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Article • October 15, 1991 • from PLN October, 1991
Prisoner Allowed to Possess Petition by Prisoner Allowed To Possess Petition A New York state prisoner at Attica was infracted after prison guards found and confiscated a petition complaining of prison conditions in his cell. The prisoner was infracted for possessing the petition even though no prison rule or regulation …
Article • August 15, 1991 • from PLN August, 1991
Informants Must Be Reliable by Albert Taylor is an Oklahoma state prisoner who filed a §1983 suit claiming his right to due process was violated when a prison disciplinary committee found him guilty of participating in a riot based on a statement from a confidential informant. The district court dismissed …
Prisoners Entitled to Exculpatory Evidence In Disciplinary Hearings by Prisoners Entitled To Exculpatory Evidence In Disciplinary Hearings Four prisoners at the U.S. Penitentiary at Marion, IL., were accused of murdering another prisoner. They were infracted and found "guilty" of the murder at a prison disciplinary hearing. Prior to the hearing …
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 …
Article • June 15, 1991 • from PLN June, 1991
Puppets on Strings of Oppression by Christofer Kneech Puppets On Strings Of Oppression By Christofer Kneech All of you came to prison because society did not enjoy your behavior and actions, whether they condemned such actions to be criminal when they may or may have been, but you all have …
Prisoner Victims of Guard Assault Win Damages by Prisoner Victims Of Guard Assault Win Damages Ten prisoners in the D.C. jail learned they were being transferred to another facility. A number of the inmates passively resisted the transfer. They alleged that after the transfer, they were beaten by correctional officers. …
Convict Entitled To Have Officer Called As Witness At Hearing, And To Have Independent Evaluation Of Informant's Allegations by Convict Entitled To Have Officer Called As Witness At Hearing, And To Have Independent Evaluation Of Informant's Allegations A prisoner at Sing Sing filed a federal civil rights suit challenging the …
Article • January 15, 1991 • from PLN January, 1991
Failure to Disassociate Noninfractable by A prisoner sought judicial review of a disciplinary hearing finding him guilty of advocating, creating, engaging in or promoting a disturbance. There was indeed a disturbance, the court found, but a violation of the rule is only shown by an inmate engaging in "some affirmative …
Summary Judgment on Retaliation by Summary Judgment On Retaliation The prisoner's appearance in court was a protected activity, and prison disciplinary action, taken immediately upon his return from court, provided circumstantial evidenced that prison officials retaliated against him for the exercise of his right of access to the courts. The …
Article • May 15, 1990 • from PLN May, 1990
Witnesses at Disciplinary Hearings by The plaintiff prisoner was confined in a special housing unit following an alleged assault upon a guard who was attempting to break up a fight between two inmates. At his disciplinary hearing, he requested that the two inmates be called as witnesses. The hearing officer …
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Tibbs Peeking Behind the Iron Curtain How Law Works Behind Prison Walls 2006 PEEKING BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN: HOW LAW “WORKS” BEHIND PRISON WALLS DONALD F. TIBBS* I. INTRODUCTION By the time I arrived at the Fox Lake Correctional Institution it was over. The institution was quiet and the air …
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