Skip navigation

Search

79 results
Page 4 of 4. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 |

Article • January 15, 1999 • from PLN January, 1999
California Parolee Gag Order Lifted by The California Department of Corrections (CDC) admits it made a mistake when one of its agents tossed a parolee in jail for refusing to sign off on a parole condition banning him from talking to the media. Arthur Putney, 52, was jailed after parole …
U.S. Supreme Court Reverses Reed by In the July, 1998, issue of PLN we reported Reed v. State Ex Rel Ortiz , 947 P.2d 86 (NM 1997) where the New Mexico state supreme court affirmed a lower court ruling that granted asylum to former prison activist Timothy "Little Rock" Reed. …
New Mexico S.Ct Grants Asylum to Little Rock Reed by Timothy Reed, better known as Little Rock Reed, fled from Ohio parole authorities in 1993, ending up in new Mexico. Ohio filed extradition papers with New Mexico authorities, expecting Reed to be apprehended and returned to their custody. The New …
California Whistleblowers Silenced, Punished by Two California prisoners, suspected of tipping reporters to a controversial story inside the R.J. Donovan Correctional Facility near San Diego, were placed in administrative segregation (aka "the hole") and later transferred to other prisons. A San Diego television station reported in September, 1997, that workers …
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Heightened Pleading Standards for Intent Based Claims by Paul Wright By Paul Wright On May 4, 1998, the United States supreme court held that civil rights plaintiffs do not have to meet a heightened standard of pleading when filing suit against government officials. Lawsuits alleging an …
PLN Writer Exiled by CCA by PLN Writer Exiled by CCA Alex Friedmann is a prisoner and a journalist. Until recently he also warmed a for-profit bunk at the Corrections Corporation of America's (CCA) South Central Correctional Facility in Clifton, Tennessee. That is, until his corporate warders decided that Alex …
PLN Editor Settles Retaliation Suit by In the May, 1993, issue of PLN we reported that PLN editor Paul Wright had won a reversal and remand from the ninth circuit court of appeals in an unpublished ruling, Wright v. Rebiero, a retaliation suit filed against Washington state prison officials. On …
Retaliation Claims Survive Sandin, but PI Reversed by The court of appeals for the ninth circuit has held that prisoner retaliation claims have survived the supreme court ruling in Sandin but that prisoners bear a heavy burden when seeking a preliminary injunction (PI) on a retaliation claim. In the December, …
Supreme Court Rejects Govt Inter-Locutory Appeals in Civil Rights Suits by In a significant ruling the supreme court, in a unanimous opinion, has held that public officials who are sued cannot file inter-locutory appeals when a district court denies their motion for summary judgment based on the sufficiency of the …
Article • May 15, 1995 • from PLN May, 1995
Ohio Activist Needs Help by John Perotti Readers of this paper will recall my article "Spilt Milk", detailing human rights abuses at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility (Luke) located in Lucasville, OH and how I was set up in retaliation for witnessing the beating of an inmate and writing about …
$157,000 Awarded in Retaliation Suit by Jory Lowrance is a Muslim New York state prisoner. In a seven year period he was transferred a total of 17 times to different state prisons. He filed suit under 42 U.S. C. § 1983 claiming that the transfers were in retaliation for his …
S.Ct. to Hear Quayle Retaliation Claim by On January 20, 1995, the US Supreme Court announced that it had granted certiori to hear a prison retaliation case and it may have an interesting effect on the 1996 presidential campaign if Dan Quayle, George Bush's former vice president, changes his mind …
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 …
PLN Suit Filed Against ISRB by Paul Wright By Paul Wright Readers may recall that former PLN coeditor Ed Mead was released from prison in October, 1993, after serving nearly 18 years in prison. The day after he was released he was required to sign a standard conditions of release …
Court Upholds Silencing of Dan Quayle's Drug Supplier by Brett Kimberlin is a federal prisoner serving a 51 year sentence on drug and weapons charges. He briefly gained a bit of notoriety during the 1988 presidential campaign when he claimed that he had supplied drugs to George Bush's vice-presidential running …
Article • February 15, 1993 • from PLN February, 1993
Prison Journalist Punished by Adrian Lomax Letters from Readers [One of the objectives of the PLN is to become a forum through which readers can express opinions on what they've read, or to point out issues we should be addressing. Paul and I feel it is important for there to …
Article • February 15, 1992 • from PLN February, 1992
Bush Campaign Silences Prisoner by Brett Kimberlin is a federal prisoner serving time for drug and weapons charges. In November, 1988, a few days before the presidential elections, he was going to have a press conference where he was going to relate his account of having sold marijuana to now …
Geronimo Pratt Wins Injunction Against Future Harassment; Loses Drug Trafficking And Possession Appeal by Elmer "Geronimo" Pratt is a political prisoner convicted after an FBI COINTELPRO frame job of murdering a school teacher during an alleged robbery attempt of the victim and her husband on a Santa Monica tennis court. …
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 …
Page 4 of 4. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 |