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Article • October 15, 1999 • from PLN October, 1999
Michigan's Female Prisoners Have Educational Parity by A federal district court in Michigan held that the educational, vocational, and apprenticeship opportunities provided to male and female prisoners in the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) are now sufficiently comparable for equal protection purposes to require termination of the court's 20 year …
Prison Realty Board Member Settles Ethics Complaints by Prof. Charles W. Thomas, director of the Private Corrections Project at the University of Florida and a board member of Prison Realty Corp., has long been criticized for his close connections with the private prison companies he researches [see: "University professor shills …
IDEA Confers Right to Education Even in SHU by IDEA Confers Right to Education Even In SHU The First Circuit court of appeals has held that a prisoner receiving educational services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), 20 U.S.C. § 1415(e)(4)(B), is entitled to a free and public …
Juveniles Held Hostage for Profit by CSC in Florida by Alex Friedmann According to a consultant hired by the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, the Pahokee Youth Development Center (Juvenile prison) operated by the Correctional Services Corporation (CSC) kept ten juvenile detainees beyond their release dates for no other reason …
Indiana May Not Deny Pay and Educational Programs to Protective Custody Prisoners by The Court of Appeals of Indiana has held that the Indiana Department of Corrections (DOC) violated state law, Title 11, Section 11-10-5-1 when it denied all education programs to prisoners in protective custody. The court held that …
Kansas Good Time Rules Violate Ex Post Facto by The Kansas supreme court held that application of new prison rules that allow for the forfeiture of good time credits to prisoners convicted before the rule's implementation violates the ex post facto clause of the U.S. constitution. In a second cae, …
Article • February 15, 1999 • from PLN February, 1999
University Professor Shills for Private Prison Industry by Alex Friedmann Much of the statistical and academic information regarding prison privatization that is reported in the media (and consequently relied upon by lawmakers deciding whether to contract with private prison companies) comes from Charles W. Thomas, director of the Private Corrections …
Article • January 15, 1999 • from PLN January, 1999
Open Society Institute Funds College Classes in Maryland Prisons by When the Clinton Crime Bill gutted federal Pell Grants for prisoners, some states' prison education programs were hit harder than others. Many states funded post-secondary education entirely with state money. Maryland prisoners, though, were the hardest hit. Virtually all of …
Brief • January 15, 1999
Filed under: Education
Miller v. Evans, WA, First Amended Complaint, Educational Materials Denial, 1999 .. ~. ... -.--:--- ... _"""'" , . The Honorable Alan A. Mc Donald I United States I:?~tIjet 1tid$.e 3 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COUKF:-;": ~~ ~>··:F:~: EASTERL~ £)(STRlCT OF WASHINGTON . . - :-,. I - . ,Case …
CT Prisoners Pinched for Cost of Imprisonment by A1995 "get tough" state law mandated that the Connecticut Department of Correction write a regulation for assessing prisoners for the cost of their incarceration In 1997, that mandate was codified into sections 18-85a-1 to 18-85a-4 of the "Regulations of State Agencies: cost …
CA ADA/RA Injunction Affirmed by In the September, 1997, issue of PLN we reported Armstrong v. Wilson , 942 F. Supp. 1252 (ND CA 1996) where a federal district court held that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. § 12131-34 and the Rehabilitation Act (RA), 29 U.S.C. § …
Article • August 15, 1998 • from PLN August, 1998
Mock Prison Riot Staged by On April 25 and 26, 1998, there was a weekend-long riot at the old West Virginia State Penitentiary. This wasn't your typical prison riot, though. First of all, it was anything but spontaneous. Rather, the two-day event was meticulously planned, and carried out by prison …
Behind Closed Doors: Struggle in Washington IMU's by Jennifer Vogel In the "Intensive Management Unit" at the state prison in Shelton, WA a man who looks to be in his 50s is wearing an orange plastic rain jacket and pacing the parameter of the "yard." The yard is really just …
DC Women Prisoners' Suit Settled by In the December 1995, June 1996 and September 1997 issues of PLN we reported the saga of Womens Prisoners of the District of Columbia DOC v. District of Columbia , which is cited in 877 F.Supp. 634, 899 F.Supp. 659, and 93 F.3d 910, …
Florida Prisoners Have Right to Present Evidence at Disciplinary Hearings by Florida Prisoners Have Right To Present Evidence At Disciplinary Hearings A Florida state appellate court held that a denial by prison authorities of an opportunity for a prisoner to present exculpatory evidence at a prison disciplinary hearing states a …
Article • May 15, 1998 • from PLN May, 1998
Alaska Classification Subject to Court Review by The supreme court of Alaska held that prison classification hearings are adjudicatory determinations subject to judicial review and that Alaska prisoners have a state constitutional right to rehabilitation. Richard Brandon is an Alaska state prisoner transferred to a privately run prison in Florence, …
Article • April 15, 1998 • from PLN April, 1998
Folsom New Year's Riot Over Haircut Policy by by W. Wisely Over 1,000 prisoners at California's medium security Folsom prison threw flaming toilet paper and sheets over the tiers, banged cell doors, and refused to eat on New Year's Day in protest over new grooming restrictions the Department of Corrections …
Article • April 15, 1998 • from PLN April, 1998
Alaska Computer Printer Ban Questioned by The supreme court of Alaska held that a state superior court wrongly granted summary judgment to prison officials in a lawsuit challenging a ban on computer printers in the prisoners' cells. Geoffrey Mathis is an Alaska state prisoner. In 1993 prison officials issued a …
Article • April 15, 1998 • from PLN April, 1998
Weights Banned in California by Willie Wisely by W. Wisely On January 2, 1998, Gregory Harding, Chief Deputy Director of the California Department of Corrections, issued an Administrative Bulletin announcing the end of weightlifting in the free world's largest prison system. The weightlifting ban includes prisons, Community Correctional Facilities, and …
Article • March 15, 1998 • from PLN March, 1998
Struggle at Folsom by Willie Wisely by W. Wisely On August 11, 1997, almost 400 prisoners in California's New Folsom prison staged a one-day work strike to protest continuing elimination of privileges and programs. Six members of the Men's Advisory Committee were placed in administrative segregation, suspected of leading the …
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