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Article • January 15, 1991 • from PLN January, 1991
Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Crime
Problems That Can't Be Cured in Prison by Problems That Can't Be Cured In Prison Our society's criminal justice system is being used to treat or hide some serious social ills. Poverty, drug addiction, and alcoholism are intimately tied to the crimes for which most inmates in the federal system …
Prisoner Wins Ban on Military Catalog by A prisoner filed a civil rights complaint alleging that his constitutional guarantees were violated by prison officials refusing to allow him to receive a military surplus catalog. The jury found in favor of the plaintiff on the catalog issue, awarding him $1 in …
Article • January 15, 1991 • from PLN January, 1991
Failure to Disassociate Noninfractable by A prisoner sought judicial review of a disciplinary hearing finding him guilty of advocating, creating, engaging in or promoting a disturbance. There was indeed a disturbance, the court found, but a violation of the rule is only shown by an inmate engaging in "some affirmative …
Article • January 15, 1991 • from PLN January, 1991
Four Out of Ten Get the Slammer by Four Out Of Ten Get The Slammer A Bureau of Justice Statistics study tracked 536,000 felony offenders in 12 states in 1967. The study found that out of every 10 people arrested on felony charges, eight were prosecuted, six were convicted of …
Article • January 15, 1991 • from PLN January, 1991
A Lesson To Be Learned From The Soviets by In Soviet prisons for women, inmate mothers give birth in the maternity ward and see their children daily in the child care center until they are two years old. Soviet officials are considering raising this age to three years old. Since …
Article • January 15, 1991 • from PLN January, 1991
Tread Carefully With Sex Offenders by Mark LaRue Tread Carefully with Sex Offenders By Mark LaRue I have followed Ed Meads' series on the sex offenders and I'd like to respond by offering critical support for what he has said. By that, I mean to say, I see no reason …
Article • January 15, 1991 • from PLN January, 1991
Filed under: Civil Procedure, Appeals
Notice of Appeal Filed When Given to Cops by Notice of Appeal Filed When Given To Cops The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a pro se prisoner's notice of appeal from the denial of a civil law suit or habeas corpus relief is considered to have been …
Article • January 15, 1991 • from PLN January, 1991
Florida DOC Offers Settlement by In 1988 the Florida Justice Institute filed a class action suit on behalf of PC (Protective Custody) prisoners. The suit challenges the fact that PCs aren't allowed to work, thus can't earn good time which extends their prison sentence; are locked down 23 hours a …
Article • January 15, 1991 • from PLN January, 1991
Federal Court Upholds Slave Labor by Can a Mississippi prisoner collect damages for a violation of his constitutional and civil rights because he was forced to work on private property without pay? The U.S. Court of Appeals says no, even in the face of a state law prohibiting inmates from …
Article • January 15, 1991 • from PLN January, 1991
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Reviews
Reviews by Paul Wright By Paul Wright Sentencing Guidelines Commission Meetings. The SGC meets about every month or so to review how the SRA is working, its effects on prison and jail populations in the state of Washington, what recommendations to make to the legislature, trends in prison population due …
Article • January 15, 1991 • from PLN January, 1991
Attorney General Uses Erroneous Information by A former inmate of the Reformatory filed a personal restraint petition because Earned Time credits had not been applied to his sentence once he had served two-thirds of his sentence. The petition alleged that he should be entitled to regain earned time credits that …
Article • January 15, 1991 • from PLN January, 1991
Walla Walla IMU Stops Using Fire Hoses by Clark Stuhr By Clark Stuhr Within the last few months I have noticed that WSP IMU staff no longer use the fire hose to discipline outraged inmates. No my friend, instead these outraged prisoners can plan on getting a healthy lung full …
Article • January 15, 1991 • from PLN January, 1991
Rich Get Richer, Poor Get Poorer by In 1990, the richest 1% of the people have almost as much in after-tax income as the poorest 40%. To put it another way, 2.5 million rich people each take home 36 times as much as each 100 million poor. In 1980 it …
Article • January 15, 1991 • from PLN January, 1991
Editorial by Ed Mead Editorial Comments by Ed Mead Welcome to issue #1 of the second volume of our little newsletter. With the new year you will notice that we have added a more polished look to the paper. In the past Paul and I would type up the paper …
Brief • January 2, 1991
Bates v. Lynn, LA, Consent Decree, Death Row Inmates, 1991 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA M. WAYNE BATES, JR., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Civil Action No. 89-65-B Magistrate Stephen Riedlinger BRUCE LYNN, et al., Defendants. CONSENT DECREE This cause of action originated with the filing of a …
In-the-News Article • January 1, 1991
"For Prison Editor, Freedom of the Press Could Prove Costly" Jan. 1, 1991 Articles about PLN Seattle Times "For Prison Editor, Freedom of the Press Could Prove Costly" - Seattle Times 1991 March 15, 1991, Friday, Final Edition Seattle Times FOR PRISON EDITOR, FREEDOM OF THE PRESS COULD PROVE COSTLY …
In-the-News Article • January 1, 1991
PLN censored for exposing racist brutality by Washington guards Jan. 1, 1991 Articles about PLN Seattle Times PLN censored for exposing racist brutality by Washington guards - Seattle Times 1991 The Seattle Times April 1, 1991, Monday, Final Edition INMATES SAY PRISON NEWSPAPER TOLD TRUTH ABOUT RACIAL ATTACKS BY RICK …
Brief • December 21, 1990
Filed under: Prohibited Persons
Special Counsel v. DEA, USA, Order, Prohibited Personnel Practice, 1990 UNITEt, STATES OF ~.!I~R.IC~, MERIT SYSTEMS PROTEt:'!'I )N BOARD ) ) . SPECIAL COUNSEL, Petitioner, 1, DOCKET NUMBER ' HQ12149010028 ) ) ) ) v. DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINIS'I'RATION, Agency. DEC 2. 1 l.990 DATE: ) _________________ j ) ) s;at.herine …
Article • December 15, 1990 • from PLN December, 1990
Filed under: Work, Prison Labor
Making Cons Work Without Pay Does Not Constitute Involuntary Servitude by Making Cons work Without Pay Does Not Constitute Involuntary Servitude Four prisoners sued prison officials for placing them on administrative segregation status for refusing to work without pay. The court dismissed the complaint as frivolous. The judge noted that …
Article • December 15, 1990 • from PLN December, 1990
State Liable for Delay in Diagnosing and Treating Prisoner Injury by State Liable For Delay In Diagnosing And Treating Prisoner Injury A New York state prisoner slipped on a wet flight of stairs and injured his right knee. During the next 3-1/2 years he continuously complained to prison officials of …
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