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6th Cir. Rules on BOP Phone Suit PI by The March and November, 1994, issues of PLN both contained extensive articles about Washington v. Reno, the nationwide class action suit that challenges numerous aspects of the Inmate Telephone System (ITS) in the process of being installed at federal Bureau of …
PI Issued for Prisoner Transfer by Elmer Geronimo Pratt is a political prisoner in the California state prison system. A former Black Panther imprisoned since 1972, Pratt has achieved prominence by vigorously claiming his innocence and that he was framed by the FBI for a murder he did not commit …
Article • December 15, 1994 • from PLN December, 1994
Court Orders Return of Disks by Charles Oropallo is a New Hampshire state prisoner. Pursuant to prison regulations, in 1991 Oropallo ordered a Smith Corona word processor with disk storage capacity. In 1992, prison rules changed, prohibiting the possession of "computers" with a memory storage capacity. As a result, his …
Santeros Win PI by Santeria is a religion which combines aspects of Catholicism and African animism. Believers worship saints, or orishas, who have their own personalities and characteristics. Santeria is widely practiced in Caribbean and Latin American countries. In Church of the Lukumi Babah Aye, Inc. v. City of Hialeah, …
BOP Phone Litigation Update by In the March, 1994, issue of PLN we reported on Washington et al. v. Reno, et al., a lawsuit filed by women prisoners at FCI Lexington challenging the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) newly implemented Inmate Telephone System (ITS). [Editor's Note: For a full account …
Washington v. Reno, Sixth Circuit, Order, Telephone Access in Prison, 1994 35 F.3d 1093 (1994) Conchita WASHINGTON; Sunday Torres; Gloria Batton Robinson; Antoinette M. Frink; Nita Young; Patricia M. Darks; Norma Fay Cook; Angela Sanchez-Martinez; Martha Marie Preston; Titilola I. Odusanya; Alberta Anderson; Loven L. Lewis; Lori Saunders; and Reshawn …
Article • September 15, 1994 • from PLN September, 1994
WA DOC Enjoined From Taking Costs by Past issues of PLN have reported on the tactic seized upon by the Washington Attorney General's office to retaliate against prisoners who exercise their right of access to the courts, namely billing prisoners for the costs incurred by the AG in litigating [See …
Court Enjoins BOP Phone System by On October 13, 1993, Judge Henry Wilhoit of the U.S. District Court in Kentucky entered a preliminary injunction barring the federal Bureau of Prisons from implementing its Inmate Telephone System (ITS). The case is Washington v. Reno, case number 93-217 and 93-290. Readers should …
Court Dissolves 1-800 Injunction by Iowa state prisoners filed suit seeking preliminary and injunctive relief against an Iowa prison policy prohibiting them from calling their attorneys toll free 1-800 numbers. They claimed this practice violated their right of access to the courts. The district court agreed and granted a preliminary …
Court Enjoins Torture of Jail Prisoners by Two Mississippi jail prisoners tried to escape from the jail by smashing their way out. Their attempt failed and guards secured and restrained them in an interrogation cell. The sheriff questioned the two men as to the location of their escape tools, which …
Search Victory for Women Cons by Gini Faller By Gini Faller The long-awaited decision in Jordan v. Gardner, et. al. came down on February 25, 1993. The Ninth Circuit, sitting en banc held 7-4 that cross-gender non-suspicion clothed body searches violate the 8th Amendment: In this case we are presented …
Article • September 15, 1992 • from PLN September, 1992
Preliminary Injunction Issued Against Grooming Code by Three Oklahoma state prisoners filed suit challenging the Oklahoma DOC's policy of banning any facial hair or hair longer than 3 inches in length. The prisoners claimed their religious beliefs forbid the cutting of their hair. In two cases requests for preliminary injunctions …
Geronimo Pratt Wins Injunction Against Future Harassment; Loses Drug Trafficking And Possession Appeal by Elmer "Geronimo" Pratt is a political prisoner convicted after an FBI COINTELPRO frame job of murdering a school teacher during an alleged robbery attempt of the victim and her husband on a Santa Monica tennis court. …
Transsexual Wins Hormones Case by A male transsexual (born with male body by psychologically a woman) prisoner sued prison officials, claiming that denying her the opportunity to continue estrogen treatments at her own expense constituted indifference to her serious medical needs. The plaintiff had a number of surgeries ant procedures …
Article • September 15, 1990 • from PLN September, 1990
Fire Hosing Stopped! by Fire Hosing Stopped!!! On July 9, 1990, US District Court Judge Arthur Spiegel entered a preliminary injunction ordering a halt to the practice of Ohio prisoncrats at Lucasville, of firehosing prisoners in their cells. A full trial on the merits will follow.
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