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Article • July 15, 1992 • from PLN July, 1992
Filed under: Medical, HIV/AIDS, Dental Care
Prison Dentist Sues to Hide AIDS by A dentist who has treated patients at the Metropolitan Corrections Center, Chicago's federal prison, recently filed a lawsuit trying to prevent the Bureau of Prisons from disclosing the fact that he has AIDS to anyone except in medically justified cases. In what lawyers …
Article • July 15, 1992 • from PLN July, 1992
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews
Toward an Understanding of Today's Economic Terms by Ed Mead By Ed Mead We all hear so much about economic indicators these days, but do any of us really understand anything about them, or what they mean? How important are terms like the Consumer Price Index, Balance of Trade figures, …
Article • July 15, 1992 • from PLN July, 1992
Inmate Assaulted by Guard Wins Suit by An inmate's suit claimed that he was beaten by a number of officers in the presence of the sheriff. The court found that the beating was unprovoked. It was possible that the inmate had been talking loudly, but "that was no justification for …
Article • July 15, 1992 • from PLN July, 1992
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews
We Are Making Progress by Barbara Dority A year ago, when the HOW board voted to make a donation to Prisoner's Legal News, we wrote to tell you how crucial we believe prison reform is in our country today and how excited we were about your ground breaking work. We …
Article • July 15, 1992 • from PLN July, 1992
42% of DC Young Black Men Said to Be in Justice System by More then 40 percent of the black men age 18 to 35 in the District of Columbia were "firmly in the grip of the criminal justice system" on an average day last year, according to a study …
Article • July 15, 1992 • from PLN July, 1992
Classification Does Not Violate Eighth Amendment by Frank James was a probation violator in the Milwaukee County Jail in Wisconsin. He was attacked by a parole violator over a gambling debt and had his neck broken rendering him a quadriplegic. James filed suit under § 1983 claiming that jail officials …
Article • July 15, 1992 • from PLN July, 1992
No Room for Police State in America! by America is again being set adrift upon shifting sand, just when our economy is so fragile. And so the Police State enters its battle cry, "Let's get tough on crime!" Then we watch the prime time results. Anarchy momentarily explodes, then the …
Article • July 15, 1992 • from PLN July, 1992
Deaf Inmates Certified as Class by Doris Clarkson is a deaf New York state prisoner who filed suit under 42 U.S.C. F 1983 because the women's prison at Bedford Hills, New York, lacked any type of facilities for deaf prisoners. At this point in the legal process the case primarily …
Article • July 15, 1992 • from PLN July, 1992
Involuntary Medication Violates Due Process by Christopher Breads is a prisoner in the Erie County Jail in New York state who was forcefully injected with psychotropic drugs by jail officials. He filed suit under § 1983 claiming his right to due process had been violated. The defendants moved for summary …
Article • July 15, 1992 • from PLN July, 1992
Offers to Provide Legal Information by Frank Wade Offers To Provide Legal Information I'm an incarcerated paralegal and am always on the lookout for new information that can aid me in my efforts to help others that are in this system. As it's well known fact that the system is …
Article • July 15, 1992 • from PLN July, 1992
Supreme Court Chides Ninth Circuit on Delays in Harris Execution by California's execution of Robert Alton Harris - the state's first execution in 25 years - has highlighted tension between the U.S. Supreme Court and the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals over the death penalty appeals process. Judges on …
Article • July 15, 1992 • from PLN July, 1992
Fully Informed Jury Project by G J I wanted to write and say your newsletter is alright! I like being able to see the newest decisions that are coming down, to see how much more rights we are loosing, and losing them we are. I have something your readers might …
New Ruling May Impact Prison Law Library Policies by Ed Mead By Ed Mead Arecent decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit could have broad implications on policies governing the operation of inmate law libraries. The case addressed the common problems of proper training for …
Confiscation of Legal Papers States Claim by Charles Brownlee, a Wisconsin pretrial detainee filed a civil rights complaint, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, after jail officials confiscated legal documents relevant to a law suit he had filed. That suit claimed he'd been denied access to a dentist for treatment …
Article • July 15, 1992 • from PLN July, 1992
Suit Being Filed Over CBCC Conditions by JD Enquist On April 1, 1992, Troy Talbot, a prisoner here at the Clallam Bay IMU [Intensive Management Unit], was taken to the shower handcuffed and on a doggie leash. Prison guards had left the supply closet in the shower unlocked and Troy …
Article • July 15, 1992 • from PLN July, 1992
Prisoner Litigants May Be Shackled in Court by Winston Holloway is an Arkansas prisoner who filed suit under § 1983 claiming that living conditions in the state prison's segregation unit violated the eighth amendment. At trial the jury ruled in favor of prison officials on all claims. On appeal Holloway …
Article • July 15, 1992 • from PLN July, 1992
Editorial by Ed Mead Editorial Comments By Ed Mead Welcome to another issue of the newsletter. I've been so busy putting out a special issue of the PLN for prison law libraries across the country that I have not had much time to write my comments for this month. We …
Con Awarded $1,500 For Inadequate Book Access by A prisoner housed in a maximum security building at a Delaware prison filed a lawsuit challenging the adequacy of the legal resources available to him. The court found the legal resources provided constitutionally inadequate and awarded him $750 in compensatory and $750 …
Article • June 15, 1992 • from PLN June, 1992
Home Release Status Revoked for Exercising Right to Silence by Adrian Lomax By Adrian Lomax Steven Asherman was doing a fourteen-year bit for manslaughter in the Connecticut prison system. After he had served three years, the keep [guards] approved Asherman's application for Supervised Home Release. SHR is not parole, but …
Article • June 15, 1992 • from PLN June, 1992
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
Suit Filed Over Telephone Services by South Carolina prisoners have filed a class action suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983 and 47 U.S.C.201(b) and 202(a) of the Federal Communications Act. The defendants are officials in the South Carolina DOC and the U.S. Sprint telephone company. The prisoners allege that the telephone …
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