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Article • December 15, 1993 • from PLN December, 1993
Filed under: Sentencing, Parole
A Call for an Investigation of the U.S. Parole Commission by Elton Winchester By Elton R. Winchester #31778-138, Leavenworth The Sentencing Reform Act (SRA) that went into effect in Novermber of 1987, abolished parole and the U.S. Parole Commission (USPC). Section 235(b)(3) of the SRA required the USPC to hear …
Article • December 15, 1993 • from PLN December, 1993
From The Editor by Paul Wright From the Editor Welcome to another issue of PLN . The big news at this point is that Ed was recently paroled from the Washington DOC to a federal detainer and from there released by the feds. When we started PLN back in 1990 …
Cop's Perjury Conviction Upheld by Normally PLN does not report on criminal cases but we thought this one might interest our readers. R.B. Springer was a Houston policeman. A Texas grand jury questioned him about numerous complaints of brutality and choking of prisoners and suspects. Springer denied any knowledge or …
Brief • December 14, 1993
Hemphill v. Kincheloe, WA, Order, TRO Costs From Prisoners, 1993 . FAX NO. 6197765813 .-f)~C-14-93.JUg. 13.:}6 _''- HI aJRJRJ. ~qu~U- D~RT I ~ ~ ~ DEC 14 1993 1 -------~ s , • 7 WITBD ITATI. DIIDIC! :JUT" 'laift~iff II DI.'1'U~ Olf ~ WUJaNGTOlf IUD!Pnu., . DOHA%ab D. I 10 …
Brief • December 9, 1993
Watters v. State of Washington, WA, Judgment, Parole Rape, 1993 . ( , . ~. ;;, ....... •. , T' , ~J- 1 2 3 " 4 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR COUNTY OF THURSTON 6 MELANIE W. WATTERS, ) ) ) 7 Plaintiff, 8 ) ) ) VS. …
Brief • December 8, 1993
Irby v. State of Washington, WA, Complaint, Fall in Shower Accident, 1994 1 2 lR? § @@;U\Y1@;1DJ 3 . DEC f 3 1993 4 ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE TORT DIV. - OLY. 5 6 7 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE CO~~Y OF KING …
Brief • November 30, 1993
McBride v. State of Washington, WA, Complaint for Damages, Probationer Rape, 1993 ·!~~~pax,r ~§@§D\Yl~[OJ NOV 3 01993 DEC -' 6 1993 2 C~shi{).r SectJC11 StJperlCr Ccurt Cisr'~ ATIORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE TORT DIV. - OLY. 3 4 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON FOR KING COUNTY 5 6 ) ) …
Article • November 15, 1993 • from PLN November, 1993
Standard for Modifying Consent Decrees Explained by Standard For Modifying Consent Decrees Explained In 1976 prisoners in the Hamilton County, OH, jail filed suit challenging their conditions of confinement. The parties entered into a consent decree which settled all claims. Within five weeks of the decree's entry, in 1985, the …
Article • November 15, 1993 • from PLN November, 1993
No Right to Forfeit Goodtime by Helen Woodson was a federal prisoner serving twelve years on four counts of destroying government property arising out of protests at ICBM missile sites. She is a member of the Plowshares, a Christian group that takes literally the bible's command to beat swords into …
Article • November 15, 1993 • from PLN November, 1993
Statement of Claim Must Rely Solely on Complaint by Scott Swoboda was a jail detainee in Doniphan County, Kansas. He filed suit under § 1983 over numerous conditions of confinement at the county jail. The district court dismissed the suit pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.12(b)(6), concluding that the lawsuit failed to state …
Article • November 15, 1993 • from PLN November, 1993
WI Ad Seg Rules Don't Create Liberty Interest by Wisconsin regulations governing the transfer of state prisoners to "temporary lockup" status do not create a protected liberty interest under the fourteenth amendment due process clause, a majority of the Wisconsin supreme court ruled June 3, 1993. The majority agreed with …
Article • November 15, 1993 • from PLN November, 1993
Chain of Custody on Urine Sample by Federal courts in New York have held that due process requires a prison disciplinary body to establish a reasonably reliable chain of custody as a foundation for introducing the results of urinalysis tests into evidence at prison disciplinary hearings. This chain of custody …
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 for making false statements at a press conference announcing the return of an indictment against him. He …
Stop the Forced Psychiatric Treatment of Georges Cipriani by Stop the Forced Psychiatric Treatment of Georges Cipriani! Georges Cipriani was captured in February, 1987 together with three other militants of Action Directe in France. The French government charged them with several armed actions against the military industrial complex and NATO. …
Section 1983 Not Estopped by State Court Ruling by Santiago Ramirez is a New York state prisoner. An informant told a prison sergeant that Ramirez had a shank concealed in his cell. Acting on this information Ramirez's cell was searched and a shank was found. Ramirez was infracted and at …
Article • November 15, 1993 • from PLN November, 1993
Pages from a Jailhouse Journal by Nick DiSpoldo By Nick DiSpoldo The present Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice William Rehnquist, has modified nearly all of the rights granted prisoners under the Warren court (1953 -- 69). Mr. Rehnquist, whom I suspect serves as technical advisor for television's Night Court …
Florida Conditions Victory Reversed by This 42 U.S.C. § 1983 case was initiated by ten present and former prisoners at Glades Correctional Institution (GCI) in Florida. They sought money damages and injunctive relief for cruel and unusual punishment and other unconstitutional conditions of confinement. The district court held a trial …
Article • November 15, 1993 • from PLN November, 1993
Republicans Introduce Crime Bill by Paul Wright By Paul Wright In last month's issue of PLN , I reported on President Clinton's crime bill, which he unveiled at an August 11, 1993, press conference. It turns out that a week before this, with considerably less fanfare, Senate Minority Leader Robert …
Article • November 15, 1993 • from PLN November, 1993
700 Moroccan Prisoners Escape by Close to 700 Prisoners of the Utita prison, about 60 miles east of the Moroccan capital of Rabat, escaped on May 22, 1993. The escape took place after the prisoners rioted and burned down virtually the entire prison. The 1,600 prisoners rioted when one of …
Article • November 15, 1993 • from PLN November, 1993
Filed under: Organizing
Report from the Hole by Adrian Lomax Report From The Hole By Adrian Lomax The guard stood in the middle of the seg unit, counting, 26 of the 40 cells had the 3x12 inch Plexiglas windows in the cell doors covered with paper form the inside. The 5:00 PM count …
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