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prisons. In a previous ruling the court had rhetorically asked what steps should be taken when prisons cannot or will not pay the assessed PLRA fees. This ruling seems to indicate that prisons who don't ...
Article • May 15, 1999 • from PLN May, 1999
to this treatment, what about the prisoners? Lest we think that only minorities are the victims of racism, PLN has reported cases from Virginia where black prison guards beat handcuffed white prisoners and shouted ...
and current governor George W. Bush to the death row escapes and, according to [Houston radio personality] Ray Hill: 1) the rape of a female guard at the French Roberston Unit; 2) what Hill described as a 'mini ...
Article • January 15, 1995 • from PLN January, 1995
Frivolous Litigation by People hear the term "frivolous" litigation and what comes to mind are the guys who sue over a train whistle keeping them awake at night in prison. All too often ...
Article • November 15, 1994 • from PLN November, 1994
for the eighth circuit denied their appeal. The first question the court resolved was whether Munz was a prisoner or a detainee for purposes of what constitutional standard applied to his claims. (The eighth ...
Article • October 15, 1993 • from PLN October, 1993
. Supreme Court. Too, if the state is so confident that their male guards could indeed act in a "professional" manner, what is their point in telling us recently that our name tags now have to be worn up ...
to Wright's claims that he was unconstitutionally placed into SHU. The appeals court held that being confined in the SHU for 67 days without any type of hearing violates due process. "...what New York has done ...
Article • November 15, 1991 • from PLN November, 1991
lawyers have taken money to give to the mess hall manager to buy food for the detainees they are always told that the manager isn't available and they can't leave the money there. Asked: "What about ...
Article • March 15, 1993 • from PLN March, 1993
Filed under: Crime, Sentencing
What's Wrong With This Picture? by Paul Wright By Paul Wright A judge in Maryland recently sentenced a university student to six months in jail after the student was discovered to have ...
Article • March 15, 1993 • from PLN March, 1993
Prisoners File Record Number of Suits by Paul Wright By Paul Wright We often hear prison officials, the various attorney generals, and the courts complain about what they call a "flood ...
Article • July 15, 1995 • from PLN July, 1995
, parties and actions involved and giving rise to the suit. Regardless of what the proof at trial may show, the complaint Acould not properly be dismissed for failure to state a claim upon which reef could ...
Article • March 15, 1992 • from PLN March, 1992
prisoners were serving more time for the same crimes as committed by Whites. What this meant is that Blacks were the first to come to prison but the last to leave. That we were denied probation in instances ...
: "What distinguishes our society from most others is the continued right of access to the judicial process afforded even to those who have been charged, tried and convicted of a crime. In order to make ...
, only for injunctive relief). The district court held that when a complaint doesn't specify what capacity the defendants are sued in it will assume they are sued only in their official capacity ...
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 ...
Article • March 15, 1997 • from PLN March, 1997
Mitchell, president of National Law. "Anyone can speculate what it is. Whether it's a friendship or a bribe, I have no idea." The High Desert State Prison (New Susanville) houses general population Level IV ...
disciplinary hearings should take note of this case, a key issue being litigated in light of Sandin is what length of segregation constitutes a deprivation sufficient to create a liberty interest that can ...
Article • March 15, 1999 • from PLN March, 1999
in the employment relationship, not what ultimate control is exerted by prison authorities. Winsett-Simmonds , 164 NLRB 611 (1967). The court concluded that the NLRB's determination ignored this longstanding ...
Article • July 15, 1994 • from PLN July, 1994
and remanded. The appeals court held that the plaintiffs had failed to state a claim. At the outset, the court resolves the question of what standard is applied to pretrial detainees as opposed to convicted ...
Article • June 15, 1996 • from PLN June, 1996
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
Communications to exclusively handle collect calls by prisoners. Sprint promptly increased the rate to three to five times higher than what local phone companies had been charging. Rick Hackman, of the PSC's ...
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