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Article • November 15, 1993 • from PLN November, 1993
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Crime
The Politics of Imprisonment by Ed Mead By Ed Mead Peoples' fear of being victimized by crime has steadily risen over the past couple of decades. This has been particularly true for women, the elderly, and minority communities. While there has always been a substantial amount of crime in the …
Chained Detainee Wins Restraint Case by At the Madison County Jail in Indiana a pre-trial detainee named Jones became despondent and tried to hang himself, after learning that his four months pregnant girlfriend had taken a job as an exotic "topless" dancer. Jail officials busted Jones and moved him to …
Biased Hearing Officer Violates Due Process by Biased hearing Officer Violates Due Process Robert Ramirez is a federal prisoner. He had been imprisoned at the US penitentiary in Marion, IL, and had gone through that prison's transfer process and was moved to Leavenworth. While at Leavenworth Ramirez was infracted for …
Article • November 15, 1993 • from PLN November, 1993
Brazil's Final Solution to the Crime Problem by The American media has recently reported on the massacre of street children in Brazil by policemen paid by merchants to "get rid of" their crime problem. Due to massive poverty there are hundreds of thousands of homeless children in Brazil who survive …
Lack of Shower/Bathroom Curtains Violate Privacy by Douglas Arey is a Maryland State prisoner. While at a recently built pre release center he complained that the lack of shower curtains and bathroom partitions, which allowed female guards to observe his genitals, violated his right to privacy. Prison officials took no …
Article • November 15, 1993 • from PLN November, 1993
Seg Prisoners Entitled to Congregate for Religious Services by Richard Salahuddin was a Muslim New York State prisoner. In 1985 he was transferred to the Sullivan Correctional Facility (SCF), which was still under construction. At the time of his transfer and during his stay at SCF he was on "keeplock" …
Article • November 15, 1993 • from PLN November, 1993
Political Prisoner Information Wanted by We are an autonomist collective in Spain. Right now we are working on releasing a compilation tape of music to help fund the distribution of a booklet on political prisoners. We would like to receive as much information as possible from political prisoners and groups …
Article • November 15, 1993 • from PLN November, 1993
Editorial by Ed Mead Editorial Comments By Ed Mead Welcome to another issue of Prison Legal News . This month I want to bring you up-to-date on how we have been doing with our efforts to increase our subscriber base and the number of paying readers. Since last May, every …
Litigation and Service Protected by First Amendment by Eric Schroeder is a Hawaii State prisoner. While working in the prison law library he assisted other prisoners with their legal problems. Another prisoner asked Schroeder to serve Tranquillino Mabellos, a staff education specialist at the prison, with a summons and complaint …
Article • November 15, 1993 • from PLN November, 1993
Well Established Right to Release From Control Unit by Well Established Right To Release From Control Unit Harvey hall is a Missouri State prisoner. While in protective custody at the Missouri State penitentiary (MSP) Hall was found in possession of contraband and placed in the Special Management Facility (SMF). After …
Evidence Must Support Disciplinary Charge by Lloyd Brown is a District of Columbia prisoner held at the Lorton prison in Virginia. Brown was infracted for throwing a fermented solution of milk, feces and urine in a guard's face. He was charged with assault and destruction of property, and three other …
Article • October 15, 1993 • from PLN October, 1993
Due Process Required Before Hole Time by Acounty jail prisoner in Lubbock, Texas, filed a civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against his captors. He alleged jailers violated his right to due process by placing him in lockdown without a hearing. The prisoner's crime was to ignore …
Article • October 15, 1993 • from PLN October, 1993
Professionalism at Purdy Women's Prison by Vicki McLemore By V.M . Being incarcerated here at the Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW) for the past few years, I have had the opportunity to observe the behavior of those designated by the state to make sure that we stay incarcerated, that …
Article • October 15, 1993 • from PLN October, 1993
Clinton Unveils "Anti-Crime" Package by Paul Wright By Paul Wright On August 11, 1993, president Clinton revealed his proposed new "anti crime" legislation. A few months ago I wrote an article in PLN concerning Clinton's campaign promises as they affected prisoners. It appears that things are worse than expected. With …
Access to Courts: Standing to Assert Right by Access To Courts: Standing To Assert Right This access to the courts case was filed by the Prisoners' Legal Association (PLA), a sanctioned organization of seven jailhouse lawyers operating inside the East Jersey State Prison. The PLA claimed they were harassed because …
Article • October 15, 1993 • from PLN October, 1993
Documents Filed When Delivered to Prison Officials by In two separate cases from the fifth and eleventh circuits, the appeals courts have adopted the Supreme Court's ruling that documents are considered filed in court when they are delivered to prison officials for mailing by pro se prisoner litigants. Lawrence Thompson …
Article • October 15, 1993 • from PLN October, 1993
Bar on Access to Court Records Struck Down by The Massachusetts legislature passed the Criminal Offender Record Information System (CORI) which changed the conditions by which the public gained access to court records in the state criminal justice system. The state courts used this law to prohibit unrestricted access to …
Article • October 15, 1993 • from PLN October, 1993
Filed under: Organizing, Crime
Families Against Mandatory Minimums by FAMM is a national, grassroots organization of the friends and family members of prisoners serving "mandatory minimum" sentences. In the 1980's, as part of the "war on drugs" the U.S. congress and many state legislatures passed laws mandating minimum sentences for many types of offenses, …
Article • October 15, 1993 • from PLN October, 1993
Some Food for Thought: Prisoners Are Not Inmates by Ojore Lutalo By Ojore Lutalo [Ed. Note: Readers will note that PLN rarely refers to prisoners as "inmates" or "residents." We usually change any such terms to "prisoners" when we reprint pieces or publish articles. Ojore, a New Afrikan political prisoner, …
Destruction of Evidence Allows Adverse Inference by Jerry McCrary-El is a Missouri state prisoner. He filed suit under § 1983 claiming that prison guards used excessive force in moving him to the back of his cell, within the prison's segregation unit, to place a cellmate in his cell. After a …
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