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Article • January 15, 2007 • from PLN January, 2007
Lawsuit Filed Over Health Care at Wisconsin Women’s Prison, More Possible by Michael Rigby Lawsuit Filed Over Health Care at Wisconsin Women's Prison, More Possible by Michael Rigby The medical, dental, and mental health care provided to female prisoners at the Taycheedah Correctional Institution in Fon du Lac, Wisconsin, is …
Pro Se Tips and Tactics: Fourteenth Amendment - Due Process: U. S. Supreme Court Clarifies Some Rights by Daniel Manville Pro Se Tips and Tactics: Fourteenth Amendment - Due Process: U. S. Supreme Court Clarifies Some Rights by Daniel Manville Introduction1 For a number of years it seemed that rights …
Article • September 15, 2006 • from PLN September, 2006
Virginia Prisoners Challenge Grooming Policy Under RLUIPA by Get in a fight behind bars and in most states, youll serve somewhere between a few days or months in segregation. Refusal to cut your hair in Virginia and youll be segregated until you comply. In 1999 the Virginia Department of Corrections …
Brief • September 12, 2006
Westefer v. Snyder, IL, Order Granting Class Certification, ad seg placement, 2006 Case 3:00-cv-00162-GPM-DGW Document 156 Filed 09/12/2006 Page 1 of 25 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS ROBERT WESTEFER, et al., Plaintiffs, vs. DONALD SNYDER, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) …
Standing Up to Corruption by Stephen James Prison Systems co-workers Joe Reynoso and Dave Lewis both were called heroes by their peers. One was an investigator digging into prison crime, and one was accused of a crime. Guess which one was supported by the guards union. In her letter supporting …
Torture in Maine Prison by Lance Tapley Torture in Maine Prison by Lance Tapley The mission of the Maine State Prison is to provide a safe, secure, and humane correctional environment for the incarcerated offender. Five hollering guards wearing helmets, face shields, and full body armor charge into a mentally …
Connecticuts Mistreatment of Mentally Ill Prisoners and Detainees Enjoined by John Dannenberg Connecticuts Mistreatment of Mentally Ill Prisoners and Detainees Enjoined by John E. Dannenberg The Connecticut Department of Corrections (CDOC) entered into a settlement agreement in September 2005 that specified extensive changes to its policies for confining and treating …
Court Orders Mob Boss Released from SHU by A New York federal district court has ordered a federal pretrial detainee released from administrative detention into general population because the government had other means of preventing him from communicating with the members of his crime family. Vincent Basciano moved pursuant to …
Brief • February 7, 2006
Westefer v. Snyder, IL, Class Action Memo, ad seg condition of confinement, 2010 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS ROBERT WESTEFER, et al., No. 00-162-GPM Plaintiffs, v. DONALD SNYDER, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS' MOTION TO CERTIFY THE PLAINTIFF CLASS INTRODUCTION …
Brief • November 16, 2005
Pratt v. Hofmann, VT, Amended Complaint, extended solitary confinement, 2005 SUPERIOR COURT Docket No. 228-4-05 Wncv STATE OF VERMONT WASHINGTON COUNTY, SS. LEO PRATT, Plaintiff, v. ROBERT HOFMANN, VERMONT COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONS. CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, RANDY STOVAL, WARDEN, LEE ADJUSTMENT CENTER, and JOHN DOE, SORT TEAM MEMBER AMENDED COMPLAINT …
Bringing Down The Brotherhood by by Alan Prendergast Inside the feds' war on the deadliest prison gang: 16 murders. 21 death-penalty cases. Snitches galore. A wide red line runs across the floor of the visiting room like a clown's grin, separating the guard post and the civilian exit from the …
Pennsylvania Control Unit Newspaper, Magazine and Photo Ban Invalidated; Supreme Court Grants Review by The Third Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court's decision upholding a Pennsylvania prison policy prohibiting a class of segregated prisoners from possessing newspapers, magazines and photographs. The U.S. supreme court granted review in the …
New Zealand Court of Appeals Upholds Prisoner's Conditions-of-Confinement Award by On September 11, 2005, the New Zealand Court of Appeals upheld and increased the award of compensation to a prisoner for having been held in unlawful conditions of confinement. Christopher Taunoa, a New Zealand prisoner who is serving a life …
Article • October 15, 2005
New York Prisoners Win Class Action On Due Process Of Disciplinary Hearings by The US Court Of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a US District Court's decision to issue a preliminary injunction on a NY prison, requiring that hearings of prisoners confined in segregation units pending investigation of charges …
What's Wrong With the ACA? by Elizabeth Alexander The American Correctional Association (ACA) is the largest and best-known organization of prison and jail staff in the country. It offers higher education programs designed to train prison industry professionals and, like a traditional professional association, it certifies persons as members in …
New Hampshire Prisoner's Due Process Suit Nets $54,000 in Fees and Damages by A New Hampshire federal district court has awarded a prisoner $20,503 in nominal and punitive damages in a civil rights action alleging Fourteenth Amendment violations. The Court further awarded $31,000 in attorney's fees and $3,900 in costs …
Article • August 15, 2005 • from PLN August, 2005
Supreme Court Finds Ohio Supermax Placement Policy Constitutional by Bob Williams By Bob Williams The United States Supreme Court has found prisoners possess a liberty interest in avoiding supermax placement but ruled Ohio’s new classification policy for placing and retaining prisoners in the state’s supermax is constitutional as written. Relief …
Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005
Starved for Attention How do you break a high-security hunger strike? Put a lid on it. by by Alan Prendergast Prisoners who joined in a hunger strike at the Colorado State Penitentiary from January 15-26, 2005, were hoping their protest would attract a media feeding frenzy -- and put pressure …
Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005
Fifth Circuit Holds Sleep Deprivation From Constant Illumination Constitutional by The Fifth Circuit court of appeals, in an unpublished opinion, held that alleging sleep deprivation caused by constant illumination was not a claim with an arguable basis in law for which a prisoner may be granted relief. Juan Chavarria, a …
Ohio Supermax Placement is Atypical & Significant Hardship; Supreme Court Grants Review by Ohio Supermax Placement is Atypical & Significant Hardship; Supreme Court Grants Review By Bob Williams The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has ruled that Ohio state prisoners have a liberty interest under the …
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