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Outgoing Mail Censorship Illegal by A district court has reaffirmed the long-standing principle that the censorship of outgoing prisoner mail rarely implicates prison security interests. Donald Gee, a Wyoming state prisoner, wrote a letter to his brother about his conditions of confinement, that he was being retaliated against by prison …
WA Punishment for Use of Religious Name Illegal by Dawud Halisi Malik By Dawud Halisi Malik On January 5, 1978, the superior court of the county of Walla Walla accepted my petition for name change as I had adopted Al-Islam as my religion. On May 8, 1990, I arrived at …
No Right to Self-Defense in Prison by John Rowe is an Indiana state prisoner. A prisoner named Michael Evans was moved into a cell next to Rowe and Rowe complained to staff, who did nothing. Evans sent Rowe a note demanding sexual favors. The next morning Evans entered Rowe's cell …
English Only Rule for Prayer Illegal by DeMont Conner is a Hawaii state prisoner. He filed suit under section 1983 claiming prison officials had violated his due process rights by punishing him for praying in Arabic with another prisoner and that the disciplinary hearing itself did not comport with due …
Evidence Required to Sustain Disciplinary Ruling by Robert Nicholson is a Rhode Island state prisoner. In 1988 he told prison officials and state police investigators that he had been assaulted by two prison guards. His complaint was later investigated by the FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ). The DOJ concluded …
Outgoing Mail May Contain Slander by Aprisoner at the Iowa Men's Reformatory received a major disciplinary infraction for "verbal abuse" as a result of comments included in a letter he had written to his brother. The prisoner, Rick Bressman, wrote: "yeah, their (sic) real assholes, my counselor is a dick …
Discipline For Rude Letter Struck Down by Lobester Loggins is a Missouri State prisoner. In 1989 he sent his brother a letter. Pursuant to prison policy a prison mail clerk opened and read the letter, which stated in part that "there's a beetle eyed bitch back here who enjoys reading …
English Only Rule Not Applicable to Group Prayers by Aprison rule requiring prisoners to communicate in the "English language only" can not reasonably be construed to apply to prayers, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held in a civil rights case. Therefore, the court concluded, prison officials …
Court Bans Double Celling of New Prisoners by Prisoners at the Nebraska State Penitentiary filed a class action suit challenging numerous conditions of confinement at the penitentiary. Most of the claims relate to overcrowding and the overall poor living conditions which include: excessive noise, lack of ventilation, inadequate staff, assaults …
Can't Stop Con's Legal Help Due to Transfer by Can't Stop Con's Legal Help Due To Transfer A New York prisoner incarcerated at Attica was granted authorization to provide legal assistance to two other inmates after completing a law clerk training program sponsored by the Department of Correctional Services. When …
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