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Indiana Ad Seg Policy Does Not Create Liberty Interest by Two Indiana state prisoners filed suit over being placed in administrative segregation (Ad Seg). They claimed their right to due process had been violated and sought relief under § 1983. The district court dismissed the suit on the grounds they …
Article • February 15, 1992 • from PLN February, 1992
Plea for Help by Plea For Help Demba Diop is a Mauritanian expatriate confined at the Rheinbach prison in Germany on fabricated charges. Demba is the only black prisoner of the 500 prisoners at Rheinbach. Demba has been an active participant of the FLAM (Forces de Liberation Africaine de Mauritanie) …
Article • February 15, 1992 • from PLN February, 1992
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Reviews
Reviews by Paul Wright USA A LOOK AT REALITY is a quarterly human rights tabloid newspaper. Previous issues have examined the racism in use of the death penalty and brutality in the American gulag. The latest issue examines events at Attica and its prison legacy today, 20 years later. It …
Article • February 15, 1992 • from PLN February, 1992
From the Editor by Paul Wright From The Editor By Paul Wright Welcome to another issue of PLN. We are pleased to report that we are now registered as a tax exempt educational corporation with the IRS. What this means is that we can take advantage of cheaper postage rates …
Article • January 15, 1992 • from PLN January, 1992
Prison Homophobia Challenged by A prisoner in a state prison filed a federal civil rights lawsuit complaining that he was removed from his job as a prison bakery worker because he is a homosexual. The federal trial court, in determining whether the prisoner should be allowed to proceed with his …
Article • January 15, 1992 • from PLN January, 1992
Canadian Officials May End Ban on Sex Between Prison Inmates by Rod Mikleburgh Canadian Officials May End Ban On Sex Between Prison Inmates by Rod Mickleburgh Toronto Globe and Mail TORONTO - Canadian federal corrections officials are considering an end to the ban on sex between prisoners, in light of …
Article • January 15, 1992 • from PLN January, 1992
Alaska Con Has Liberty Interest in Prison Job by An Alaskan prisoner was subjected to a random urine test using the Enzyme Multiplied Immunoassay Technique (EMIT). He tested positive for marijuana use. Immediately after the test results came in, and without a disciplinary hearing, the prisoner was removed from his …
Article • January 15, 1992 • from PLN January, 1992
Filed under: Medical, Tuberculosis
Deadly Strain of TB Found in New York Prisons by Deadly Strain Of TB Found In New York Prisons [Editor's Note: The following article is reprinted from the November 15, 1991, issue of "The Colombian."] A virulent new strain of tuberculosis has killed 12 inmates and one guard in the …
Article • January 15, 1992 • from PLN January, 1992
State Prison Systems Emulate Marion Control Unit by Fay Dowker By Faw Dowker and Glen Good Inspired by the Federal Bureau of Prisons' seven year experiment with a super-maximum security "control unit" prison at Marion in southern Illinois, state prison systems across the country have begun operating their own similar …
Article • January 15, 1992 • from PLN January, 1992
Filed under: Parole, News, State Legislation
Prison/Community Alliance Update by Carrie Roth The Prison/Community Alliance (P/CA) has made progress. It now appears we will be able to have legislation proposed directly to the legislature this January. If this happens we will not be doing the initiative for the November 1992 election. A sequence of events has …
Article • January 15, 1992 • from PLN January, 1992
Four Cons Die in Missouri Jail Fire by Four Cons Die In Missouri Jail Fire A fire that started in a malfunctioning generator sent thick smoke billowing into the Taney County Jail in Forsyth, MO, last September 14th, killing four prisoners. Thirteen other prisoners were hospitalized for smoke inhalation. The …
Article • January 15, 1992 • from PLN January, 1992
IMU's and Controlled Feeding at CBCC by IMU'S and Controlled Feeding At CBCC As part of the continuing trend across the U.S. to open control units the Clallam Bay Corrections Center in Washington state has opened an Intensive Management Unit (IMU). Currently prisons at Shelton, Wa. and Walla Walla, Wa., …
Article • January 15, 1992 • from PLN January, 1992
HIV-Positive Cons Win Partial Victory by In a significant victory for prisoners who have been tested positive for the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), the virus that causes AIDS, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reversed a lower court order in a case that had challenged the prisoners' …
Article • January 15, 1992 • from PLN January, 1992
Politicians Exploit Death Penalty by State-level lawmakers are using proposed death penalty legislation for political purposes rather than to deter crime, said the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty on October 9, 1991. The group released its annual survey of state legislation on the volatile issue, finding 183 bills …
Article • January 15, 1992 • from PLN January, 1992
Police Chief Faces Conspiracy Count by Cross City, FL (11/91) - Charges of conspiracy to commit perjury have been lodged against the Cross City police chief and a state correctional officer who are accused of arranging for a man to impersonate an inmate during hearings of prison brutality charges. The …
Racial Discrimination in Prison Challenged by Racial Discrimination In Prison Challenged New York's Elmira Correctional Facility is plagued by racism toward prisoners in the areas of job placement, housing assignments, and discipline, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York held. Relying on both anecdotal and statistical …
Article • January 15, 1992 • from PLN January, 1992
Incarceration Rate Grows in First Half of 1991 by Incarceration Rate Grows In First Half Of 1991 The nation's state and federal prison population grew by 30,149 inmates, just under four percent, during the first half of1991 to reach a record 804,524 men and women as of June 30, the …
Article • January 15, 1992 • from PLN January, 1992
Federal Prisoner Gets Medical Records by A federal prisoner filed a request for his medical records under the U.S. Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a. The Bureau of Prisons (BOP), released 56 pages of the prisoner's medical file, but withheld the remaining 66 pages of files, which contained the evaluations and …
Article • January 15, 1992 • from PLN January, 1992
Chilean Political Prisoners End Hungerstrike by On November 13, 1991, four Chilean political prisoners ended a 44-day hungerstrike. 24 hours after a street demonstration supporting them had culminated with the detention of 252 people by police. The announcement was formulated by the hungerstrikers themselves in the hospital where they were …
Article • January 15, 1992 • from PLN January, 1992
Election Year Demagoguery by Paul Wright Washington State attorney general Ken Eikenberry has announced that he will be running for the governor's office on the Republican Party ticket. Eikenberry has been attorney general since 1980 and is serving up a typical Republican economic program with regards to turning the state …
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