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Article • March 15, 1991 • from PLN March, 1991
Sex Offender "Treatment" in Washington State, In Whose Best Interest? by Dan Pens Sex Offender "Treatment" in Washington State, In Whose Best Interest? By Dan Pens The Washington State Sex Offender Treatment Program (SOTP) currently ensconced in TRCC receives national acclaim. They publish statistics which portray them as an unqualified …
Article • March 15, 1991 • from PLN March, 1991
Filed under: Editorials, Media, Censorship
Editorial by Ed Mead Editorial Comments By Ed Mead Here is another edition of our newsletter. We hope that you find it is a good one. The Prison/Community Alliance is going to be working toward getting rid of this state's parole board and will need all of the help that …
Article • March 15, 1991 • from PLN March, 1991
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews
Letters From Readers by Hey - I got issue #2 of PLN tonight. I read the article on sex offenders and thought it was excellent. Not only was I not offended, I agree with you 100%. Look - we all have our prejudices as to what is an "okay" crime …
Article • February 15, 1991 • from PLN February, 1991
X-Ray Searches of Prisoners Found Unlawful by X-Ray Searches Of Prisoners Found Unlawful A claim that a x-ray search was ordered by prison security officials without medical authorization was not frivolous. The failure to inquire into the plaintiff's medical history to consider the possible cumulative effect of x-rays, to get …
Article • February 15, 1991 • from PLN February, 1991
Station Files Suit to Televise Execution by Station Files Suit To Televise Execution A San Francisco public television station, KQED, has filed a suit against the governor for permission to broadcast executions. Currently, cameras are barred and witnesses are not permitted to take notes. A DOC representative said the rules …
Article • February 15, 1991 • from PLN February, 1991
Spending on Corrections Rises Sharply by Spending On Corrections Rises Sharply Federal, state and local governments in the United States spent $61 billion in fiscal year 1988 for civil and criminal justice, an increase of 34 percent since 1985, according to a report recently issued by the U.S. Department of …
Article • February 15, 1991 • from PLN February, 1991
Filed under: Parole, News, State Legislation
The Parole Board Audit Report by Ed Mead Ed Mead The Legislative Budge Committee (LBC) has issued its preliminary report on the Indeterminate Sentence Review Board (ISRB). The December 14, 1990, report was an audit that examined the operations of the Board in the context of the dual sentencing system …
Article • February 15, 1991 • from PLN February, 1991
Some Peruvian Prisoners Released by Prisons in Peru are so overcrowded and under financed that two prisoners a day are dying at Lurigancho prison (where 5,900 are housed). As a result of these conditions, prisoners went on a hunger strike for better conditions. The result of this strike was a …
Article • February 15, 1991 • from PLN February, 1991
Mothers in Prison by Mothers In Prison [The following article about Mothers in Prison was excepted from the "Pacific" section of the December 2, 1990, issue of the Seattle Times/P-1, and then edited further to meet the informational needs of Prisoners' Legal News readers.] Lori and Raynette are both inmates …
Article • February 15, 1991 • from PLN February, 1991
Filed under: Sentencing, Good Time
Prison Officials Liable for Not Correctly Computing Prisoner's Sentence by A federal prisoner brought a Bivens action against the warden and administrative systems manager for failing to investigate his claim that his sentence was miscalculated. The prisoner repeatedly asked prison officials to correctly compute his sentence to show time he …
Article • February 15, 1991 • from PLN February, 1991
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews
No Blood For Oil by Paul Wright By Paul Wright As we go to press with this issue of PLN the United States is preparing to attack Iraq in the Persian Gulf. There's a large number of veterans from past imperialist adventures still in prison throughout the United States today. …
Article • February 15, 1991 • from PLN February, 1991
New York Report Matches National Study Results by A study released in October of 1990 found that nearly one out of every four young black men in New York state is under the control of the criminal justice system on any given day. The results of the joint study by …
Article • February 15, 1991 • from PLN February, 1991
Texas Woman Wins $125,000 Settlement by A woman won a $125,000 settlement from the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles that may set a precedent for more civil suits involving parole decisions. The woman was raped by a man who had been sentenced in 1977 to 123 years in prison …
Article • February 15, 1991 • from PLN February, 1991
Filed under: Sentencing, Parole
Insufficient Facts to Support Exceptional Terms by Insufficient Facts To Support Exceptional Terms Division One of the Washington State Court of Appeals has vacated an exceptional term imposed by the parole board due to insufficient facts in the record to support the sentence imposed by the board. Luis Vega, while …
Article • February 15, 1991 • from PLN February, 1991
Response To "Tread Carefully" by Paul Wright Response To "Tread Carefully" By Paul Wright In Issue #1, Vol. 2, of PLN we had an article by Mark LaRue titled "Tread Carefully With Sex Offenders." In it Mark discusses, among other things, SSB-6259. This bill in the state senate, which passed …
Article • February 15, 1991 • from PLN February, 1991
Women Prisoner's Hunger Strike in Texas by Ana Lucia Gelabert Women Prisoner's Hunger Strike In Texas By Ana Lucia Gelabert Gatesville, Texas, November 28, 1990. At 12 midnight tonight at least eight women prisoners at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Mountain View unit will begin an indefinite hunger strike …
Article • February 15, 1991 • from PLN February, 1991
Prisoner Assaulted by Guard by Prisoner Assaulted By Guard A prison employee was held liable for $1,000 after sticking the barrel of his revolver in the inmate's mouth and cocking the trigger. The prisoner had sought damages for assault in a federal civil rights suit against the prison employee. He …
Deliberate Indifference Demonstrated by Proof of prison administrators' "consistent pattern of reckless or negligent conduct" in providing prisoners with medical care is enough to establish the deliberate indifference to prisoners' serious medical needs necessary to make out an Eighth Amendment violation and hence to subject the officials to civil liability. …
Article • February 15, 1991 • from PLN February, 1991
Nutraloaf and the Law in the Northwest by Wasseneh Taddasse Nutraloaf And The Law In The Northwest By Wasseneh Taddesse Nutraloaf is a dog-food type substance fed to prisoners on segregation status, generally to those who have committed some additional infraction while on that status. As with all repressive measures, …
Article • February 15, 1991 • from PLN February, 1991
Prison's Water Contaminated by Ray Luc Levasseur By Ray L. Levasseur Prisoners at the U.S. Penitentiary, Marion, Illinois, have said for years that the government is poisoning us with contaminated water. The government has categorically denied these accusations. On September 28, 1990, a report issued by the Agency for Toxic …
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