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Transexuals Entitled to Treatment

Article • March 15, 1996 • from PLN March, 1996

Filed under: Summary Judgment, Transgender, Transgender Medical Procedures

Transexuals Entitled to Treatment by The court of appeals for the tenth circuit has held that transsexual prisoners state a cause of action under the eighth amendment when they are not provided with any medical treatment by prison officials. The court also held that parties must be given notice when …

Colorado Prisoners Riot in Texas Jail

Article • February 15, 1996 • from PLN February, 1996

Filed under: Classification, Out of State Transfers, Prison Rebellion

Colorado Prisoners Riot in Texas Jail by On page 13 of this issue of PLN we feature an article about 500 Colorado prisoners who were abducted from Colorado prisons and shipped to the Bowie County Jail in Texarkana, TX. The 500 Colorado prisoners have been fighting the move ever since, …

Marquiz v. Romer, CO, Opinion and Order, Violation of ADA Rights, 1995

Brief • December 21, 1995

Filed under: Americans with Disabilities Act

Marquiz v. Romer, CO, Opinion and Order, Violation of ADA Rights, 1995 NITEO STATES EMSTRICT C C U H . DENVER, COI n IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO DE§ gl 19Q§ r Civil Action No. 92-K-1470 (92-M-1932) AMES R. f/.-.^SPEAKEi: __^'-~ STEVEN R. MARQUIZ; …

Random Urinalysis Okay

Article • December 15, 1995 • from PLN December, 1995

Filed under: Searches, Drug Testing

Random Urinalysis Okay by In the July, 1994 issue of PLN we reported Lucero v. Gunter, 17 F.3d 1347 (10th Cir. 1994) where the court of appeals reversed dismissal of a Colorado state prisoner's suit alleging a fourth amendment violation where he was subjected to a harassing urinalysis test. The …

Martinez Hearing Reversed

Article • August 15, 1995 • from PLN August, 1995

Filed under: Disciplinary Hearings, Witnesses (Disciplinary Hearings), Summary Judgment

Martinez Hearing Reversed by The tenth circuit has approved a process whereby district courts conduct hearings to develop the record and determine whether there is any legal or factual basis to claims brought by pro se prisoner litigants. See: Martinez v. Aaron, 570 F.2d 317 (10th Cir. 1978). In this …

PI Granted to Satanist

Article • May 15, 1995 • from PLN May, 1995

Filed under: Preliminary Injunctions/TRO's, Religious Freedom, Religious Practices, Religious Property

PI Granted to Satanist by Robert Howard is a federal prisoner at FCI Englewood in Littleton, CO. He is also a Satanist. Howard made several requests to prison officials seeking to practice satanic rituals. Prison officials denied his requests and Howard filed suit claiming that the denial of his requests …

Attorney General Subject to Suit

Article • March 15, 1995 • from PLN March, 1995

Filed under: Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Civil Procedure, Transcripts, Qualified Immunity, Prosecutorial Immunity

Attorney General Subject to Suit by Attorney General Wendy Ritz ordered the court reporter not to prepare the transcript, despite the court order to the contrary, because she thought the petition would be dismissed on procedural grounds. The state court called the AGs conduct "outrageous" and ordered the attorney generals …

CO Ad Seg Rules Don't Create Liberty Interest

Article • July 15, 1994 • from PLN July, 1994

Filed under: Disciplinary Hearings, Liberty Interests, Ad-Seg Hearings

CO Ad Seg Rules Don't Create Liberty Interest by Vernon Templeman is a Colorado state prisoner. After spending seven years in administrative segregation (ad seg) he was placed in a maximum security general population. A year later he was again placed in ad seg. Despite requesting a three member panel, …

Urinalysis is Search

Article • July 15, 1994 • from PLN July, 1994

Filed under: Disciplinary Hearings, Self Incrimination, Drug Testing

Urinalysis is Search by Anthony Lucero is a Colorado state prisoner. He refused prison official's order to submit a urine sample for urinalysis testing and was infracted, found guilty and punished for refusing to obey an order. Lucero filed suit under § 1983 claiming that the urinalysis violated his rights …

