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Article • September 15, 1991 • from PLN September, 1991
CBCC Mail Suit Filed by Paul Wright By Paul Wright In May of 1991 CBCC mailroom staff here began a practice of rejecting without notice to the prisoner or the sender or an opportunity to appeal all mail that arrived without the prisoners DOC number on it. No notice of …
Women Prisoners Entitled to Equal Education by Women Prisoners Entitled To Equal Education Glover v. Johnson, 934 F.2d 703 (6th Cir. 1991) is a class action suit originally filed in 1978 by female Michigan state prisoners claiming violation of their right to equal protection because they were not provided with …
Article • September 15, 1991 • from PLN September, 1991
Editorial by Ed Mead Editorial Comments By Ed Mead Welcome to yet another edition of the PLN. In this issue I have an article on the class implications of prisoner rights litigation. It was written in response to one of many letters we get from readers asking about the politics …
Brief • August 23, 1991
T.I. V. Delia, WA, Stipulation of Settlement, Conditions of Confinement - Juvenile Detention, 1991 T.I. V. Delia 11111 I IIII II II 1111111111111111 JI-WA-001-018 1 CIVIL TRACK I Judge Dixon 2 3 ·, 4 5 SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR KING COUNTY 6 7 8 T. I., a minor, et …
Article • August 15, 1991 • from PLN August, 1991
Grievance System Does Not Create Liberty Interest by A federal prisoner brought a Bivens action against the prison warden and case manager for denying him access to the prison grievance system. The district court granted summary judgment to prison officials and the court of appeals affirmed. The court of appeals …
Article • August 15, 1991 • from PLN August, 1991
Prison Visitors May Not Be Searched Without Probable Cause by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that Tennessee prison regulations give Tennessee prisoners a due process liberty interest in prison visitation. The Court ruled that removing the visitation right in retaliation for the visitor refusing to submit to …
Article • August 15, 1991 • from PLN August, 1991
California Prison Construction by Ruth Cashmere Ruth Cashmere Recently studies have shown that the United States has the world's highest incarceration rate. The United States has 426 prisoners per 100,000 population. Over the past 10 years, the state of California has experienced the greatest increase in state prison population surpassing …
Article • August 15, 1991 • from PLN August, 1991
Be a Rat or Else! by Be A Rat Or Else! This all started back in November 1986, a couple of weeks after the decision in Toussaint v. McCarthy 801 F.2d 1080 (9 Cir. 1986) [prisoners can be placed on administrative segregation status for little or no reason]. Myself and …
Article • August 15, 1991 • from PLN August, 1991
Mail Rejection Not Upheld by A Michigan prisoner sent another Michigan prisoner an educational brochure on how to study to be a paralegal. Michigan DOC officials rejected the brochure claiming prison rules prohibited "contractual agreements." The district court ruled the brochure was entitled to First Amendment protection and found no …
Article • August 15, 1991 • from PLN August, 1991
The Ex Post Facto Clause and Washington's Parole Board by Ed Mead By Ed Mead Akins and another prisoner filed a civil rights complaint in federal court (pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983) alleging that the Georgia parole board's application of recently adopted rules to their cases violated their constitutional …
Article • August 15, 1991 • from PLN August, 1991
Informants Must Be Reliable by Albert Taylor is an Oklahoma state prisoner who filed a §1983 suit claiming his right to due process was violated when a prison disciplinary committee found him guilty of participating in a riot based on a statement from a confidential informant. The district court dismissed …
Article • August 15, 1991 • from PLN August, 1991
The United States Supreme Court: Petition for Writ of Certiori by Wm Daniel Ravenscroft The United States Supreme Court: Petition For Writ of Certioriari by Wm. Daniel Ravenscroft, Atty. At Law Overview: The United States Supreme Court is the highest court in this country. It is also the final forum …
Article • August 15, 1991 • from PLN August, 1991
PLN Banned in France by Paul Wright PLN Banned In France By Paul Wright PLN reader Jean Marc Rouillain, a political prisoner in France, has written and informed us that the April, 1991, issue of PLN (which just happened to have his article about the worsening prison conditions in France …
Article • August 15, 1991 • from PLN August, 1991
Legal Mail May Not be Read by Legal Mail May Not Be Read A Florida prisoner filed suit under § 1983 after a letter from his attorney, addressed to him and marked "legal mail," was opened and read in his presence by a prison guard. The guard confiscated the letter …
Article • August 15, 1991 • from PLN August, 1991
Drug Profits Fund Prison by The Justice Department Asset Forfeiture Fund has collected more than $1.5 billion in the last six years, including $460 million in cash and property in 1990, a 28 percent increase over 1989, according to U.S. Attorney General Thornburgh. Since the forfeiture fund began in 1985, …
Article • August 15, 1991 • from PLN August, 1991
Walla Walla 'Lifers With Hope' by Here's one for you. How many remember Walla Walla's Lifers With Hope group? Well, there's a rumor floating around they might try to get back in business. I'm sure there are some of you that remember that this organization put 600 inmates, all lifers, …
Article • August 15, 1991 • from PLN August, 1991
A Lesson From Japan by Dan Pens The Japanese may arguably have the most effective justice system in the Western World. A glance at the accompanying graphs will readily verify this statement. So what are the Japanese doing right? If one were to believe proponents of popular trends in the …
Article • August 15, 1991 • from PLN August, 1991
Filed under: News, State Legislation
Mass. Corrections Policy "Disaster" Says Task Force by Mass. Corrections Policy "disaster" Says Task Force Emphasizing that state spending on prisons has skyrocketed while taxpayer confidence in the level of public safety has plummeted, a joint Task Force of the Boston Bar Association and the Crime and Justice Foundation has …
Article • August 15, 1991 • from PLN August, 1991
Justice for Jimmy Haynes? by John Perotti Justice For Jimmy Haynes?? ? By John Perotti On February 9, 1984, Jimmy Haynes, a black prisoner, was beaten and then murdered by 12 white guards at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility (SOCF) al Lucasville, Ohio. The cause of death was a crushed …
Article • August 15, 1991 • from PLN August, 1991
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Reviews
Reviews by PWA-RAG is a quarterly newsletter edited and published by prisoner James Magner. The title is an abbreviation for "Prisoners With AIDS-Rights Advocacy Group." Its primary purpose is to advocate for the rights of prisoners with AIDS, AIDS related Complex (ARC) and that are HIV positive. They offer educational …
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