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Article • December 15, 1994 • from PLN December, 1994
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by France: A French prison worker's union said it was suing 100 prisoners and detainees as a symbolic protest of under staffing in France's crowded jails. The unions said its members wouldn't be overworked if prisoners had respected the law and stayed out of jail. Jamaica: Three …
Article • October 15, 1994 • from PLN October, 1994
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by WA: In May, 1994, three former prisoners and two staff members of the Snohomish county jail filed suit in US District Court in Seattle claiming that they contracted tuberculosis at the jail due to its lax testing and screening policies. The plaintiffs' attorney, Ted Spearman, stated …
Article • September 15, 1994 • from PLN September, 1994
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by WA: On June 3, 1994, former King County (Seattle, WA) jail guard Andre Gantt, 35, was sentenced to 26 months imprisonment after pleading guilty to two counts of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver. The drugs in question were cocaine and marijuana which …
Article • August 15, 1994 • from PLN August, 1994
Crimes Against Habeas Corpus by Susan Blaustein By Susan Blaustein With its myriad new death penalty offenses, "three-strikes" provisions, mandatory minimums and moneys for prisons and police, Congress left only one thing out of its much-vaunted new crime package: any protection for Americans' most basic constitutional rights. In their poll-driven …
Article • August 15, 1994 • from PLN August, 1994
WA Initiative to Increase Gun Penalties by Paul Wright By Paul Wright The Washington Citizens for Justice are the right-wingers headed by Dave LaCourse, of the Public Policy Institute in Bellevue, WA; John Carlson, of KVI radio and Seattle Times columnist and Ida Ballasiotes, Republican state representative for Mercer Island. …
Article • July 15, 1994 • from PLN July, 1994
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by KS: The state legislature enacted a death penalty law that becomes effective July I, 1994. The law restored the death penalty in Kansas for the first time since 1972 when the US Supreme Court struck down as unconstitutional Kansas' death penalty statute. Governor Joan Finney allowed …
Article • June 15, 1994 • from PLN June, 1994
IL Bans Prisoner Name Changes by The Illinois legislature recently passed Public Act 88-25, effective July 6, 1993, which prohibits convicted felons from changing their names while incarcerated. The act also prohibits felons from changing their names until two years after being paroled or pardoned. Anthony Bogan is a PLN …
Article • June 15, 1994 • from PLN June, 1994
Three Strikes Racks 'em Up by Paul Wright Three Strikes Racks 'Em Up By Paul Wright In November of 1993 voters in Washington state passed Initiative 593 which mandates life without parole for defendants convicted of one of 42 qualifying felonies for the third time. PLN covered the initiative process …
Article • June 15, 1994 • from PLN June, 1994
DOJ Seeks More Money for Prisons by On February 7, 1994, President Clinton submitted his proposed budget for fiscal year 1995 to congress. The Department of Justice (DOJ) is slated to receive $13.652 billion, a $2.679 billion increase over the 1994 budget. This figure includes $2.423 billion that the administration …
Religious Freedom Restoration Act Passed by Congress has passed, and President Clinton has signed into law, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, Public Law 103-141. The new statute was passed without an exemption for prisons and jails requested by law enforcement officials including the Attorney Generals of 26 states …
Article • May 15, 1994 • from PLN May, 1994
FL Reforms Sentencing Law by Florida has built 10,729 new prison beds in the past five years yet has been unable to keep up with its growing prison population. In May of 1993 the Florida legislature passed the Safe Streets Initiative which has the goal of reducing prison overcrowding to …
Article • May 15, 1994 • from PLN May, 1994
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by UK The British government began a pilot study to set up a genetic DNA database of convicted criminals. Legislation pending in Parliament would expand police powers to take DNA samples from saliva and hair samples. A UK official was quoted as saying: "We will bring the …
Court Enjoins BOP Phone System by On October 13, 1993, Judge Henry Wilhoit of the U.S. District Court in Kentucky entered a preliminary injunction barring the federal Bureau of Prisons from implementing its Inmate Telephone System (ITS). The case is Washington v. Reno, case number 93-217 and 93-290. Readers should …
Article • March 15, 1994 • from PLN March, 1994
Filed under: News, News in Brief
News in Brief by [This is a new feature in PLN which will provide short news items related to prisons which while interesting are not big enough to make up an article. If you like this feature let us know and send us news clippings of interest.] 17 Dec 1993, …
Article • February 15, 1994 • from PLN February, 1994
Filed under: News, State Legislation
WA DOC Wants to Open New Prison, Close Old Ones by The Washington DOC received a budget increase of 30 percent last year. As part of the two percent budget cutback affecting all state agencies the DOC has offered plans which would require the closure of two small prisons and …
Article • January 15, 1994 • from PLN January, 1994
Parole Commission Guidelines Not Ex Post Facto by The federal prisoner in this case, Noble Simpson, filed a pro se habeas corpus petition against the U.S. Parole Commission. Simpson's suit challenged, on ex post facto grounds, the Commission's application at his second parole hearing of it's guidelines which were not …
Article • January 15, 1994 • from PLN January, 1994
"Tough On Crime" Law Increases Michigan Crime Rates by Despite the increased use of prison as a criminal sanction, nearly every category of violent crime rose from 1981 to 1991. In the past decade, Michigan's legislature has passed many "tough on crime" laws and quadrupled the state's corrections budget, according …
Article • November 15, 1993 • from PLN November, 1993
Republicans Introduce Crime Bill by Paul Wright By Paul Wright In last month's issue of PLN , I reported on President Clinton's crime bill, which he unveiled at an August 11, 1993, press conference. It turns out that a week before this, with considerably less fanfare, Senate Minority Leader Robert …
Article • October 15, 1993 • from PLN October, 1993
Clinton Unveils "Anti-Crime" Package by Paul Wright By Paul Wright On August 11, 1993, president Clinton revealed his proposed new "anti crime" legislation. A few months ago I wrote an article in PLN concerning Clinton's campaign promises as they affected prisoners. It appears that things are worse than expected. With …
Article • October 15, 1993 • from PLN October, 1993
NY Re-Examines Tough Drug Laws by Former New York governor Nelson Rockefeller decided to launch a "get tough on crime" approach to dealing with that state's drug users and dealers. In 1973 Rockefeller had the state legislature pass a "lock `em up and throw away the key" approach to drug …
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