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Article • October 15, 1994 • from PLN October, 1994
of liability insurance for FPDs. "A federal public defender appointed pursuant to 18 U. S.C. § 3006A(g)(2)(A) is an `employee of the government' for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § § 2671 & 2679(b)(1). Sullivan's ...
a constitutional right to counsel. Citing Whalen v. Roe 429 U.S. 589 (1997) for a constitutional right to privacy under the Fourteenth Amendment and Houchins v. KQED, Inc, 438 U.S. 1 (1978) for its application ...
whether or not significant injury is evident.' Hudson v. McMillian , 503 US 1, 9, 112 S.Ct. 995, 1000 (1992).... Where no legitimate law enforcement or penological purpose can be inferred from ...
Article • January 15, 1995 • from PLN January, 1995
of the purposes for an act is for the actor's sexual arousal or gratification. Sexually Violent offense: means any of the following. A) Any crime specified in § 940.225(1) or (2), 948.02(1) or (2), 948.025, 948.06 ...
Article • March 15, 2005 • from PLN March, 2005
at the Rensselaer County (New York) Jail agreed to settle the case for $2.7 million. On various occasions between June 26, 1999 and July 1, 2002, the 11 named plaintiffs in this case were arrested for relatively ...
Article • September 15, 2005 • from PLN September, 2005
was entitled to judgment interest pursuant to RSA 524:1-b(Supp. 2001)." In so holding, the Court rejected the State's argument that the award of interest under the statute is discretionary. The Court also ...
Article • September 15, 2005 • from PLN September, 2005
both his prison job and the hobby shop, took 5 custody points, and barred him from requesting transfer to another prison for 1 year. In response, Nelson filed, a pro se personal restraint petition ...
Article • September 15, 2005 • from PLN September, 2005
divide $300,000. Total payment for all verified claims is $4.55 million. If claims go higher, payments to class members will be reduced proportionately. Any money remaining after the September 1, 2005 ...
personally directed the rebuilding of Abu Ghraib, along with Gary DeLand, another controversial former director of the Utah prison system. [PLN, Sept. 2004, p. 1]. They described Abu Ghraib as the only place ...
and oral sex with a third prisoner; and repeated sexual touchings with a fourth prisoner. Vasquez was charged with 5 counts of sexually abusing a prisoner (18 U.S.C. § 2243(b), 1 count of abusive sexual ...
Article • January 15, 2001 • from PLN January, 2001
Filed under: Sentencing, Parole
before their conditional liberty may be terminated, including: (1) Morrissey's description of a parolee's interest in continued liberty "is equally applicable to an individual in community custody": (2 ...
by § 1791(d)(1)(F). The difference between this, and the weapon offense, as defined under § 1791(d)(1)(B), is that the former is a misdemeanor with a maximum punishment of six months, while the latter ...
Article • October 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2003
much delay, he was finally taken to an outside hospital for emergency 3-1/2 hour surgery to close his wounds. Nine days later, he was transported to Shelton Correctional Center's IMU, with no further ...
Article • September 15, 2004 • from PLN September, 2004
expenses, pursuant to § 51.12.035. The jail believed that Wissink qualified as a "volunteer" under 2 of the statute since he: (1) performed duties for the local government; (2) by his own free will; (3 ...
Damage Award and Attorney Fees in Censorship Suit Affirmed by The court of appeals for the eighth circuit affirmed a district court ruling awarding a prisoner $1 in damages and $500 ...
for a projected 55,000 state prisoners. This imbalance is primarily due to a "two strikes" law that took effect on January 1, 1995 and a new parole policy requiring felons convicted of any of 20 specific crimes ...
Article • July 15, 2002 • from PLN July, 2002
Filed under: Mail, Mail Regulations
or magazines. Prisoners who are on "level 1", a form of classification status which includes both new arrivals and those who are not "programming," are not allowed to receive any publications at all, even ...
with prisoner-to-prisoner legal mail. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa imposed the injunction to ensure the prisoners' right of access to the courts was observed. Until July 1, 2001 ...
Article • June 15, 2004 • from PLN June, 2004
Filed under: Work, Prison Labor
works projects for $1 or less an hour. Prisoners contributed 3.1 million hours fighting fires in California last year, earning only $1 an hour. By contrast, the average forest fire fighter in the U.S ...
Article • December 15, 1998 • from PLN December, 1998
. The court analyzed the request for preliminary injunction using four factors and held as follows: 1) The suit raised "questions so serious, substantial, difficult, and doubtful as to make them fair ground ...
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