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Article • November 15, 1992 • from PLN November, 1992
Muslims Entitled to Prayer Oils by Three Michigan state prisoners at the Jackson State Prison filed suit under section 1983 claiming that a policy banning all use of prayer oils to Muslim prisoners violated their first amendment rights. The district court appointed counsel to represent the prisoners. Both parties moved …
Article • November 15, 1992 • from PLN November, 1992
Resistance at Lexington by Laura Whitehorn On August 12-14, the first sustained act of resistance by women prisoners in the u.s. federal prison system in 20 years took place. On Wednesday night, August 12, there was an argument between two prisoners in the central yard area ("Central Park") at about …
Transferred Con Has Right to Books of Sending State by AUtah prisoner was subjected to what he claimed was an involuntary out-of-state transfer to an Arizona prison. The transferred prisoner filed a pro se habeas corpus petition in Superior Court of Arizona seeking, inter alia , access to legal research …
Article • November 15, 1992 • from PLN November, 1992
Gay Prisoner Entitled to Participate in Religious Services by Paul Phelps is a gay Kentucky state prisoner who sued a volunteer prison chaplain and deputy warden claiming they had violated his first amendment right to practice his religion when they refused to allow him to participate in chapel services. The …
Article • November 15, 1992 • from PLN November, 1992
Committee Formed to Defend Abimael Guzman by Abimael Guzman (also known as Chairman Gonzalo), the leader of the Communist Party of Peru, was captured by Peruvian government troops on September 14, 1992, in Lima, Peru. Mr. Guzman had been sought by government troops since 1980, when the PCP initiated the …
Expungement of Infraction Reversed by Michael Elkin is a New Jersey state prisoner. During the process of obtaining and testing a urine sample from Elkin, prison officials did not comply with the terms of a consent decree requiring urine samples to have a "continuity of evidence" attached and completed. Elkin …
Article • November 15, 1992 • from PLN November, 1992
Grievance Standards Changed by The Justice Department has modified the minimum standards for state prison inmates grievance procedures promulgated by the US Attorney General pursuant to § 7 of the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1997. The amendment is designed to clarify that the regulations do …
Article • November 15, 1992 • from PLN November, 1992
Parole Officers Can Be Sued by Stephen Mee was a Colorado parolee whose parole was revoked by Jose Ortega, his parole officer, for alleged harassment. Ortega kept Mee in jail despite being told by the local prosecutor that because no violation of criminal law had occurred, Mee could not be …
Article • November 15, 1992 • from PLN November, 1992
Status of Reformatory Crowding Litigation by Ed Mead In 1981 prisoners at the Washington State Reformatory in Monroe entered into a consent decree with the state over the issue of double celling. The original complaint, filed by Evergreen Legal Services for Reformatory prisoners back in 1978, alleged a number of …
Article • November 15, 1992 • from PLN November, 1992
Federal Prisoners Must Exhaust Habeas Before Filing Suit by Federal Prisoners must Exhaust Habeas Before Filing Suit Amilcar Marchetti is a federal prisoner who filed a Bivens civil rights suit against various state and federal law enforcement agencies and officials. He complained that his civil rights were violated by the …
Article • November 15, 1992 • from PLN November, 1992
Editorial by Ed Mead Editorial Comments by Ed Mead It's evidently necessary for us to repeat some messages every so often. Our increasing readership turnover is such that we will always have new groups of convicts to educate. And educating folks is what we're all about. Anyway, this month's "message …
Article • November 15, 1992 • from PLN November, 1992
Washington Smoking Suit Dismissed by Ronald Guilmet is a Washington state prisoner at Walla Walla. Guilmet does not smoke and a smoker was placed in his cell. Five days later Guilmet complained to the unit sergeant that cigarette smoke bothered him. About five days after this Guilmet was assigned a …
Brief • October 27, 1992
Filed under: Discrimination
Uribe v. Riveland, WA, First Amendment to Complaint, Discrimination, 1992 RECEIVED '92 OCT 27 Prl Y 17 1 ATTORNEY GENERAL OF WASHINGTON ·ORRr-CTIO '-1'-:' ~. " '!t ':', 1(.)\1 C ' ,'C ......... • .:. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON 2 3 I. 4 IN AND …
Article • October 15, 1992 • from PLN October, 1992
Five Boot Camp Guards Fired by Houston, Texas- Five Harris County, Texas, deputies were fired June 9 upon being indicted on felony charges for abusing inmates at the county's boot camp for first time offenders. Those charged are Darryl Coleman, Benny Galindez, Alfonso Giraldo, W.E. Jones and Joe Saenz. They …
Article • October 15, 1992 • from PLN October, 1992
Disciplinary Hearing Must Rely on Preponderance of Evidence by George Goff is an Iowa prisoner who was infracted for verbally abusing a guard. He was found guilty at a disciplinary hearing and filed suit under § 1983 claiming violation of his rights to free speech and due process. The district …
Outside Strip Search Constitutes Excessive Force by Michael Cornwell is an Ohio state prisoner. In February, 1987, while in prison in Mansfield, he participated in a sit down strike with 76 other prisoners protesting a cutback in recreation time. Dahlberg, the prison warden, ordered guards to use force to terminate …
Article • October 15, 1992 • from PLN October, 1992
Tom Manning Moved to Marion by Tom Manning Moved To Marion Just a note to inform you of my recent change of address. While in my 4th year of being held in the control unit at Trenton, N.J., state prison. I applied for a contact visit with my children, who …
Article • October 15, 1992 • from PLN October, 1992
Prisoner Fined for Frivolous Suit by Astate prison inmate sued a prison guard for $3.55 in actual damages, an injunction, and a declaratory judgement. His claim was that the guard took his coffee bag and two packs of cigarettes. Six days after the suit was filed, the trial court found …
Article • October 15, 1992 • from PLN October, 1992
Filed under: Searches, Cell Searches
Cell Searches States Claim by Travis Blanks, a Wisconsin state prisoner, filed suit under 1983 claiming his 8th amendment rights had been violated by prison officials searching his cell nearly everyday for a 2 week period. The District Court granted Blanks leave to proceed In Forma Pauperis . The court …
Article • October 15, 1992 • from PLN October, 1992
Waupun Law Library Declared Unconstitutional by Adrian Lomax By Adrian Lomax In the late 1980's, administrators at Waupun, Wisconsin's largest prison, devised a grand scheme to increase the difficulties facing any prisoner attempting to vindicate his rights in court. In May, 1988, the keep disbanded the Paralegal Base Committee (PBC), …
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