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Lay Advisor Can't be Adverse Witness by On May 18, 1987, an inmate at the Arizona State Prison at Tucson was found stabbed to death. An investigation ensued, and Ruben Melendez was ultimately indicted for the killing. While the investigation was still in progress, DOC personnel formally notified Melendez that …
Article • January 15, 1993 • from PLN January, 1993
Legal Mail May Not Be Read by Prison Guards by John Reneer is a Kentucky state prisoner. He filed suit claiming violation of his first amendment rights when prison officials read his incoming legal mail in front of him. The prison warden claims he ordered a search of Reneer's incoming …
Article • January 15, 1993 • from PLN January, 1993
A Nation in Chains by "Presidents Reagan and Bush have ensured that the federal courts will not be representative. Instead, they are a bastion of White America. They stand as a symbol of White Power." Can you guess who said these words? I'll wager most folks missed the identity of …
Rampant Violence in Venezuelan Prisons by by María Dubayle, Venezuelan journalist The situation inside Venezuela's prisons reflects the serious deficiencies in the country's protection of human rights. According to figures from the Public Ministry's Human Rights Office, so far this year more than 160 prisoners have been killed inside Venezuelan …
Military Police Massacre at Least 111 in Brazilian Prison by On the night of Oct. 2, just hours before nationwide municipal elections, the Military Police swept into Sao Paulo's Carandirú Prison, Latin America's largest, and killed a still unknown number of inmates. Officials originally put the death toll at 111; …
Article • January 15, 1993 • from PLN January, 1993
Wisconsin Parolees Have Liberty Interest in Avoiding Forced Medication by Jeffrey Felce is a Wisconsin parolee released on mandatory parole. While in prison Felce threatened prison and parole officials. They tried to commit him but were unable to do so because he was found to have mental problems but not …
Article • January 15, 1993 • from PLN January, 1993
Hunger Strike Ends After 19 Days by Muna Muhaisen By Muna Muhaisen Palestinian political prisoners ended their hunger strike last week after the Israeli Prison Authority entered negotiations with prisoner representatives and agreed to establish an investigative committee to look into the prisoners' demands. The strike, which began Sept. 27, …
Deliberate Indifference Standard in Medical Cases Explained by John McGuckin is an Arizona state prisoner. In 1986 he was injured while in a prison camp. He did not receive medical treatment for his injuries, which by now included massive herniation of his back and upper torso, until 1989, three and …
Article • January 15, 1993 • from PLN January, 1993
Filed under: Organizing, Hunger Strikes
Editorial by Ed Mead Editorial Comments My, how time's fun when you're having flies. Here we are opening the new year with the start of our fourth volume of the PLN. It doesn't seem that long. Publishing the newsletter has been a good experience for Paul and me. We've already …
Article • January 15, 1993 • from PLN January, 1993
Generalized Written Statement of Hearing Committee Accepted, Where Evidence Clear by A disciplinary hearing committee's written decision saying it based its finding of guilt on "written reports and testimonies presented at the hearing" was constitutionally acceptable where that information could be interpreted only as either showing the charges (of verbal …
Brief • December 18, 1992
Shaw v. Department of Corrections, WA, Complaint, Staff Race Discrimination, 1992 -. '-. STATE OFFiCE. Vi' .. RISK MAH,AGEMEt~ 2 3 ~ DEC 4 7 RODNEY SHAW. and PATRICK STEVENS. Plaintiffs. 8 9 10 11 14 ) ) STATE OF WASHINGTON. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, McNeil Island Facility. ) . r>efendant, …
Article • December 15, 1992 • from PLN December, 1992
From the Hole to the Street by Laurie Bembenek Whatever happened to the practice of gradual reintegration of prisoners back into society? Corrections rhetoric for years has included the concept that gradual reintegration is conducive to better psychological adjustment to freedom, thereby reducing recidivism. Theoretically, inmates were to be carefully …
Article • December 15, 1992 • from PLN December, 1992
BOP Prisoners Don't Need to Exhaust Administrative Remedies by BOP Prisoners Don't Need To Exhaust Administrative Remedies Donald Cooney is a federal prisoner who was infracted for insolence to a staff member, found guilty and removed from his job position as a sanction. Cooney began an administrative review of the …
Article • December 15, 1992 • from PLN December, 1992
Death Penalty Foes Boo Pennsylvania Governor by Paul Wright By Paul Wright Robert Casey is the governor of Pennsylvania. He claims to be "pro-life" because he opposes a woman's right to choose abortion and has signed into law one of the more restrictive abortion laws in the U.S. (which was …
Article • December 15, 1992 • from PLN December, 1992
Prisoner Entitled to Appointment of Substitute Counsel by Richard Rayes is a Nebraska state prisoner. Rayes filed suit under § 1983 claiming prison guards had slammed a steel door on his hand breaking a finger, that medical staff refused to treat him, and guards confiscated his finger splints on three …
Jail Inmates Entitled to Safe Cells by Jail Inmates Entitled To Safe Cells Two prisoners at the Birmingham, Alabama, jail committed suicide and their estates filed suit claiming violations of the detainees' eighth and fourteenth amendment rights. Both men hanged themselves with bed sheets hung from an iron bar across …
Article • December 15, 1992 • from PLN December, 1992
Filed under: Organizing, Crime
Officials Seek to End Politicization of Crime Debate by Hundreds of public officials have signed a statement urging political candidates to refrain from "appeals to base human instincts and demagoguery" when discussing crime this election year. Furthermore, the statement criticizes past approaches to crime control, which it says have relied …
Article • December 15, 1992 • from PLN December, 1992
Article Clarification by J.D., Lompoc, CA Received your August issue and as good as ever, but one story had me a little uncomfortable. The article about the Lompoc Prison Strike...the source Out of Time (3543 18th St. San Francisco, CA) [ PLN , vol. 3, #8 August] The United States …
Article • December 15, 1992 • from PLN December, 1992
Filed under: Work, Prison Industries
Prison Slave Labor in the U.S. by Joe Mowish Prison Slave Labor In The U.S. By Joe Mowish [The following is a letter to Business Week concerning an article they published on prison slave labor in China. ] Ihave read your article of December 30, 1991 and I agree the …
Hearing Officer Must Base Guilt Finding on Evidence by Hearing Officer Must Base Guilt Finding On Evidence Frank Zavaro is a New York state prisoner who was infracted for participating in a riot and assault on guards. A riot had broken out in a mess hall with several guards being …
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