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Article • June 15, 1996 • from PLN June, 1996
Mississippi Unable to Pay the Piper by Last year Mississippi implemented the country's toughest sentencing bill, requiring all convicts (not just 'serious" or violent" criminals) to serve 85 percent of their sentences. Corrections Commissioner Steve Puckett said that law is causing a serious financial dilemma and needs to be reviewed. …
Ninth Circuit Revisits Attorney Fees by The court of appeals for the ninth circuit has again held that attorney fee awards under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 should be awarded by district courts based on the relief achieved by the prevailing party. Institutional reform litigation by its nature is a long, …
Brief • February 22, 1996
Filed under: HIV/AIDS, Overcrowding
Bartkus v. Manson, CT, Settlement Agreement, Prison Overcrowding and AIDS Case, 1996 J3CM rr-.Ol I Bartkus v. Commissioner of Correction illllllll UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT IN RE PRISON OVERCROWDTNG AND AIDS CASES Consolidated Case No. H-80-b06 RICHARD BARTKUS v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION : CIVIL NO. H-80-506 (RNC) …
Article • February 15, 1996 • from PLN February, 1996
BOP Multiple Cell May Violate Constitution by Afederal district court in New York has held that providing prisoners with 29 square feet of living space, per prisoner, in a multiple person cell may violate the constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Andrew Karacsonyi, a federal prisoner, filed suit because …
Article • February 15, 1996 • from PLN February, 1996
Alaska Overcrowding Fines Increase by In the November 1995, issue of PLN we reported on prison overcrowding in Alaska. In 1981 Alaska prisoners filed a class action suit challenging overcrowding and conditions in the prison system. The prisoners won most of the suit, the key aspect was a court ordered …
Article • February 15, 1996 • from PLN February, 1996
Kidnapping and Extortion, Texas Style by Dan Pens In the dead of the night, they come to your cell. You wake up with a flashlight shining in your face. You hear the rattle of chains. "Roll 'em up, boy... you're goin' for a ride.' The next day you get a …
Article • February 15, 1996 • from PLN February, 1996
Unrest in NY Prisons by EO E [Editor's Note: New York state's Republican majority legislature passed laws that mandate double bunking of the NYDOC prison system. Most cells in NY state prisons are tiny, a mere 9' x 6'. There is a high incidence of both AIDS and the deadly …
Open Prison Barracks Unsafe by In the past fifteen years of massive prison expansion many prison systems have opted to build open dormitory type prison barracks because they are substantially cheaper to build than conventional cell blocks. There are inherent shortcomings in this type of prison design. The Connecticut DOC …
NJ Prisoners Have Liberty Interest in Staying in Population by The court of appeals for the third circuit has held that New Jersey state prisoners have a due process liberty interest, enforceable in federal court under § 1983, to remain in general population. David Sheehan is a PLN reader at …
Alaska Prisoners in Exile by Anthony Brown I would like to respond to a News in Brief segment of your February 1995 issue of PLN concerning the shipment of Alaska state prisoners to the Penal Detention Center [a private prison operated by the Corrections Corporation of America] in Florence, AZ, …
Article • November 15, 1995 • from PLN November, 1995
CA Prisoners Riot by On July 7, 1995, more than 250 prisoners at the Sierra Conservation Center (SCC), near Jamestown, CA, engaged in a brawl and riot at the 5,900 bed minimum security prison. The fight took place in the yard and housing units between white and Latino prisoners and …
Prisoners Entitled to Safe Jail by The eleventh circuit court of appeals has reaffirmed that county officials can be held liable for failing to protect jail detainees from violence by other detainees. In 1990 Larry Hale was held in the Tallapoosa County Jail in Alabama after failing to appear in …
Population Cap, Fines Affirmed by The court of appeals for the fifth circuit has affirmed a district court ruling which set population caps on the population of a county jail and imposed fines for each prisoner over the cap held at the jail. The court also affirmed the lower court …
Article • October 15, 1995 • from PLN October, 1995
FL Enacts More Anti-Prisoner Laws by On June 14, 1995, several laws affecting prisoners were passed into law without the signature of Governor Lawton Chiles. Under this legislation prisoners convicted after October 1, 1995, must serve at least 85% of their sentences in prison. Other laws will expand the prison …
WA Passes Record Anti-Prisoner/Defendant Legislation by Paul Wright By Paul Wright In the March, 1995, issue of PLN I gave a rundown on most of the anti-prisoner and defendant legislation then pending in the legislature. After we had gone to press for that issue Ida Ballasiotes, the rabid chair of …
Helms Amendment Ruled On by In the December, 1994, issue of PLN we analyzed various provisions of the federal crime bill that was passed that year. One of the provisions was the Helms amendment which limited the relief that federal courts could grant in class action suits brought by prisoners …
Article • July 15, 1995 • from PLN July, 1995
Litigation Status Report Available by The National Prison Project of the ACLU has issued its latest, updated status report on state prisons and the courts. The report gives a detailed listing, by state, indicating which prisons and prison systems are under court order or consent decrees to limit their populations …
Article • July 15, 1995 • from PLN July, 1995
Violence Increases in Fed Prisons by BOP records show an increase of violence at the five older U.S. Penitentiaries at Atlanta, Leavenworth, Lewisburg, Lompoc and Terre Haute. Statistics from the two newer prisons at Florence and Allenwood are not yet available. BOP records show that prisoner assaults on guards increased …
PA Class Action Settlement Published by The October, 1994, issue of PLN reported that on August 12, 1994, attorneys representing all Pennsylvania state prisoners had reached a settlement with prison officials of that state regarding almost every aspect of prison conditions in that state. The district court has published the …
Article • June 15, 1995 • from PLN June, 1995
Grand Jury Slams FL Prison, Again by Paul Wright By Paul Wright Glades Correctional Institute (GCI) is a medium security prison located near West Palm Beach in Florida GCI is no stranger to controversy. In PLN, Vol. 5, No. 9, we reported audits showing that GCI officials were paying $5.42 …
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