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Article • December 15, 1993 • from PLN December, 1993
Riot Hits FCI Sheridan by On Sep. 2, 1993, a riot broke out at the overcrowded FCI in Sheridan, OR. According to a report in The Columbian , of Sep. 3, 1993, an office building at the four year old medium security prison was burned to the ground after 20 …
A Bunch of Scumbags by Adrian Lomax By Adrian Lomax Awhile back a friend wrote in her letter to me that, as she was writing, her son walked into the room and asked what she was doing. Upon hearing her answer, the son said, "Those guys in prison are a …
Prosecutorial Liability Explained by Stephen Buckley sought damages, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, from prosecutors for fabricating evidence during the preliminary investigation of a highly publicized rape and murder case in Illinois, and form making false statements as a press conference announcing the return of an indictment against him. He …
Article • December 15, 1993 • from PLN December, 1993
Filed under: Medical, Tuberculosis
TB Test Info Needed by Milton Pacheco I am presently seeking information from Muslims (prisoners and civilians), who oppose taking the TB skin test on religious grounds because it violates their Islamic beliefs by having the serum injected into the skin. I am seeking affidavits, articles, legal articles (either American …
Article • December 15, 1993 • from PLN December, 1993
Corruption at McNeil Island by On October 4, 1993, they locked down all the outside shops here at McNeil Island. There has been a three month investigation into the activities of the crew bosses who headed the motor pool, plumbing shop and auto body repair shop. Last thursday the cops …
Article • December 15, 1993 • from PLN December, 1993
Nearly Third of All Prison Deaths Due to AIDS by More than half the prison inmates nationwide who died from AIDS in 1991 were in New York and New Jersey, where widespread drug abuse has caused much of the disease's spread, a government study said. Two thirds of the prisoner …
Article • December 15, 1993 • from PLN December, 1993
Family Visiting Info Wanted by John Perotti Policies, analytical charts and studies and any documentary evidence on family visiting programs (also known as trailer visits, extended family visiting, etc.) and their beneficial qualities are needed in an effort to implement such a program in Ohio. Any documentation, articles, etc., that …
Article • December 15, 1993 • from PLN December, 1993
Washington Civil Commitment Law Upheld by The Washington State "Civil Commitment" law was upheld by the Washington Supreme Court In Re Young, Wash Sup. Ct, No. 578637-1, 8/9/93. In this case, the sexually violent predator provisions of the 1990 Community Protection Act, RCW 71.09, are challenged by two people who …
Irish POWs Battle Extradition by Paul Wright By Paul Wright For several hundred years the Irish people have battled the English occupation of their country. In more recent years the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) and Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) have continued this tradition of struggle by militarily engaging …
Article • December 15, 1993 • from PLN December, 1993
Christopher "Naeem" Trotter Needs Support Against Injustice! by Christopher "Naeem" Trotter is incarcerated at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City. Christopher is a young man, 30 years old from a working class Black family. Chris is serving a 142 year sentence as a result of his participation in the …
Article • December 15, 1993 • from PLN December, 1993
Threat States 8th Amendment Claim by Lloyd Smith is a Texas state prisoner. While working in the prison kitchen Smith witnessed a prison guard, Raymond Aldingers, order another prisoner to hold out his hand, which Aldingers then proceeded to cut open with a kitchen knife. Aldingers then turned to Smith …
Damages Awarded to Paraplegic Prisoner by Robert Hicks was a pretrial detainee in the Jefferson County jail in Kentucky. He attempted to escape by climbing out of a window, his rope broke and he was severely injured in the resulting fall. After a stay in the local hospital he was …
Article • December 15, 1993 • from PLN December, 1993
Qualified Immunity for Black Box by Paul Knox is an Illinois state prisoner. After prison officials discovered four knives in his cell, Knox was infracted, found guilty and placed in segregation. Pursuant to prison policy, every time Knox left the segregation unit, to receive visitors, go to the hospital or …
Article • December 15, 1993 • from PLN December, 1993
BOP Must Disclose Medical Records by Eduardo Benavides is a federal prisoner who sought to review his medical prison records. The BOP release 56 pages of his medical file to him but withheld 66 pages, including those containing the evaluations and opinions of Benavides treating physicians. Benavides filed suit under …
Article • December 15, 1993 • from PLN December, 1993
Bullet Smuggling Guard Sentenced by Former Southern Ohio Correctional Facility (SOCF) guard Robbie Stringer, was sentenced to two years in prison and a $5,000.00 fine for smuggling seven bullets into the prison in a bag of corn chips. The sentence imposed by Judge Everett Burton was the maximum allowed by …
Article • December 15, 1993 • from PLN December, 1993
Segregation of HIV+ Prisoners Upheld, Again by James Camarillo was an HIV positive California state prisoner. He has since been released on parole. While in custody of the California DOC he was transferred to a housing unit of HIV+ prisoners. Camarillo filed suit under § 1983 claiming that the transfer …
Article • December 15, 1993 • from PLN December, 1993
No Witnesses for IFP Litigant by Apro se civil litigant was prosecuting a § 1983 civil rights complaint in forma pauperis . The plaintiff was a prisoner and suit was filed against two guards for use of excessive force. After a bench trial, the U.S. district court entered a judgment …
Article • December 15, 1993 • from PLN December, 1993
Prison Medical Treatment Law Explained by APennsylvania state prisoner brought a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint against a prison doctor and hospital administrator, alleging that the medical treatment provided to him violated the eighth amendment to the U.S. constitution. The defendant hospital workers moved to dismiss the complaint pursuant to …
Article • December 15, 1993 • from PLN December, 1993
Lead Poisoning by Ronald Wren by Ronald Ronniel Wren There is no proper way to explain how vital "lead poisoning" is without causing alarm. I am writing this in the hopes that prisoner advocates will step forward and explore the lead poisoning problem in the institutions in which they are …
Retaliation for Legal Action States Claim by Eric Schroeder is a Hawaii state prisoner. While at a minimum security prison he was assigned to a work crew under the supervision of a guard he had previously sued. Schroeder claims that the guard threatened him, used anti-semitic slurs and falsely infracted …
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