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Former BOP Director Fingered in Sex Scandal by In 1992 Bureau of Prisons (BOP) em- ployee Steven McPeek quietly settled a sexual harassment complaint he leveled against then-BOP director J. Michael Quinlan, according to recently filed court papers. McPeek alleged in his 1992 complaint that Quinlan made sexual advances beginning …
Article • October 15, 1999 • from PLN October, 1999
Go Directly to Jail: At the Academy in Alpharetta, Men Pay Big Bucks to Pretend They're in Prison by Dan Savage By Dan Savage Alpharetta, Georgia- I'm naked, and I'm not happy. In just under an hour, I've been subjected to two of three punishments I'd specifically asked to be …
Article • July 15, 1999 • from PLN July, 1999
Retaliation Suit States Claim by Afederal district court in Illinois held that a jail prisoner had stated a claim upon which relief could be granted in his lawsuit alleging retaliation. David Lewis was a prisoner in the Cook county (Chicago) jail in Illinois where he worked as a law library …
Article • March 15, 1998 • from PLN March, 1998
WSP Mail Rules Upheld by Joseph Allen filed suit challenging various aspects of the mail policy at the Washington State Penitentiary. After filing suit Allen did no discovery and when the defendants moved for summary judgment he did not bother responding. Not surprisingly, the court ruled against Allen. Surprisingly, the …
PLRA Exhaustion Requirement Jurisdictional by A federal district court in Arizona held that the PLRA's administrative exhaustion requirement, codified at 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a), requires prisoners to exhaust administrative remedies and the failure to do so deprives the court of subject matter jurisdiction. Dallas Morgan, an Arizona state prisoner, filed …
Sexual Abuse by Guard Nets New York Jail Prisoner $750,000 by A federal district court in New York found sufficient evidence to support a finding that a guard sexually abused a county prisoner; that such acts violated due process; that the guard was not entitled to qualified immunity; that state …
Court Okays Disclosure of AIDS Status by The court of appeals for the seventh circuit held that prison officials may casually disclose a prisoner's AIDS status to other prisoners and staff but that denying barber services is unconstitutional. Dennis Anderson was an Illinois state prisoner with AIDS. The prison warden …
Sexual Extortion Violates Eighth Amendment by Afederal court in the District of Columbia held that a prisoner who was extorted for sex by a prison guard and labeled a snitch as a result states a claim for an eighth amendment violation and qualified immunity is not appropriate. Gregory Thomas is …
Article • March 15, 1994 • from PLN March, 1994
PCP Responds to Allegations of Gay Persecution by Paul Wright By Paul Wright Since we began publishing PLN we have reported on struggle and conditions affecting political prisoners of diverse movements, groups and parties around the world, to include Palestinian, Irish, Puerto Rican, New Afrikan, Anti-imperialist and Peruvian prisoners to …
Article • August 15, 1993 • from PLN August, 1993
No Cause of Action for Defamation by Two Ohio prisoners approached a unit supervisor to discuss a cell change; one of them sought to be moved into a cell occupied solely by another prisoner. The supervisor then either directly told them or implied that the cell's occupant was a homosexual. …
No Right to Cross Dress by Tonya Star, AKA Anthony Jones, is an Illinois state prisoner. Star filed suit contending prison officials had violated his first amendment and equal protection rights by refusing to allow him to wear women's clothing and makeup. Star did not claim to be a transsexual …
Article • November 15, 1992 • from PLN November, 1992
Gay Prisoner Entitled to Participate in Religious Services by Paul Phelps is a gay Kentucky state prisoner who sued a volunteer prison chaplain and deputy warden claiming they had violated his first amendment right to practice his religion when they refused to allow him to participate in chapel services. The …
Article • August 15, 1992 • from PLN August, 1992
Criticism of Peru Articles by Iam a Native American transsexual incarcerated in Pelican Bay SMU. I am a jailhouse lawyer and paralegal student, and learned of PLN through fellow jailhouse lawyers here. Thank you for your free subscription as a control unit prisoner. I myself pass the newsletter around to …
Article • June 15, 1992 • from PLN June, 1992
Filed under: Gay/Lesbian, Media
Gay/Lesbian Prisoner Anthology Seeks Submissions by Cold Iron , an anthology of writing and art by and about lesbian, gay and queer prisoners, is seeking submissions. Any work that reflects the experiences and concerns of lesbian, gay and queer prisoners, their lovers, families or friends will be considered. "I am …
Article • January 15, 1992 • from PLN January, 1992
Prison Homophobia Challenged by A prisoner in a state prison filed a federal civil rights lawsuit complaining that he was removed from his job as a prison bakery worker because he is a homosexual. The federal trial court, in determining whether the prisoner should be allowed to proceed with his …
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Filed under: Discrimination, Gay/Lesbian
National Commission on Correctional Health Care Transgender Health Care in Correctional Settings 2009 National Commission on Correctional Health Care Transgender Health Care in Correctional Settings Background Transgender people face an array of risks to their health and well-being during incarceration. They are commonly placed in correctional facilities according to their …
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Srlp Rethinking Transgender Segregation in Detention 2009 515_560_ARKLES_V2.DOC 6/8/2009 5:07:50 PM SAFETY AND SOLIDARITY ACROSS GENDER LINES: RETHINKING SEGREGATION OF TRANSGENDER PEOPLE IN DETENTION by GABRIEL ARKLES∗ The correctional officers are the ones who are the most violent. They’re the ones to be scared of. . . . I’m raped …
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Memo Exerpts International Policies on Trans Detention 2005 MEMO EXCERPTS W/R/T INTERNATIONAL POLICIES ON TRANS DETENTION RESEARCH BY JP 12.2005 Canada In a 2001 case Synthia Kavanaugh and the Canadian Human Rights Commission v. Attorney General of Canada, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruled that the then current policy of …
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National Immigrant Justice Center Letter to Schlanger Re Civil Rights Complaints of Lgbtq Prisoners in Dhs Custody 2011 <c'\.-. HEARTLAND ALLIANCE National Immigrant Justice Center April 13, 2011 Officer Margo Schlanger Department of Homeland Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Review and Compliance 245 Murray Lane, SW Building …
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Nowhere to Go but Out Gender Binary in American Prisons Alexander L Lee 2003 Alexander L. Lee† Boalt Hall School of Law Spring 2003 Nowhere to Go But Out: The Collision Between Transgender & Gender-Variant Prisoners and the Gender Binary in America’s Prisons Summary of Contents I. Who Are Transgender …
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