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Article • February 15, 2000 • from PLN February, 2000
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by Brazil: More than 40 prisoners escaped from a jail in Sao Paulo on August 15, 1999 after twenty men overpowered, beat and tied up the guards and unlocked the cell doors. A shoot-out with police left one of the jailhouse liberators dead. CA: A July 10, …
Article • January 15, 2000 • from PLN January, 2000
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News in Brief by CT: In October, 1999, the state DOC announced it would send 900 prisoners to the Wallens Ridge State Prison in Virginia to relieve overcrowding. Wallens Ridge is a "super-max" prison that has been repeatedly cited for human and civil rights abuses by various human rights organizations. …
Article • January 15, 2000 • from PLN January, 2000
California Governor Vetoes Media Access Bill by In September, 1999 California Governor Gray Davis vetoed legislation that would have rescinded his predecessor's policy of barring reporters from interviewing state prisoners. The measure was supported by the California Correctional Peace Officers' Association (CCPOA) which said that barring reporters from prison makes …
Wackenhut's Woes: Guard Killed in New Mexico Riot; Prisoners Exiled to Virginia Supermax by Alex Friedmann Previously, PLN has reported problems at the Lea County Corr. Facility in Hobbs, New Mexico, one of two prisons in the state operated by Wackenhut Corrections Corp. Violent incidents at the Hobbs facility have …
1999 Washington State Legislative Roundup by The 1999 Washington legislature created or amended far too many statutes of interest to our readers to adequately summarize, but here are some highlights: Custodial Misconduct makes it a class C felony for an employee or contract personnel of a correctional agency [or] law …
Article • December 15, 1999 • from PLN December, 1999
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News in Brief by AR: On August 11, 1999, a Lafayette Co. jail guard received a 5 year suspended sentence for having forcible sex with the wife of a prisoner as "payment" for letting her have a private visit with her husband. Michael A. Null, 38, pleaded guilty to felony …
Article • November 15, 1999 • from PLN November, 1999
California Governor Vetoes Parole Reform Bill by California Governor Gray Davis vetoed a bill that would have diverted "low-risk" parole violators into community-based programs rather than send them back through a "revolving door" to an already overcrowded state prison system. Some critics call the veto quid pro quo for the …
CCPOA Pimping in the California State Assembly by Dan Pens A self-proclaimed "whore" for the California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA) in July 1999 helped kill Attorney General Bill Lockyer's proposed legislation for forming a state-level prosecutorial unit to investigate alleged crimes by state prison guards. As it stands now, …
Article • November 15, 1999 • from PLN November, 1999
California Prison Legal Fund Broke by Willie Wisely by W. Wisely The California Department of Corrections' $15.5 million legal settlement fund went broke in late March, 1999, three months before the end of the fiscal year, according to an article by Pam Podger in the May 27, 1999, edition of …
Nevada Guards Party with Inmate Welfare Fund by The Nevada state legislature made a bold move to "end inmate welfare as we know it" when it passed a bill (AB289) in 1999 stating that revenue from state prisons' Inmate Welfare Fund (IWF) can be used for employee perks. But the …
Article • November 15, 1999 • from PLN November, 1999
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News in Brief by Brazil: In early August four men armed with automatic weapons overpowered guards and broke into the Tremembe jail near Sao Paulo, and stole money that jail prisoners were planning to send home. CA: In 1998 15 state prisoners were killed. Three were shot to death by …
Article • October 15, 1999 • from PLN October, 1999
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News in Brief by Brazil: A riot involving 320 prisoners erupted at a facility in Florianopolis, Santa Catarina state, on May 7, 1999. One prisoner was killed and 4 injured during the disturbance, in which rioters chased away the guards and set fire to mattresses and tires. Brazil: Three hundred …
Article • September 15, 1999 • from PLN September, 1999
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News in Brief by AZ: On January 30, 1999, prisoners Jeffrey Camper and John Lofton escaped from the state prison in Douglas by cutting through two perimeter fences with wirecutters from the prison's yard. Both men were serving life sentences for murder. They were recaptured five hours later by police …
Article • August 15, 1999 • from PLN August, 1999
Washington Legislature Amends 35% Law, Again by Paul Wright RCW 72.09:480 was enacted in 1995 as part of House Bill (FIB) 2410, a massive prisoner bashing bill that unanimously passed the legislature that year. RCW 72.09.480 was slipped into HB 2010 with no public hearings, debate or notice. The law …
Article • August 15, 1999 • from PLN August, 1999
California Guard Union Doles Out Millions to Politicians by The California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA) is the union which represents California's 28,000 prison guards. The union is also one of the most powerful political players in state politics. The union supports mandatory sentencing, including "three strikes" laws; increased prison …
Article • August 15, 1999 • from PLN August, 1999
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News in Brief by Bolivia: On April 27, 1999, more than 1,500 prisoners in seven prisons went on hunger-strike to protest overcrowding, delays in case processing and the denial of good time credits. At least five prisoners sewed their lips shut, 19 tied themselves to prison bars in a mock …
Article • July 15, 1999 • from PLN July, 1999
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News in Brief by AR: Little Rock parole officer William Lambert was arrested March 17, 1999 after police found 10 grams of methamphetarnine in his possession. He was charged with intent to deliver and released on a $52,500 bond. AZ: Robert Wayne Vickers, sentenced to death for killing fellow death …
Article • June 15, 1999 • from PLN June, 1999
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News in Brief by News In Brief Antigua: A fire started by prisoners at the centuries-old Her Majesty's Prison in St. John, capital of the former British colony, sent 17 people to a hospital with minor injuries on Jan. 28, 1999. AZ : On Feb. 18, 1999 charges against three …
Article • May 15, 1999 • from PLN May, 1999
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News in Brief by AR : On October 13, 1999, Mark Lucas escaped from the Miller County jail in Texarkana by sawing through a cell lock and running through open fire escape doors. Lucas, awaiting trial on murder charges, was later recaptured. CA : In December, 1998, Sacramento sheriff's deputy …
Article • April 15, 1999 • from PLN April, 1999
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News in Brief by Azerbaijan : On January 8, 1999, 11 prisoners at the Gobustan prison camp rioted and took 28 guards hostage. Government officials agreed to the prisoners' demand of being flown out of the country. When the prisoners and their hostages boarded a bus they believed was going …
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