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Article • July 15, 1993 • from PLN July, 1993
Letter from Spain by by Pablo Serrano Zaragoza, Spain The only thing new is an important increase in the prisoner population. They are filling the prisons to the roof. They have built various new prisons that are already full. Aside from this process, which follows even greater social injustice and …
German Prison Destroyed by Many people in Germany had good reason to celebrate in March. Early on Saturday, March 27, a series of explosions destroyed most of a newly completed high-tech prison that was to be put to use in May, 1993. The prison in Weiterstadt, close to Frankfurt, took …
Equal Protection for Handicapped Explained by Wheelchair bound prisoners at the Iowa State Penitentiary (ISP) filed suit concerning denial of physical access and programming because of their disability. The parties settled most of the problems in a consent decree. The one issue not settled was prison officials' refusal to provide …
Grievance Procedure Tolls Statute of Limitations by William Gartrell is a Texas state prisoner. He filed suit under § 1983 claiming prison officials conspired to file trumped up disciplinary charges against him in retaliation for his legal activities; the disciplinary hearing and grievance procedure did not comport with due process; …
Article • July 15, 1993 • from PLN July, 1993
From The Editor by Ed Mead Paul and I have been doing the newsletter with this new 16-paged magazine format for several months now, and in that time we have managed to get a sense of what difference in cost this new printing system will make. By dividing our production …
Brief • July 12, 1993
Anderson v. Bayh, IN, Order, Request Capacity, 1993 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA SOUTH BEND DIVISION INMATES OF WESTVILLE CORRECTIONAL CENTER, ROGER W. ANDERSON, et. al-/ Plaintiffs, vs. EVAN BAYH, et. al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CAUSE NO. S 83-481 …
WA Ad Seg Rules Create Liberty Interest by Tillman Farr was a prisoner at the Washington State Penitentiary (WSP) at Walla Walla. Prison officials placed Farr in Administrative Segregation (ad seg) based on information from confidential informants which claimed Farr and others were going to assault a guard. Based on …
Article • June 15, 1993 • from PLN June, 1993
BOP Liable for Overcrowding and Opening Detainees Mail by Richard Young is a federal pretrial detainee. While awaiting trial he was housed at the US Penitentiary in Lewisburg, PA. He filed suit claiming that the conditions of confinement violated his right to be free from punishment. The conditions included being …
Article • June 15, 1993 • from PLN June, 1993
How to Defend Against a Bill of Costs by John Adams I'm a prisoner at the Washington State Penitentiary. I've filed a few lawsuits over the years against prison officials, prison employees and prison conditions with some success. Recently, I had a case dismissed on the state's motion for summary …
Judge Cannot Make Credibility Findings by Roland Pettengill is an Arkansas state prisoner. While in segregation he went to yard. Before entering the yard he alerted sergeant George Veasey that an enemy of his was in the yard. Veasey gave Pettengill the choice of going to yard with his enemy …
GRAPO Prisoners Tortured by Paul Wright All too often we hear about the physical mistreatment and abuse of prisoners, political and social. The impression we are given by the mainstream media and the governments of the western industrialized countries is that such abuses only occur in places like the Middle …
Notice of Appeal Filed When Given to Prison Officials by Samuel Hamm is a Missouri state prisoner. While employed as a prison law clerk he claims prison officials threatened and harassed him in retaliation for the performance of his duties. The defendants' conduct included threatening him with administrative segregation, infracting …
Article • June 15, 1993 • from PLN June, 1993
Prison Litigation Report Issued by The winter, 1993, issue of the ACLU's National Prison Project contains a status report of nationwide prison litigation for 1992. Forty states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands are under court order or consent decree to limit population and/or improve …
Article • June 15, 1993 • from PLN June, 1993
Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Crime
White House Pot Baron by Paul Wright By Paul Wright The March 9, 1993, edition of the Seattle Times reports that Arizona businessman Walter McCay made his fortune growing massive amounts of marijuana. What was interesting about McCay is that he is a prominent Republican businessman and banker who worked …
Article • June 15, 1993 • from PLN June, 1993
Computers and Rehabilitation by Ed Mead Taking Responsibility for the Future By Ed Mead For many years I have railed against the approach taken by the Department of Corrections (DOC) in connection with its role vis-a-vis the public's interest in being free from current levels of criminal victimization. It has …
Article • June 15, 1993 • from PLN June, 1993
Costa Rica Drops Extradition Treaty With US by On January 13, 1993, the Costa Rican Constitutional Court issued a ruling suspending application of its 1982 extradition treaty with the US because of a June, 1992, US Supreme Court ruling which authorizes the US to kidnap individuals in other countries in …
Article • June 15, 1993 • from PLN June, 1993
Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Crime
PA Prison Expansion Fails to Cut Crime by A recent report prepared for the Pennsylvania State Commission on Sentencing found that a dramatic increase in the state's prison population has not reduced violent crime. The report, Incarceration and Crime: Facing Fiscal Realities in Pennsylvania, by Penn State University Professor Darrell …
Article • June 15, 1993 • from PLN June, 1993
SOCF Chronology by Chryztof Knecht [Editor's Note: (May 1, 1993) What follows is a chronology of events as they unfolded at Lucasville, Ohio, during the April uprising at that facility. It was written by a Lucasville segregation prisoner who wasn't an actual part of the riot, but who was close …
Article • June 15, 1993 • from PLN June, 1993
No Liberty Interest in BOP Ad Seg Rules by Howard Awalt is a federal prisoner. He was placed in administrative segregation (ad seg) pursuant to 28 C.F.R. § 541.22 (a)(8) after prison officials received an anonymous note stating his life was in danger. He filed a Bivens action against prison …
Article • June 15, 1993 • from PLN June, 1993
Moorish Appeal for Your Support by Taajwar Rasheed-Bey Members of The Moorish Science Temple of America, who are incarcerated in the penal institutions in the state of Indiana, have received much opposition and are being continuously denied the right to practice our religious beliefs, to hold religious services by the …
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