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Transfers May Violate Eighth Amendment by Timothy Taylor is a small, mentally retarded Michigan state prisoner. While at the Jackson state prison Taylor was transferred to a camp where he was raped. After being raped prison officials labeled him a homosexual and he was denied a job and resident home …
Article • May 15, 1993 • from PLN May, 1993
Minn. Prison Signs Contract for Puerto Rican Inmates by Minn. Prison signs Contract for Puerto Rican Inmates St. Paul, Minn. - about 500 prisoners from Puerto Rico will come to Minnesota as early as this month under a deal that finally will fill a privately operated prison in Appleton built …
Death Threats and "Snitch Jacketing" by Guards Unlawful by Craig Northington is a Colorado state prisoner assigned to community placement. While going to his work site plainclothes prison officials surprised him, put guns to his head without identifying themselves as prison guards, threatened to kill him and verbally and physically …
Article • March 15, 1993 • from PLN March, 1993
Kentucky Cons Used as Scabs by Prisoners from a privately-run jail in Louisville, Kentucky have been used as scabs in the three-month-old strike by UFCW Local 227 against Fischer Packing Company. The prisoners were brought into the plant after the strikers rejected the company's "best and final offer" by a …
Transferred Con Has Right to Books of Sending State by AUtah prisoner was subjected to what he claimed was an involuntary out-of-state transfer to an Arizona prison. The transferred prisoner filed a pro se habeas corpus petition in Superior Court of Arizona seeking, inter alia , access to legal research …
Interstate Compact Does Not Create Liberty Interest by Fred Pletka was an Iowa prisoner in disciplinary confinement at the Iowa State Penitentiary when he was transferred to Texas under the interstate corrections compact. Shortly after arriving in Texas Pletka was released into the general prison population. Later, when he was …
Article • August 15, 1992 • from PLN August, 1992
Transfer Violates Access Rights by Stanton Story is a Pennsylvania state prisoner who was transferred to the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to serve his sentence. Story filed suit under § 1983 claiming Pennsylvania DOC officials had violated his right of access to the courts because the BOP prison in …
Article • June 15, 1992 • from PLN June, 1992
Home Release Status Revoked for Exercising Right to Silence by Adrian Lomax By Adrian Lomax Steven Asherman was doing a fourteen-year bit for manslaughter in the Connecticut prison system. After he had served three years, the keep [guards] approved Asherman's application for Supervised Home Release. SHR is not parole, but …
Can't Stop Con's Legal Help Due to Transfer by Can't Stop Con's Legal Help Due To Transfer A New York prisoner incarcerated at Attica was granted authorization to provide legal assistance to two other inmates after completing a law clerk training program sponsored by the Department of Correctional Services. When …
Prison Officials Cannot Delay Access to Case Law by Prison Officials Cannot Delay Access To Case Law Washington state prisoner Mark Larue was transferred out of state to the Illinois DOC while pursuing a collateral attack on his conviction. The lawyer representing Larue withdrew from the case and the state …
CBCC Publisher Only Rule Upheld on Qualified Immunity Grounds by Martin Johnson was a federal prisoner sent to the Clallam Bay Corrections Center (CBCC) in Washington state as a boarder. He filed suit challenging numerous aspects of prison conditions under the due process clause of the federal constitution. The district …
Receiving State is Agent of Sending State; Qualified Immunity Examined by Receiving State Is Agent Of Sending State; Qualified Immunity Examined An Iowa prisoner was under punitive segregation when he was transferred to the Texas prison system and released to the general population. When he was later transferred back to …
Article • November 15, 1991 • from PLN November, 1991
Privacy Right Not To Be Viewed Naked by Opposite Sex Prison Guards by Privacy Right Not To Be Viewed Naked By Opposite Sex Prison Guards A Colorado state prisoner filed suit under § 1983 claiming violation of his rights to due process and equal protection when he was placed in …
Article • January 15, 1991 • from PLN January, 1991
Filed under: Classification, Furloughs
Furlough Facts by Ed Mead By Ed Mead Whatever you decide to do with your life you should try to do it well - be a professional. I'm a professional prisoner. I do time. I've got 15 years in and figure to retire in another 5, maybe sooner if I …
Article • November 15, 1990 • from PLN November, 1990
Full Due Process Required Before Termination of Work Release Status by A prisoner's work release status was revoked for drug use. She was returned to prison and found guilty at a disciplinary hearing. The Court of Appeals reversed and reinstated the prisoner, holding that the due process clause itself invests …
From the Editor by Paul Wright By Paul Wright Welcome to PLN #6. When we started this publishing project we didn't know how far we'd get. We decided to see how much support our efforts would generate. Issue #4 paid for itself, and #3 almost did, so it looks like …
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Being Old and Doing Time - Brie Williams Study 2006 ETHNOGERIATRICS AND SPECIAL POPULATIONS Being Old and Doing Time: Functional Impairment and Adverse Experiences of Geriatric Female Prisoners Brie A. Williams, MD,Ã w Karla Lindquist, MS,Ã Rebecca L. Sudore, MD,Ã w Heidi M. Strupp,z Donna J. Willmott, MPH,z and Louise …
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Us Nic Objective Prison Classification 2004 U.S. Department of Justice National Institute of Corrections A Guide for Correc tional Agencies U.S. Department of Justice National Institute of Corrections 320 First Street N.W. Washington, DC 20534 Morris L. Thigpen Director Larry Solomon Deputy Director George M. Keiser Chief, Community Corrections/Prisons Division …
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Us Gao Decision Dismas Charities Inc 2003 United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Comptroller General of the United States DOCUMENT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE The decision issued on the date below was subject to a GAO Protective Order. This redacted version has been approved for public release. Decision Matter …
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Gao Decision the Salvation Army Community Corrections Program Costs Aug 29 2007 Comptroller General of the United States United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 Decision Matter of: The Salvation Army Community Corrections Program--Costs File: B-298866.3 Date: August 29, 2007 Luke Levasseur, Esq., Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, …
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