On Taking DNA Samples by Dale Gardner [The following letter was written in response to our article "Taking DNA Samples Violates Ex Post Facto Clause" in the September 1992 issue of the newsletter.] My name is Dale Gardner. I am currently incarcerated in the State Correctional Institution; Huntingdon, PA. I …
Death Penalty Foes Boo Pennsylvania Governor by Paul Wright By Paul Wright Robert Casey is the governor of Pennsylvania. He claims to be "pro-life" because he opposes a woman's right to choose abortion and has signed into law one of the more restrictive abortion laws in the U.S. (which was …
Physical Evidence Need Not be Preserved For Hearing by Physical Evidence Need Not Be Preserved For Hearing Eddie Griffin is a Pennsylvania state prisoner. During a cell search prison guards found about 15 gallons of fermented beverages in his cell. The guards ordered Griffin to flush the liquids down the …
Prisoner Entitled to Protection and Toilet Access by Kenneth Young is an HIV positive federal prisoner who was transferred to the US Penitentiary at Lewisburg, PA. While in the transfer segregation unit at Lewisburg Young was sexually assaulted by his cellmates several times. He repeatedly requested protective custody from a …
Prison Chief Gains Right to Counter-Sue Cons for Riot Damage by Prison Chief Gains Right to Counter-sue Cons for Riot Damage Pennsylvania Corrections Commissioner Joseph D. Lehman has been granted standing by a federal district court to litigate against inmates for extensive property damages caused by rioting at the Camp …
Transfer Violates Access Rights by Stanton Story is a Pennsylvania state prisoner who was transferred to the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to serve his sentence. Story filed suit under § 1983 claiming Pennsylvania DOC officials had violated his right of access to the courts because the BOP prison in …
Complaint Should Not Be Dismissed for not Complying with Local Rule by Stephen Stackhouse, a former Pennsylvania state prisoner, filed a civil rights suit claiming he was denied due process and subjected to cruel and unusual punishment while in prison. The defendants filed for dismissal and for summary judgement, Stackhouse …
Evidence Must Be Presented at Disciplinary Hearing by Evidence Must Be Presented At Disciplinary Hearing Eddie Griffin, a Pennsylvania state prisoners was infracted for possessing a fermented beverage. Prison guards destroyed the liquid in question prior to the disciplinary hearing. At the hearing Griffin was found "guilty" solely on the …
Prisoners Allowed to See Evidence Against Them by Prisoners Allowed To See Evidence Against Them A federal prisoner in Pennsylvania was infracted and charged with making threats of bodily harm to another prisoner and refusing a cell assignment. The threats were supposedly made in a letter Young, the prisoner, gave …
A Saga of Shame: The Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal by Equal Justice By Equal Justice U.S.A. Mumia Abu-Jamal is an African American Journalist and advocate for racial and economic justice. He is currently on death row in Pennsylvania. In 1982, Abu-Jamal was convicted of killing a Philadelphia police officer and …
Pennsylvania Lawmakers Want to Axe Parole Board by Pennsylvania Lawmakers Want To Axe Parole Board Leaders of the Pennsylvania House and Senate Judiciary Committees said they will introduce legislation this year to strip the Parole Board of most of its authority as a way to reduce prison overcrowding. The lawmakers …
Bankruptcy Declaration Voids Court Ordered Restitution by On May 29, 1990, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that criminals can avoid paying restitution for their crimes by declaring bankruptcy. The court, in a 7 to 2 ruling, held that restitution orders as part of criminal sentences are "debt" under the federal …
Intersimone v. Carlson, PA, Opinion, Mail Policies, 1980 512 F.Supp. 526 (1980) Sebastian INTERSIMONE, Plaintiff, v. Norman CARLSON et al., Defendants. Civ. A. No. 80-410. United States District Court, M. D. Pennsylvania. December 29, 1980. 527 *527 MEMORANDUM HERMAN, District Judge. I. INTRODUCTION 528 On April 16, 1980, Sebastian Intersimone, …
Prison Legal News v. Office of Open Records, Court Opinion, 4-8-2010 IN THE COMMONWEALTH COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA Prison Legal News, Petitioner v. Office of Open Records, Respondent Department of Corrections, Petitioner v. Office of Open Records, Respondent BEFORE: : : : : No. 969 C.D. 2009 : : : : …
Jackson v. Little, PA, Settlement, Denial of Medical Care FULL AND FINAL RELEASE FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION of the total sum of Ten Thousand ($10,000.00) Dollars to the undersigned,; the undersigned TYREEK JACKSON, does fully release and fully discharge Paul Gregory Little ("Little"), Wellpath, LLC; Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires …
Barngetuny v. County of Dauphin, PA, Settlement, Excessive Force RELEASE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: THIS RELEASE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ("Release") is made and entered into by BARBARA BARNGETUNY and DAUPHIN COUNTY D/B/A DAUPHIN COUNTY PRISON, DOMINICK DEROSE, AND JOSHUA MARSHALL (hereinafter the "parties"). WHEREAS, BARBARA …
Updated Commission Totals for Pennsylvania 2011-2012 Pennsylvania Commission Information 2011-2012 ---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Bensinger, Susan <sbensinger@pa.gov> Date: Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 7:39 AM Subject: RE: FW: PA DOC Information To: "Alex F." <stein919@gmail.com> Commission information for FY11 and FY12: FY11 – 7/1/11 to 6/30/12 - $7,361,264.77 FY12 – …
PA Full Contract with MCI-GTL 2007 with Extensions through 2013 Part 2 VERIZON PENNSYLVANIA INC. INFORMATIONAL TARIFF FOR COMPETITIVE SERVICES ·Pa. p.D.e.-No. 500 Section 39A 1st Revised Sheet 1 Canceling Original Sheet 1 OPERATOR SERVICES * A. * * GENERAL The following regulations and rates apply to local message calls …
PA-Original MCI (GTL) Contract with extension from 12-08-13 to 03-07-2014 CONTRACT BETWEEN COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION MCI COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, INC. dlbla VERlZON BUSINESS SERVICES CONTRACT NO. TIllS CONTRACT is made and entered into in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in the County ofDimphin, Commonwealth ofPennsyJvania, by and betWeen the COMMONWEALTH …
