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PLRA Codifies Injunction Standards in Conditions Case by In the December, 1995, issue of PLN we reported Smith v. Arkansas DOC, 877 F. Supp. 1296 (ED AR 1995) in which the district court ordered increased staffing levels in open bay barracks prisons in Arkansas. The defendants appealed and the eighth …
Article • March 15, 1997 • from PLN March, 1997
Pro Se Tips and Tactics (Injunctive Relief) by John Midgley In many cases in which a prisoner or group of prisoners is suing over bad prison conditions or practices, the prisoners want an injunction, that is, an order to require state officials to stop violating constitutional rights. This column briefly …
Article • November 15, 1996 • from PLN November, 1996
Louisiana Prison System Back Under Court Supervision by The court of appeals for the fifth circuit affirmed a district court order which vacated a prior order terminating the court's jurisdiction over a consent decree governing the Louisiana prison system. In doing so the appeals court held that the Prison Litigation …
Overview by National Prison Project by the National Prison Project [Editor's Note: In the July, 1996, issue of PLN we reported enactment of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) into law. The PLRA was aimed at substantially reducing prisoners' ability to petition the courts as well as eliminating the courts' …
Prison Litigation Reform Act Passed by Paul Wright On April 27, 1996, president Clinton signed the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) into law attached as a rider to the budget for the Justice Department. The PLRA is the culmination of a lengthy campaign waged by prisoncrats and the National Association …
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