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BOP, FBI Investigations in Texas, Oregon, Arizona, and California Federal Prisons by Michael Rigby BOP, FBI Investigations in Texas, Oregon, Arizona, and California Federal Prisons by Michael Rigby Murder, riots, drug overdoses, and allegations of official corruption have prompted the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and the FBI to launch investigations …
Article • February 15, 2004 • from PLN February, 2004
From the Editor by Paul Wright In this issue of PLN we report the filing of PLN's lawsuit against the federal Bureau of Prisons for their blanket ban on PLN at the ADX facility in Florence, Colorado and our suit against the Florida Department of Corrections for their blanket ban …
PLN Sues Bureau of Prisons Over ADX Censorship by On December 10, 2003, PLN sued Harry Lappin, director of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP), former director Kathleen Hawk Sawyer; Robert Hood and Michael Pugh, the current and former wardens, respectively, of the Administrative Maximum (ADX) facility in Florence, Colorado. The …
PLN Sues Florida DOC Over Censorship and Writer Punishment by On January 12, 2004, Prison Legal News filed suit in federal district court in Jacksonville, Florida, against James Crosby, Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections and Chester Lambdin, the Warden of the Charlotte Correctional Institution, Joseph Thompson, warden of …
Article • January 15, 2004 • from PLN January, 2004
Filed under: Editorials, Media, Censorship
From the Editor by Paul Wright This issue of PLN is dedicated to the memory of James Quigley, a long time contributing writer and prisoner rights activist who died in October, 2003. More details on his life and accomplishments are above. We start this year of publishing PLN with a …
Invisible Punishment: The Collateral Consequences of Mass Imprisonment by Silja JA Talvi Edited by Marc Mauer and Meda Chesney-Lind, The New Press, 2002, 368 pgs. Review by Silja J.A. Talvi Mass imprisonment, according to criminal justice experts Marc Mauer and Meda Chesney-Lind, is the direct outgrowth of social and legal …
Prison Writers Punished for Success in Connecticut and Texas by Gary Hunter Censorship has slithered like an unseen serpent into the crevices of the First Amendment and built its noxious nest in our nation's prisons. Prisons across the country, both state and federal, have singled out prison writers for persecution …
Article • December 15, 2003
Court Upholds Prison Library Purge of Titillating Material by Court Upholds Prison Library Purge of Titillating Material The plaintiff challenged the censorship of "the 'Paper Wings' line of books, an adult-fiction serial" after exhausting. During discovery, he said that he had found similar material in the prison library. Prison officials …
Article • December 15, 2003
Filed under: Media
Tennessee Prisoner Libel Proof by The Tennessee Court of Appeals held that a prisoner's conviction resulting in incarceration for 99 years renders any reputation he may have virtually valueless," and that he was, in the eyes of the law, libel proof." This action was filed by a prisoner convicted of …
Filing • December 10, 2003
PLN v. Hood, et al., CO, Complaint, censorship, 2003
Brief • December 10, 2003
PLN v. Hood, et al., CO, Complaint, censorship, 2003
Article • November 15, 2003 • from PLN November, 2003
From the Editor by Paul Wright SouthLand Prison News was a bi-monthly magazine published by Virginia prisoner Joseph Houck. In August, 2003, they published their last issue after almost five years of publishing. I am saddened at their passing as it illustrates the ongoing problems of the prison press in …
Article • November 15, 2003 • from PLN November, 2003
Washington Mail Ruling Published by We reported in the September 2003 issue on a suit brought by PLN where the court issued permanent injunctions ordering the Washington DOC to deliver all bulk mail and catalogs sent to Washington prisoners and to provide due process to the sender and intended recipient …
Article • October 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2003
Seventh Circuit Reverses BOP's Denial of Death Row Prisoner's Interviews by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed an Indiana Federal District Court's dismissal of a Bureau of Prisons (BOP) prisoner's complaint that he was unconstitutionally denied media interviews. David Paul Hammer is a BOP prisoner in the Federal …
Article • October 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2003
From the Editor by Paul Wright Subscribers should soon receive PLN's fall fundraiser letter along with our reader survey. Periodically we send readers a survey asking readers what they think of PLN's coverage and content and what they would like to see in future issues. We welcome suggestions and comments …
Article • October 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2003
Washington Posts Health Care Provider Information Online by Past issues of PLN have reported on the checkered pasts of many prison health care employees. Before being employed by prisons and jails many medical staff have been disciplined, had their licenses revoked and suffered other forms of license limitations designed to …
Article • October 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2003
First Amendment Protects Witnessing of California Executions by John E Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, finding a restrictive state prison regulation unconstitutional, ruled that public witnesses enjoy a First Amendment right to view California executions uninterrupted from the moment the condemned prisoner enters …
Washington DOC Ban on Bulk Mail and Catalogs Enjoined in PLN Suit, Due Process Required by Paul Wright Washington DOC Ban on Bulk Mail and Catalogs Enjoined in PLN Suit, Due Process Required by Paul Wright On June 17, 2003, Seattle federal district court judge Robert Lasnick issued a permanent …
Brief • September 4, 2003
Filed under: Media
Nelson v. Department of Social Services, NY, Order, Photography Stipulation, 2003 09/04/03 tal 002 DPW 28-60 THU 17:17 FAX 212 450 5588 -' .., UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORR : ------ -----------------------~~~-------X ISAAC K. NELSON, Plaintiff, -againstD. S . S .; RAYMOND CUNNINGHAM OF EASTERN C.F.; …
Article • August 15, 2003 • from PLN August, 2003
From the Editor by Paul Wright This month we continue our coverage of the hepatitis C (HCV) epidemic sweeping through American prisons with little or no treatment for the afflicted. The public health consequences of this and many other diseases that have historically festered in American prisons and jails before …
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