisoner. Upon returning to the prison after an outside medical visit, Howard was ordered to strip for a search. He refused and was thrown to the floor by several guards, hand-cuffed, forcibly stripped and taken to …
Article • October 15, 1994 • from PLN October, 1994
Bias in Military Death Penalty by The Vol. 5, No. 6, issue of PLN reported on studies showing the new federal death penalty was racially biased. A recent report issued by the Death Penalty Information Center notes that of the six men (three soldiers, two marines and an airman) awaiting …
MO Court's HIV Disclosure Rule Struck Down by Judges in Cole County, Missouri enacted a local court rule requiring that jail officials inform them, in camera, whether a prisoner scheduled for a court appearance had an infectious disease or carried the HIV virus believed to cause AIDS. The purported reason …
Article • October 15, 1994 • from PLN October, 1994
German Court Legalizes Soft Drugs by On April 28, 1994, the Federal Constitutional Court, Germany's highest court, ruled that possession of small quantities of hashish and marijuana should no longer be the subject of criminal penalties. The ruling came as the court affirmed the 1992 lower court ruling by Lubeck …
Article • October 15, 1994 • from PLN October, 1994
$1 Million for Boiling Prisoner by Vaughn Dortch is a California prisoner held at the Pelican Bay prison control unit. After suffering mental deterioration Dortch covered himself in fecal matter. The administration ordered guards to wash it off and the guards took Dortch to the prison infirmary where they placed …
Seg Prisoner Entitled to Competent Hearing Help by Kenney Nix is a South Carolina prisoner. He was charged with violations of prison rules, placed in administrative segregation and found guilty of the charges at a disciplinary hearing. Prior to the hearing, Nix was assigned a staff member to assist him …
Article • October 15, 1994 • from PLN October, 1994
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Reviews
Reviews by AntiShyster is a bi-monthly 48 page magazine "dedicated to raising hell for lawyers." It presents a critical examination of the American legal system, both civil and criminal. Recent articles have included non-lawyers running for judicial offices, tax laws, listing of public corruption cases by the office holder convicted, …
Article • October 15, 1994 • from PLN October, 1994
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by WA: In May, 1994, three former prisoners and two staff members of the Snohomish county jail filed suit in US District Court in Seattle claiming that they contracted tuberculosis at the jail due to its lax testing and screening policies. The plaintiffs' attorney, Ted Spearman, stated …
Article • October 15, 1994 • from PLN October, 1994
From The Editor by Dan Pens From the Editor by Dan Pens Greetings to PLN readers from the new co-editor. I have worked with Ed and Paul since nearly the very beginning, helping to type articles, writing, editing, and proof reading (an odious chore). I originally came on board when …
Article • October 15, 1994 • from PLN October, 1994
Swedish Prisoners Mutiny by On July 23, 1994, prisoners at the Tidaholm Prison, 200 miles Southwest of Stockholm, Sweden, refused to return to their cells at lock up time to protest the solitary confinement given to three prisoners after a fight earlier that day. Prison officials stated that some 115 …
Article • October 15, 1994 • from PLN October, 1994
Court Returns Fines by In 1976, prisoners of the Allegheny County Jail in Pennsylvania filed suit against their keepers over unconstitutional jail conditions. Over the next 18 years of litigation, the court imposed $2,729,300 in fines against county officials who refused to abide by court orders to alleviate overcrowding and …
New Trial Required for Improper Testimony by Michael Kemp is a Missouri state prisoner. He filed suit under § 1983 claiming that a prison guard, Antonio Balboa, had confiscated his epilepsy medication and flushed it down the toilet. This resulted in Kemp having epileptic seizures during which he injured himself. …
Publication • October 1, 1994
Filed under: Prison Life Magazine
Prison Life magazine, October 1994 I .� FORMER TOP NARC , .MIKE LEVINE: ! · -FIGHTING THE 1 'PHONY' WAR l ON DRUGS / BANNING· / BARBELLS I BEHIND BAR · --�...... ! I 1· INSIDE� I ..MEil��!I PR 1IS·OISI l YOU'RE I - SPANISH FRENCH GERMAN ITALIAN JAPANESE 30 …
Washington v. Reno, Sixth Circuit, Order, Telephone Access in Prison, 1994 35 F.3d 1093 (1994) Conchita WASHINGTON; Sunday Torres; Gloria Batton Robinson; Antoinette M. Frink; Nita Young; Patricia M. Darks; Norma Fay Cook; Angela Sanchez-Martinez; Martha Marie Preston; Titilola I. Odusanya; Alberta Anderson; Loven L. Lewis; Lori Saunders; and Reshawn …
BOP Ad Seg Rules Create Liberty Interest by Jerome Crowder is a paraplegic federal prisoner confined to a wheelchair. He filed suit against officials of the Metropolitan Corrections Center (MCC) in Chicago claiming he was placed in administrative segregation without a hearing and as a result of this he was …
Article • September 15, 1994 • from PLN September, 1994
VA "Men Only" Boot Camp Illegal by In 1990 the Virginia legislature created a Boot Camp Incarceration Program (BCIP) which became effective on January 1, 1991. Those entering the BCIP usually spend 90 days in it followed by a year's probation. Those unable to enter the program, including all women, …
Article • September 15, 1994 • from PLN September, 1994
Prison TV: Luxury or Management Tool? by Paul Wright By Paul Wright In March 1994, the Florida state legislature passed a law severely restricting how the DOC could spend prisoner welfare funds. It specifically prohibited the expenditure of welfare funds for cable television, to rent movie videos, televisions, VCRs or …
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