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Article • November 15, 2012 • from PLN November, 2012
Filed under: Mail, Mail Regulations
Florida Jail Abandons Postcard-Only Mail Policy, Pays Prisoners’ Attorney Fees by In February 2012, a Florida U.S. District Court approved a consent decree that settled a civil rights action challenging a postcard-only mail policy at the Santa Rosa County Jail (SRCJ). As a result of the settlement, prisoners are no …
Article • November 15, 2012 • from PLN November, 2012
Prisoner’s Coma-Inducing Latex Allergy Triggers Lawsuit, Burning Questions by Alan Prendergast A prisoner’s lawsuit against the Colorado Department of Corrections, claiming a latex allergy so severe that he’s suffered burns and respiratory problems when touched by glove-wearing guards, appeared to have been resolved in August 2012 when DOC officials testified …
Article • November 15, 2012 • from PLN November, 2012
California Settles Suit with Prison Guards’ Union for $3.5 Million, Interest-Free by Avoiding the uncertainty of litigation, in January 2012 the State of California settled a lawsuit it had initiated two years earlier against the prison guards’ union, the California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA). According to the suit, the …
Article • November 15, 2012 • from PLN November, 2012
State Auditor Finds Flaws in Texas Criminal Justice Information System by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In September 2011, the Texas State Auditor released a report on the Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS) used by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) and Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ). The …
Seventh Circuit Upholds Injunction Against Wisconsin Transgender Prisoner Treatment Ban by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s injunction barring the application of a Wisconsin law that prohibits certain types of medical care for transgender prisoners. Several Wisconsin Department of Corrections (WDOC) prisoners have been diagnosed with …
Article • November 15, 2012 • from PLN November, 2012
$20,000 Settlement in Arkansas Jail Prisoner’s Failure to Protect Suit by Officials in Baxter County, Arkansas agreed to pay $20,000 to settle a former prisoner’s lawsuit that alleged he was assaulted by another prisoner as a guard stood by and failed to intervene. The suit was filed by Howard Johnson …
New York City Pays $2 Million to Settle Suit Over Death of Juvenile Killed by Other Prisoners Acting as Guards’ Enforcers by The City of New York has paid $2 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the mother of a juvenile offender who was beaten to death at the …
Solitary Confinement Subject of Unprecedented Congressional Hearing by Alex Friedmann by Alex Friedmann1 It’s an awful thing, solitary. It crushes your spirit and weakens your resistance more effectively than any other form of mistreatment. — U.S. Senator John McCain, on his treatment as a P.O.W.2 On June 19, 2012, the …
Article • October 15, 2012 • from PLN October, 2012
Solitary Confinement: Bad for Chimps, Okay for Humans? by Lance Tapley Maine Republican Senator Susan Collins is a key cosponsor of legislation that, among other provisions, would outlaw psychologically damaging solitary confinement for more than 500 chimpanzees caged for research in federally supported laboratories. In July 2012 the bill bipartisanly …
California Female Prisoners Eligible for Early Release, but Disqualified Due to Lack of Local Rehabilitative Services by In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Plata v. Brown, mandating that California take immediate steps to reduce prison overcrowding, state officials have proposed innovative ideas to help accomplish that …
Article • October 15, 2012 • from PLN October, 2012
From the Editor by Paul Wright Over the past 22 years Prison Legal News has been represented by dozens of lawyers around the country in a variety of cases, mostly dealing with censorship and public records requests. We have met many if not most of our attorneys because they subscribed …
Article • October 15, 2012 • from PLN October, 2012
Ninth Circuit Judge Who Co-Authored “Torture Memos” Discloses Receipt of $3.4 Million in Legal and Consulting Help by In October 2011, the National Law Journal reported that Jay Bybee, a conservative federal judge on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, had accepted $3.4 million in legal and consulting help from …
The Price to Call Home: State-Sanctioned Monopolization in the Prison Phone Industry by Drew Kukorowski Ed. Note: In April 2011, Prison Legal News published a comprehensive cover story on the prison telephone industry based on two years of research into prison phone contracts, rates and kickbacks nationwide. This article provides …
Article • October 15, 2012 • from PLN October, 2012
Ninth Circuit Holds CAFRA Attorney Fees Should be Paid to Claimant, not Attorney by In a case brought under the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act (CAFRA), the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held on April 26, 2011 that “attorneys fees awarded under CAFRA are payable to the claimant, not the …
Article • October 15, 2012 • from PLN October, 2012
Fifth Circuit Holds Louisiana Prisons Can’t Ban Nation of Islam Newspaper by In 2005, Louisiana prison officials instituted a statewide ban on The Final Call, a newspaper published by the Nation of Islam. The ban was based solely on the content of a statement of beliefs called “The Muslim Program,” …
Article • October 15, 2012 • from PLN October, 2012
Filed under: Voting, News, State Legislation
New York Court Upholds Law Requiring Census Count to Use Prisoners’ Pre-Incarceration Address by On December 1, 2011, a New York Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit that sought a judicial declaration that a state statute requiring prisoners to be counted for reapportionment purposes in their last known residence prior to …
Article • October 15, 2012
Filed under: Organizing
What HRDC and Prison Legal News Accomplished in 2012! by Alex Friedmann Last January, the Center for Civic Media at MIT declared the work of Prison Legal News and PLN editor Paul Wright to be "The Front Line of the US Censorship Battle." See: https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/456_displayNews.aspx Interestingly, CCM provided the perfect …
Article • October 15, 2012
Bad behavior in state workplace costs taxpayers nearly $2m in settlements by Naomi Schalit By: John Christie, Matt Drange and Naomi Schalit | December 19, 2012 One corrections officer spread a false rumor that the new female officer at the state prison in South Windham was a stripper. Another one …
Article • October 15, 2012 • from PLN October, 2012
Texas Abolishes Last Meals for Death Row Prisoners, Reduces Weekend Meals by Matthew Clarke Texas served its final last meal to condemned prisoner Lawrence Russell Brewer, who, on September 21, 2011, was executed for the infamous racially-motivated 1998 dragging death of James Byrd, Jr. Brewer requested an extensive last meal …
Article • October 15, 2012 • from PLN October, 2012
Manhattan Prosecutor Who Moonlights as Dominatrix Suspended, Resigns by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In 2008, then-New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo heaped lavish praise on Alisha Smith, a prosecutor in Manhattan who helped secure a $5 billion settlement in a securities fraud case involving Bank of America and other …
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