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Article • May 15, 1992 • from PLN May, 1992
Community Help Foundation Unlimited by Beryl Sanders Community Help foundation Unlimited By Beryl P. Sanders Director This article is in response to the March 1992 Prisoners' Legal News article, "The continuing Racism Against Black Pre-SRA Offenders," By Leland Jordan. As prisoners advocates and leaders of the African-American community, we have …
Article • May 15, 1992 • from PLN May, 1992
Burmese Prisoners Used as Cannon Fodder by Burmese Prisoners Used As Cannon Fodder Phobahta, Burma. The Burmese army has been emptying out its prisons to use social prisoners to clear landmines and act as porters in its current military offensive. Burma has been ruled by military governments since 1960. After …
Article • May 15, 1992 • from PLN May, 1992
Editorial by Ed Mead Editorial Comments By Ed Mead Paul and I are now in our third year of publishing the Prisoners Legal News . It has been a good experience for both of us, and hopefully for you, too. I know that we have learned a lot in the …
Article • May 15, 1992 • from PLN May, 1992
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Reviews
Reviews by Bulldozer is a bi-monthly tabloid that has excellent coverage of the US and Canadian prison systems. It also covers native and anti-imperialist struggles from an antiauthoritarian point of view. The latest issue (#34) is the special supplement on women and prison with many good articles by women prisoners …
Article • May 15, 1992 • from PLN May, 1992
U.S. Still Leads World's Incarceration Rate by The U.S, has widened its lead as the nation with the highest incarceration rate, according to figures complied by the Sentencing Project, a Washington, D.C. based organization that conducts research on criminal justice issues. A year ago, the Sentencing Project reported that only …
Article • April 15, 1992 • from PLN April, 1992
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Crime
Some Thoughts on Crime and Punishment Rates by Ed Mead By Ed Mead Elsewhere in this issue of the PLN we reported figures reflecting that the nation's murder rate for 1991 reached it highest level in a decade, topping 24,000 for the first time, a 25 percent increase since 1985. …
Article • April 15, 1992 • from PLN April, 1992
Court Reporters Entitled to Absolute Immunity by Court Reporters Entitled To Absolute Immunity Jeffrey Antoine was charged with bank robbery and tried in US district court in Tacoma, WA. Shanna Ruggenberg was the court reporter at trial and was responsible for producing the transcript for Antoine's appeal after he was …
Article • April 15, 1992 • from PLN April, 1992
Prisoners' Participation in Work, Training Reduces Recidism, Improves Behavior by Federal Bureau of Prisons announces results of study Prison inmates who have jobs or receive vocational training while incarcerated are better prisoners and are less likely to commit new crimes or become parole violators once they are released, according to …
Article • April 15, 1992 • from PLN April, 1992
Claims Regarding Conditions in State Prison Were Sufficient to Survive Summary Judgment by On December 30th the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit provided some illumination as to what sort of allegations by an inmate regarding allegedly unconstitutional prison conditions are adequate to withstand a motion by prison …
Article • April 15, 1992 • from PLN April, 1992
Corrections Costs to Soar, Study Warns by Ed Penhale Corrections Costs To Soar, Study Warns By Ed Penhale, P-I Reporter Annual costs for running Washington's state and local corrections operations will rise by 50 percent over the next four years, adding $182 million a year to that expense by 1996, …
Article • April 15, 1992 • from PLN April, 1992
In Memory-Farewell Brother Riegle by John Perotti By John Perrotti On January 10, 1992, our bother Mike Riegle succumbed to his 2-year struggle with the AIDS virus. Mike was a strong supporter of the prisoner and gay rights struggle, and for more than ten years put out the outstanding prison …
Article • April 15, 1992 • from PLN April, 1992
Qualified Immunity Granted in Digital Rectal Searches by Qualified immunity Granted In Digital Rectal Searches In a case that may affect the many Washington state prisoners who were subjected to digital rectal searches, the 4th circuit court of appeals upheld a jury finding of qualified immunity for Arizona prison officials …
Article • April 15, 1992 • from PLN April, 1992
U.S. Murder Rate Increases Again by The nation's murder rate for 1991 reached its highest level in a decade, topping 24,000 for the first time, figures indicate. Based on a survey of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, the Senate Judiciary Committee estimates there were 24,020 homicides last year, …
Article • April 15, 1992 • from PLN April, 1992
Lifers Litigation Update by John Midgley By John Midgely Evergreen Legal Services This is to update all interested persons on the progress of the Powell case in federal court. Recently, United States Magistrate Judge Sweigert made a recommendation to Judge Zilly that SHB 1457 be found ex post facto as …
Article • April 15, 1992 • from PLN April, 1992
Law Would Let Prison Mothers Keep Kids by A bill has passed the Illinois State House and Senate which will allow female inmates to keep their children with them until the children reach the age of six. The bill is designed to help preserve a positive relationship between mother and …
CBCC Publisher Only Rule Upheld on Qualified Immunity Grounds by Martin Johnson was a federal prisoner sent to the Clallam Bay Corrections Center (CBCC) in Washington state as a boarder. He filed suit challenging numerous aspects of prison conditions under the due process clause of the federal constitution. The district …
Informant Testimony Must be Independently Weighed by Informant Testimony Must Be Independently Weighed Spellmon Bey is a Texas prisoner who was infracted for threatening other prisoners in order to extort commissary and sexual favors from them. The infraction was written by the unit captain, based on informant testimony, and listed …
Article • April 15, 1992 • from PLN April, 1992
Son of Sam Law Struck Down by New York's "Son of Sam" law provided that those accused or convicted of a crime could not profit from such a crime by writing a book describing the offense. If such a book was written, the proceeds of same were to be given …
Article • April 15, 1992 • from PLN April, 1992
NY Prisoner Has Due Process Right to Remain In Population by New York state prisoner Altagarcia Santana filed a civil rights suit, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1983, claiming that his right to due process had been violated when he was placed in "keeplock" and not given a hearing for five …
Article • April 15, 1992 • from PLN April, 1992
Filed under: Parole, News, State Legislation
The Death of HB 2834 by The Death Of HB 2834 HB 2834 is dead. It almost made it through the legislative process but died when the Senate bogged down on the health care issue. Originally the bill read that the Indeterminate Sentence Review Board (ISRB) would be eliminated as …
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