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Article • July 15, 2005 • from PLN July, 2005
Filed under: Media, Prisoner Media
Interview with Leonard Schroeter by Todd Matthews It's difficult to talk about Leonard Schroeter's law career without discussing one topic in particular: civil rights. After graduating from Harvard Law School in 1951, Schroeter went to work for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), then headed by …
Article • July 15, 2005 • from PLN July, 2005
California Parole Condition Prohibiting Computer Access For Molester Ruled Unreasonable by The California Court of Appeals granted habeas corpus relief sought by a paroled child molester who complained that the condition of parole forbidding him from either using a computer or getting on the Internet was unreasonable. Ramon Stevens was …
Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005
What Some People Have to Say About PLN's 15th Anniversary by As a civil rights litigator specializing in prison cases, I have read virtually every issue of PLN since its first newsletter was published 15 years ago. This publication is an essential resource for everyone concerned about human rights. Congratulations …
Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005
Starved for Attention How do you break a high-security hunger strike? Put a lid on it. by by Alan Prendergast Prisoners who joined in a hunger strike at the Colorado State Penitentiary from January 15-26, 2005, were hoping their protest would attract a media feeding frenzy -- and put pressure …
Fifth Circuit Reinstates Texas Prisoner's Property Confiscation/Retaliation Suit by by Matthew T. Clarke The Fifth Circuit court of appeals issued an opinion vacating the district court's dismissal of a prisoner's suit alleging prison officials confiscated his property in retaliation for his criticism of the prison. Billy Fredrick Allen, a Texas …
Article • May 15, 2005 • from PLN May, 2005
Vermont DOC Settles PLN Writer's Suicide Suit for $750,000 by David Reutter On October 14, 2004,the estate of PLN contributing writer James Quigley sued the Vermont Department of Corrections (V.D.O.C.) and several V.D.O.C. employees, alleging their mistreatment of Quigley resulted in his suicide death. Four months later the state settled …
Article • May 15, 2005 • from PLN May, 2005
Vermont DOC Settles PLN Writer's Suicide Suit for $750,000 by On October 14, 2004,the estate of PLN contributing writer James Quigley sued the Vermont Department of Corrections (V.D.O.C.) and several V.D.O.C. employees, alleging their mistreatment of Quigley resulted in his suicide death. Four months later the state settled the suit …
PLN's ADX Censorship Suit Partially Survives Motion to Dismiss by PLN's ADX Censorship Suit Partially Survives Motion to Dismiss by Bob Williams On November 12, 2004, Colorado Federal District Court Judge Wiley Daniel dismissed all official capacity claims, one defendant, and one substantive claim in PLN's suit over ADX censorship …
PLN Wins Washington DOC Bulk Mail Suit, Again by John E Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed the U.S. District Court's ruling below (and permanent injunction) that the Washington DOC (WA DOC) policy of prohibiting prisoners' receipt of standard rate mail (AKA bulk mail) and catalogs with …
Article • March 15, 2005 • from PLN March, 2005
From the Editor by by Paul Wright On February 1, 2005, the Ninth Circuit US court of appeals upheld the injunctions in Prison Legal News v. Lehman, 272 F. Supp.2d 1151 (WD WA 2003) which require that the Washington Department of Corrections deliver PLN's subscription renewal letters, book and subscription …
Lucasville: The Untold Story of a Prison Uprising by Karen Thimmes By Staughton Lynd; Temple University Press, 2004; soft cover, 244 pages. $16.95 Reviewed by Karen G. Thimmes Death Row in Ohio is located at Mansfield Correctional Institution, a stone's throw from the fabled Mansfield Penitentiary, where much of the …
Connecticut Prison Writers Settle Lawsuit, Writing Program Reinstated by Michael Rigby Connecticut Prison Writers Settle Lawsuit, Writing Program Reinstated by Michael Rigby Eight Connecticut prisoners who were sued by the state after the publication of their book, Couldn't Keep It To Myself: Testimonies from our Imprisoned Sisters , will get …
Article • February 15, 2005 • from PLN February, 2005
Filed under: Media, PLN Litigation
Report Lambastes New York Lockdowns by by: Michael Rigby Emotional and physical distress...restricted diets... "greeting beatings" ...high rates of mental illness...a reliance on warehousing instead of treatment. This is the troubling reality of disciplinary confinement in New York, according to a 54-page report released on October 22, 2003, by the …
Article • January 15, 2005 • from PLN January, 2005
From the Editor by Paul Wright Welcome to the first issue of 2005. The year is starting pretty much the way it ended in terms of political progress for prisoners' rights: not very good at all. The ongoing, simmering outrage of the abuse of Iraqi and Afghan prisoners by the …
Article • August 15, 2004 • from PLN August, 2004
From the Editor by Paul Wright Welcome to another issue of PLN. With our June, 2004, issue we reached a milestone with our highest circulation yet of 4,006 subscribers on our mailing list. The past year has seen an ongoing effort by PLN to boost our circulation through inexpensive means …
Arizona Prisoners Seize Tower; State Officials Point Fingers by Michael Rigby On February 1, 2004, the longest prison hostage drama in U.S. history ended peacefully as two Arizona prisoners released their final hostage, descended from their surveillance tower stronghold, and surrendered to an army of state and local police ringing …
Nebraska Prisoners Win Summary Judgment on Phone Access and Monitoring Issues by Nebraska Prisoners Win Summary Judgment on Phone Access and Monitoring Issues by Matthew T. Clarke A Nebraska state district court granted Nebraska state prisoners' summary judgment on issues involving the monitoring and recording of phone calls to government …
Injunctive Relief Granted for Parole Rescission Based on Free Speech by Injunctive Relief Granted for Parole Rescission Based on Free Speech U.S. District Judge Joseph E. Irenas of New Jersey recently granted Edward Forchion's request for a preliminary injunction reinstating him to New Jersey's Intensive Supervised Parole (ISP) pending trial …
Article • May 15, 2004 • from PLN May, 2004
From the Editor by Paul Wright This issue marks the 14th anniversary of Prison Legal News. With this issue we will have published 169 issues. At this point, PLN is the longest, continuously publishing independent publication whose content is mostly written and produced by prisoners and ex-prisoners in American history. …
Article • April 15, 2004 • from PLN April, 2004
Filed under: Reviews, Media, Prisoner Media
Prison Nation Wins Human Rights Award by On December 16, 2003, Paul Wright and Tara Herivel were awarded the 2003 Myers Outstanding Book Award certificate for Prison Nation: The Warehousing of America's Poor (Routledge, 2003). The award is from the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human …
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