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PI Issued for Prisoner Transfer by Elmer Geronimo Pratt is a political prisoner in the California state prison system. A former Black Panther imprisoned since 1972, Pratt has achieved prominence by vigorously claiming his innocence and that he was framed by the FBI for a murder he did not commit …
Langford v. Bullock, MT, Settlement Agreement I, ADA Compliance, 1994 FILED Honorable Leif B. Erickson Federal Magistrate Judge Missoula Division P o Box 7219 Missoula, MT. 59807-7219 lN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MONTANA HELENA DIVISION IN THE MATTER OF LITIGATION R.ELATING '!I'O CONDITIONS OF CONFINEMEfTT …
Article • November 15, 1994 • from PLN November, 1994
Transferee Entitled to Sending State Case Law by James Clayton is an Oklahoma state prisoner subjected to an involuntary out of state transfer to New Mexico. Clayton had several pro se legal matters pending in Oklahoma state courts at the time of his transfer. The New Mexico prison system did …
Article • November 15, 1994 • from PLN November, 1994
Refusal to Help Prisoner Eat Illegal by A Wisconsin state prisoner suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, had difficulty eating due to weakness in his arms, hands, jaw, facial and throat muscles used in eating due to the disease's progression. Part of the treatment …
OR DOC Held in Contempt for Retaliatory Transfer by In 1988 Arlen Smith and several other Oregon state prisoners sought judicial review of Oregon DOC administrative regulations in Oregon state courts. Shortly before the briefs were due, Smith, the initiator of the litigation, was transferred to the Nevada state prison …
Article • May 15, 1994 • from PLN May, 1994
Prisoner Litigants Have Right to Out of State Citations by Rick Petrick is an Oklahoma state prisoner. The sentence he is serving in Oklahoma was enhanced as a result of prior convictions from Minnesota and North Dakota. While confined at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary (OSP) he sought to bring collateral …
Work Release Revocation Requires Hearing by Billy Jackson was an Arkansas state prisoner. She was placed in work release but later quit her job and her parole officer could not locate her at her address of record. She was later arrested on charges of public drunkenness, returned to prison and …
Article • March 15, 1994 • from PLN March, 1994
Consent Decree Modified to Permit Racial Segregation by In 1988 a prisoner at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility (SOCF)at Lucasville, OH, filed suit challenging the prison's practice of assigning prisoners to cells based on their race. This practice led to the racial segregation of prisoners. The court appointed counsel in …
Langford v. Bullock, MT, Fifth Amended Complaint, ADA Compliance, 1993 t Langford v. Racicot PC-MT-001-001 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "lark J. Lopez idward I. Koren National Prison Project the American Civil Liberties Jnion Foundation L875 Connecticut Ave., NW Washington, DC 20009 Telephone: 202/234-4830 Edmund F. Sheehy, …
Gender Based Treatment Disparity Violates Equal Protection by Ed Mead If you are a woman and you break the law in Nebraska, and if you are required to serve a prison sentence, you will be sent to the Nebraska Center for Women (NCW). NCW is located in York, a small …
Biased Hearing Officer Violates Due Process by Biased hearing Officer Violates Due Process Robert Ramirez is a federal prisoner. He had been imprisoned at the US penitentiary in Marion, IL, and had gone through that prison's transfer process and was moved to Leavenworth. While at Leavenworth Ramirez was infracted for …
Article • November 15, 1993 • from PLN November, 1993
Seg Prisoners Entitled to Congregate for Religious Services by Richard Salahuddin was a Muslim New York State prisoner. In 1985 he was transferred to the Sullivan Correctional Facility (SCF), which was still under construction. At the time of his transfer and during his stay at SCF he was on "keeplock" …
Article • October 15, 1993 • from PLN October, 1993
Cops Shaft Informant by In 1989 John Fay was serving a 15-35 year sentence for a second degree murder committed in 1973 and a 1984 armed robbery. While at the county jail pending a hearing on the robbery conviction, Fay came in contact with two guys who had just been …
Article • September 15, 1993 • from PLN September, 1993
German Geriatric Prison by Germany may have the most humanitarian prison in existence today. [ Editors note: They may also have the most inhumane prison as well, the notorious Stammheim prison is where the sensory deprivation isolation now in widespread use across the world was first developed in the mid-70's …
Article • August 15, 1993 • from PLN August, 1993
Dismissal Error for Failing to Obey Local Rules by Ronald Kilgo is a Georgia state prisoner. When he was in the Fulton County Jail he filed suit under § 1983 because jail officials had repeatedly refused his requests for medical treatment of a back injury and had subjected him to …
Article • August 15, 1993 • from PLN August, 1993
Overcrowding Emergency Measures Get Old by In Worthington v. Fauver, 440 A2d 1128 (1982), the New Jersey Supreme Court upheld an order by the governor, under the state's Civil Defense and Disaster Control Act, transferring state prisoners from overcrowded state prisons to county institutions. After more than a decade of …
Disobeying State Court Order Basis for Section 1983 Liability by Ernest Walters is an Iowa state prisoner. He was infracted for allegedly lying to a guard. He was found guilty at a disciplinary hearing and punished. Walters filed a post conviction action in state court and won a default judgement …
Article • July 15, 1993 • from PLN July, 1993
No Qualified Immunity for Medical Indifference by Dennis Hamilton is an Alaska state prisoner. After an ear operation prison officials tried to fly him to a federal prison in Oklahoma. The trip was aborted after the first leg of the trip due to extreme ear pain caused by flying. Hamilton's …
Article • June 15, 1993 • from PLN June, 1993
DC Not Proper Venue for BOP Suits by James Cameron is a federal prisoner. While at the penitentiary at Terre Haute he suffered a massive heart attack. Prison doctors stated he should receive a low sodium diet. The prison at Terre Haute could not provide a special diet and the …
Article • June 15, 1993 • from PLN June, 1993
BOP Can Deny Halfway House Placement by William Lyle is a Bureau of Prisons (BOP) prisoner serving a sentence for firearms and explosives violations. At his pre-release classification review his unit team recommended Lyle be placed in a halfway house for 60 days to ease his reentry into the community. …
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