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DC Prisoner Wins $175,000 in Conditions Case by David C Fathi by David C. Fathi On January 25, 2001, a federal jury in Washington, D.C. awarded nearly $175,000 to D.C. prisoner Lawrence Caldwell in his challenge to conditions at the District of Columbia's Maximum Security Facility (MSF) in Lorton, Virginia. …
Turkish Prisoners Struggle Against Transfers by Julia Lutsky When the Turkish army stormed 20 prisons in December, 2000, a four-day pitched battle ensued during which thirty-two died _ 30 political prisoners and two soldiers. The army claimed that many prisoners set themselves afire rather than surrender; prisoners who survived allege …
Article • August 15, 2001 • from PLN August, 2001
Two Escape from Oklahoma Control Unit by Two Escape From Oklahoma Control Unit Two maximum security prisoners escaped on January 15, 2001, from the Oklahoma State Penitentiary's notorious Hunit, an underground control unit, only to be recaptured two days later. The escaped prisoners were identified by ODOC spokesman Jerry Massie …
Retaliation Claim Not Foreclosed by Sandin by The Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that a prisoner's civil rights complaint for damages due to administrative segregation placement was not foreclosed by the U.S. Supreme Court's Sandin "atypical hardship" rule, when the administrative segregation placement was alleged to be …
Retaliation Claim Merits Factual Resolution by An Arizona federal district court has held that a prisoner's claims that he was subjected to urinalysis, placed in administrative segregation, classified as a gang member and denied access to the law library as retaliation for filing civil actions against prison officials warranted proceedings …
Article • July 15, 2001 • from PLN July, 2001
Constant Illumination States Eighth Amendment Claim by Pennsylvania state prisoner Lamont Harris filed a pro se petition for review, alleging that being forced to live in constant illumination 24 hours per day while in punitive segregation was cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment. Harris claimed that …
Federal Court Partially Terminates New York Jail Consent Decree Relief by by Matthew T. Clarke A federal district court in New York has terminated consent decree relief for New York City Jail prisoners with respect to restrictive housing due process, prisoner correspondence, and law libraries, while leaving intact the consent …
Article • March 15, 2001 • from PLN March, 2001
U.S. Isolates Political Prisoners by Ronald Young Two recent federal appeals court decisions highlight some of the repressive measures used by U.S. authorities to isolate and silence political dissenters. Though the methods used by the two political prisoners involved in these cases may be distasteful to some people, Americans must …
Article • March 15, 2001 • from PLN March, 2001
Ad Seg States Claim, But Loses on Merits by The court of appeals for the Second circuit held that a district court did not err in vacating a jury's finding that a New York prisoner's 101-day placement in segregation violated due process. In doing so, the court held that New …
Lorton Conditions Unconstitutional by A federal district court for the District of Columbia held that a prisoner stated claims for an assortment of constitutional injuries and a violation of the Lorton Act. The defendants' motion to dismiss the complaint or, in the alternative, for summary judgment was denied in part. …
Article • January 15, 2001 • from PLN January, 2001
Alabama Ad Seg Publication Ban Struck Down by On March 20, 2000, a Federal Magistrate recommended declaratory relief striking down a ban on subscription publications in the Alabama Department of Corrections' (DOC) Administrative Segregation (Ad Seg) unit. This recommendation follows a previous ruling where the Court held, after a bench …
Iowa Segregation Suit Settled by James Quigley A federal district court in Iowa held that after nearly a decade of unconstitutional conditions, state prison officials have finally submitted an acceptable plan to remedy substantive due process violations relating to extraordinarily longterm lockup, and various Eighth Amendment violations in a segregation …
IFP Litigant Entitled to Amend Complaint by The court of appeals for the Second circuit held that a district court erred when it dismissed an indigent pro se prisoner's complaint without affording him an opportunity to amend the complaint and cure the defect. Benjamin Cruz, a Connecticut state prisoner, filed …
Article • January 15, 2001 • from PLN January, 2001
Wisconsin Supermax Bans Local Paper by When the southwestern Wisconsin town of Boscobel celebrated the grand opening of a 509bed supermax prison in September 1999, the festive atmosphere was likened to a carnival or state fair so happy were the townspeople to bring in jobs, jobs, jobs. Venders hawked sodas, …
Article • December 15, 2000 • from PLN December, 2000
DC Circuit Revives Hewitt v. Helms by by Matthew T. Clarke D. C. Circuit court of appeals has held that, when determining whether a prisoner's segregation involves a liberty interest, the conditions of the prisoner's segregation should be compared with the conditions prison officials exercising their discretionary authority routinely impose …
Article • July 15, 2000 • from PLN July, 2000
Brown Ad-Seg Due Process Claim Remanded for Hearing by Ronald Young Brown Ad-Seg Due Process Claim Remanded For Hearing By Ronald Young The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia circuit held that a prisoner who received ten months of administrative segregation during a housing reassignment hearing did not …
Article • July 15, 2000 • from PLN July, 2000
Washington Jail Settles Exercise Suit by On October 12, 1999, the King County (Seattle) jail in Washington settled a class action suit concerning the amount of outdoor exercise provided to ultra high security (UHS) prisoners and detainees. In 1997 a class action suit was filed challenging the classification process and …
Good and Bad News in Haverty Aftermath: No Good Time for Ad-Seg Placement by Phillip Kassel Good and Bad News in Haverty Aftermath: No Good Time for Ad-Seg Placement by Phillip Kassel Last October, the Massachusetts Su-preme Judicial Court held that prisoners may not be maintained in harsh solitary confinement …
Article • May 15, 2000 • from PLN May, 2000
522 Days in BOP Ad Seg States Due Process Claim by A federal district court in New York denied prison officials' motion for summary judgment, holding that defendants failed to establish as a matter of law that 28 C.F.R § 541.22 - the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) administrative segregation (ad …
Retaliation, Publication Ban and Lack of Dental Care States Claim by The court of appeals for the Eighth circuit held that a prisoner's complaint that he was retaliated against for using the prison grievance system, denied access to all publications and denied dental care, stated a claim. Missouri prisoner Percy …
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