CO Affirms Right to Impartial Hearing Board

Article • June 15, 1994 • from PLN June, 1994

Filed under: Disciplinary Hearings, Disciplinary Litigation, Witnesses (Disciplinary Hearings), Hearing Officers

CO Affirms Right to Impartial Hearing Board by C. Frank Villa is a Colorado state prisoner. He was infracted for allegedly throwing food at a prison guard. At his disciplinary hearing Villa learned that the guard in question, who also issued the disciplinary report, had phoned one of the disciplinary …

Riot at FCI Florence

Article • June 15, 1994 • from PLN June, 1994

Filed under: Organizing, Prison Rebellion

Riot at FCI Florence by Florence, CO, is the future site of the federal government's new supermax prison. Eventually Florence will have a minimum, medium, maximum and supermax prison within one big complex. The minimum and medium sections are already opened and operational. PLN has reported on the control unit …

Death Threats and "Snitch Jacketing" by Guards Unlawful

Article • March 15, 1993 • from PLN March, 1993

Filed under: Work Release, Guard Misconduct, Threats by Staff, Snitch Jacketing, Conditions of Confinement, Failure to Protect (General)

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 …

Parole Officers Can Be Sued

Article • November 15, 1992 • from PLN November, 1992

Filed under: Parole, Immunity/Liability, Qualified Immunity, Judicial Immunity

Parole Officers Can Be Sued by Stephen Mee was a Colorado parolee whose parole was revoked by Jose Ortega, his parole officer, for alleged harassment. Ortega kept Mee in jail despite being told by the local prosecutor that because no violation of criminal law had occurred, Mee could not be …

The Proposed Prison in Florence, CO: A "New and Improved" Marion

Article • September 15, 1992 • from PLN September, 1992

Filed under: Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement

The Proposed Prison in Florence, CO: A "New and Improved" Marion by The Proposed Prison in Florence, CO: A "New and Improved" Marion The United States Penitentiary at Marion, located in Southern Illinois, opened in 1963 to replace Alcatraz, which closed that same year. Marion is the most maximum security …

Taking of Property May State Federal Claim

Article • March 15, 1992 • from PLN March, 1992

Filed under: Money/Property, Prisoner Property

Taking of Property May State Federal Claim by Colorado prison officials confiscated a state prisoner's stereo and refused to return it to him. Freeman, the prisoner, filed several administrative grievances with no success. He filed suit in small claims court and defendants did not respond, and when he sought default …

The Protection of the Law

Article • March 15, 1992 • from PLN March, 1992

Filed under: Civil Procedure, Costs, Witnesses

The Protection of the Law by Bill Dunne The Protection Of The Law By Bill Dunne There are lots of laws on the books that say the various agencies of the government must do (or not do) this or that for the governed, from whom the "just powers" of those …

Privacy Right Not To Be Viewed Naked by Opposite Sex Prison Guards

Article • November 15, 1991 • from PLN November, 1991

Filed under: Transfers, Discrimination, Gender Discrimination -- Men

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 …

Prison Legal News v. Executive Office for US Attorneys, Freedom of Information Act BOP Video Lawsuit Complaint. 2008.

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CO Phone Kickbacks 2004-2008

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Filed under: Telephones

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CO Phone Rates 2010

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Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

CO Phone Rates 2010 Colorado DOC Collect Local IntraLATA IntraState Interstate V-Connect Local IntraLATA IntraState Interstate Debit Local IntraLATA IntraState Interstate Service Charge 2.75 2.75 2.75 3.95 Service Charge 2.75 2.75 2.75 3.95 Service Charge 1.25 1.25 1.25 2.00 Per Minute Charge Day Evening Night 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.89 0.23 …