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Article • May 15, 1990 • from PLN May, 1990
Prison Revolt in England by Prisoners in the horribly overcrowded Strangeways prison in Manchester, England rose in revolt on 1 April, 1990 protesting the conditions that had 1,660 men in a prison built in 1868 for 970 men. The prison does not have plumbing in the cells and the prisoners …
Article • May 15, 1990 • from PLN May, 1990
Walla Walla Installs Fourth Bunk by WALLA WALLA INSTALLS FOURTH BUNK by M. H. We here at the Walls are also experiencing the governor's state of emergency. Our captors have shut down 8-Wing for remodeling. In 6-Wing they have just installed the 4th bunk on A and B tiers, and …
Article • May 15, 1990 • from PLN May, 1990
New Prison Spending Jumps by 73% by NEW PRISON SPENDING JUMPS BY 73% Federal and state corrections' systems will spend more than 6.7 billion on new prison construction in the period 1989-90, an increase of 73% compared to 1987-88, according to Corrections Compendium, a corrections research and information service. The …
Most Punished for Exercising Right to Jury Trial by MOST PUNISHED FOR EXERCISING RIGHT TO JURY TRIAL In 89% of the estimated 583,000 felony convictions in state courts during 1986, the defendant pleaded guilty instead of standing trial before a judge or jury, the U.S. Justice Department's Bureau of Justice …
Article • May 15, 1990 • from PLN May, 1990
Ex - Con Charged in Francke Murder by Frank E. Gable has been charged with murder in connection with the killing of Oregon DOC Director Michael Francke. The ex-con Gable said: "I don't know how I first got implicated, but I'm real scared it's going to end in me getting …
Article • May 15, 1990 • from PLN May, 1990
Filed under: Sentencing, Good Time
SRA Offenders Get Good Time Off Term by SRA OFFENDERS GET GOOD TIME OFF TERM On March 29, 1990, in the case of In re Mota (Case No. 56284-9), the Washington Supreme Court ruled that the Department of Corrections must give good time credit for pre-sentence confinement (jail time) to …
Article • May 15, 1990 • from PLN May, 1990
Study Finds 23% of Young Black Men Under Criminal Sanctions by Nearly one out of every four black men between the ages of 20 and 29 nationwide is in prison or jail or on probation or parole on a given day, according to a new study based on records of …
Article • May 15, 1990 • from PLN May, 1990
Filthy Cell Violates Eighth Amendment by . A prisoner brought a civil rights action against the supervisory officers at the facility at which he was confined, claiming a violation of his rights under the Eighth Amendment to be free of cruel and unusual punishment. A federal appeals court found in …
Political Prisoners Beaten by Novara, Italy On January 30, 1990, 20 political prisoners (members of the Red Brigades) held a sit-in, in the political prison to protest the continued solitary confinement of a fellow prisoner based on a guard's trumped up allegations. After 30 minutes of refusing to return to …
Article • May 15, 1990 • from PLN May, 1990
Only Five States Not Under Court Order, Study Says by ONLY FIVE STATES NOT UNDER COURT ORDER, STUDY SAYS Only five states (Minnesota, Montana, New Jersey, N. Dakota and Vermont) are not currently involved in major litigation over prison conditions, says a newly released report from the ACLU's National Prison …
Article • May 15, 1990 • from PLN May, 1990
"The Other Face of Europe" by "The Other Face of Europe" This is the title of a book printed by the atalan Solidarity Committee in Barcelona. The book deals with the huge number of political prisoners being held throughout Western European prisons and jails because of their political beliefs and …
Article • May 15, 1990 • from PLN May, 1990
The Terror by Dan Pens THE TERROR The still air of my prison cell, thick with smoke, swallows my brooding thoughts, spitting them back at me stinking of loneliness. I stare at tobacco stained fingers, wondering at how I can bemoan the years taken from me, and yet steal some …
Article • May 15, 1990 • from PLN May, 1990
Filed under: Mail, Legal Mail
Requirement of Buzz Words on Envelope of Incoming Legal Mail Killed by A prisoner brought a suit challenging a Bureau of Prisons policy (P.S. 5265.8) mandating that letters from law firms, the courts, or any other communication which is considered privileged, be marked with special buzz words on the outside …
Article • May 15, 1990 • from PLN May, 1990
Witnesses at Disciplinary Hearings by The plaintiff prisoner was confined in a special housing unit following an alleged assault upon a guard who was attempting to break up a fight between two inmates. At his disciplinary hearing, he requested that the two inmates be called as witnesses. The hearing officer …
Hungerstrike in Spain by Since November 30, 1989, 42 political prisoners in Spain, mainly members of GRAPO (October 1st Revolutionary Anti-Fascist Groups) have been on hunger strikes demanding their release from isolation and control units and an end to the campaign of repression against them, which includes dispersion through the …
Article • May 15, 1990 • from PLN May, 1990
Did DOC Employees Murder Michael Franke? by On the evening of January 17, 1989, Oregon Department of Corrections Director Michael Francke left his office at the Dome Building in Salem. He never made it out of the parking lot. Someone had stabbed him in the heart. He died on his …
Article • May 15, 1990 • from PLN May, 1990
Mark LaRue Gets 14 More Years by MARK LARUE GETS 14 MORE YEARS After spending more than five years in Walla Walla's segregation unit as a result of his political work on the inside, Mark LaRue was subjected to an involuntary out-of-state transfer. He was then bounced from one jurisdiction …
Article • May 15, 1990 • from PLN May, 1990
Filed under: Sentencing, Parole
Parole Board's 0.100 Abuses by M.H., Walla Walla People should start giving some consideration to how the Parole Board is conducting the 0.100 paroleability hearings. The Myers, Addleman, and other cases, as well as the so-called 1400 Bill, all tell the Board to restructure our minimum terms in a manner …
Article • May 15, 1990 • from PLN May, 1990
Filed under: Editorials, Organizing
Who Are We by Ed Mead Welcome to the first issue of Prisoners' Legal News. Your editors are Paul Wright and Ed Mead. While we have no "party line," this newsletter will tend to reflect our class orientation. If you do not want to be on the mailing list, just …
Brief • March 28, 1990
Jordan v. Lehman, WA, Court Access Order, 1990 0-kW ENTERED ON DOCKET MAR 2 9 1990 By Deputy r\. )\ FILED ODGED RECEIVED rld:UR 2 81990 CLERIC DISTRICT COURT WESTEI∎ N DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA BY DEPUTY 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA NINA …
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