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News in Brief
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by California: A guard at San Quentin State Prison and one of two outside co-conspirators were arraigned on September 8, 2021, on federal charges they smuggled cellphones to an unnamed prisoner on death row at the California lockup. According to a statement by the U.S. Department of …
News in Brief
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: In February 2020, a grand jury in Limestone County, Alabama, returned an indictment for “possession/receipt of a controlled substance” against Travis Wales, a former guard at the Limestone County Correctional Facility in Harvest. According to Columbus, Georgia, TV station WBRL, Wales was arrested in September …
COVID-19 Pandemic Leads to Unrest in Prisons Around the Globe
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19, Telephone Access, Visiting
COVID-19 Pandemic Leads to Unrest in Prisons Around the Globe by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The COVID-19 pandemic, or rather government officials’ inept reaction to the pandemic, has led to unrest in prisons around the world—especially in South America and the Middle East. This has resulted in the escape …
Court Grants Bail to Ex-Peruvian President Challenging Extradition Due to Solitary Confinement
Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Filed under: Bail
Court Grants Bail to Ex-Peruvian President Challenging Extradition Due to Solitary Confinement by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell On October 10, 2019, U.S. District Court Judge Vince Chhabria in San Francisco granted bail to former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo, requiring him to be released on a $1 million bond under …
News in Brief
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: Antwone Wilson broke out of the St. Clair County Correctional Facility on December 4, 2017 along with fellow prisoner Ronald Odell King. The pair separated, and King was quickly captured. While on the lam, Wilson contacted a TV station in his hometown to clarify why …
News in Brief
Article • June 9, 2017 • from PLN June, 2017
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Arizona: On January 19, 2017, Estrella Jail guard Roy Eugene Ramey III was fired by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office. Ramey, who had been arrested in September 2016, was placed on administrative leave pending disposition of charges that he engaged in sexual activity with a female …
News in Brief
Article • September 2, 2016 • from PLN September, 2016
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: U.S. Attorney George L. Beck, Jr. called Chris Miles, the former assistant police chief for the town of Tallassee, Alabama, a “maverick” when Miles was sentenced on March 25, 2016 for beating a suspect during an interrogation, making false statements to the FBI and selling …
Peruvian National’s Extradition Ordered for Killing Innocent Children, Civilians
Article • August 15, 2008
Filed under: Police Misconduct, International, International Law, Prisoners-International, Immigration, Terrorism
Peruvian National’s Extradition Ordered for Killing Innocent Children, Civilians by The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) appealed a 2005 U.S. District Court ruling that prevented the extradition of Peruvian national Wilmer Ordinola. The DOJ argued that his heinous crimes against innocent children and civilians did not fall under the political …
Foreign Fugitive Awards May Fall Under FSIA’S Commercial Activity Sovereign Immunity Exception
Article • January 15, 2008
Filed under: Informants (Disciplinary Hearings), Federal Statutory Law, Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, Prisoners-International, Political Prisoners (International), Sovereign Immunity
Foreign Fugitive Awards May Fall Under FSIA’S Commercial Activity Sovereign Immunity Exception by Foreign Fugitive Awards May Fall Under FSIA'S Commercial Activity Sovereign Immunity Exception Jose Guevara filed suit against the Republic of Peru and two Peruvian officials in 2001 for failure to fulfill a contract. The suit was removed …
Prison Riots in Peru
Article • July 15, 2000 • from PLN July, 2000
Filed under: Political Prisoners, Prison Rebellion, International, Prisoners-International
Prison Riots in Peru by On Monday, Feb. 7, prisoners from the Communist Party of Peru (PCP, or "Shining Path" in the media) led an uprising at the maximum-security prison of Yanamayo in Puno, taking over 30 hostages. Seven guards and police were wounded, and one prisoner was killed, identified …
Five Lawyers in Peru Freed
Article • May 15, 2000 • from PLN May, 2000
Filed under: Political Prisoners, Attorney Client, International, Prisoners-International
Five Lawyers in Peru Freed by Heriberto Ocasio Lima, Peru-- There is good news in the struggle to defend the Peruvian lawyers who are under attack from the U.S.backed Fujimori regime for their courageous work in defending political prisoners. A trial for six of the defense lawyers ended in acquittal. …
Peruvian Lawyers Arrested
Article • March 15, 1998 • from PLN March, 1998
Filed under: Political Prisoners, Attorney Client, International, Prisoners-International
Peruvian Lawyers Arrested by Between November 18-21, 1997, in Lima, Peru, agents of the Peruvian political police, DINCOTE, arrested lawyers Ernesto Messa Delgado, Carlos Gamero Quispe, Luis Ramon Landaure and Teodoro Bendezu Montes. The arrestees' family members said they were given no reason for the arrests and noted that the …
Peruvian Prisoners Rebel
Article • December 15, 1997 • from PLN December, 1997
Filed under: Political Prisoners, Prison Rebellion, International, Prisoners-International
Peruvian Prisoners Rebel by Dan Axtell By Dan Axtell On June 20, 1997, over 5,000 prisoners in Lurigancho prison in Peru took over the prison during the course of a riot. According to Peruvian congressman Daniel Espichán Tumay, the riot was triggered by overcrowding, outcry over illegal transfers, and bad …
Tenth Anniversary of Peru Prison Massacres
Article • June 15, 1996 • from PLN June, 1996
Filed under: Political Prisoners, Prison Rebellion, Crime/Demographics, Prison/Jail Murders, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Prisoners-International
Tenth Anniversary of Peru Prison Massacres by [The following article is excerpted from the book Gloria al Día de Heroísmo, which is an account of the uprising and massacre of Peruvian political prisoners and Prisoners of War on June 19, 1986. This year marks the tenth anniversary of the uprising.] …
Peruvian POWs Rescued
Article • April 15, 1996 • from PLN April, 1996
Filed under: Political Prisoners, Crime/Demographics, Escapes, Prisoners-International
Peruvian POWs Rescued by [Editor's Note: Since 1980 the Communist Party of Peru (PCP) has waged a people's war in an effort to overthrow the US supported regime in Peru. That struggle suffered a major setback in 1992 when the party's chairman, Abimael Guzman, and several members of the central …
Peru Political Materials
Article • February 15, 1996 • from PLN February, 1996
Filed under: Political Prisoners, Commentary/Reviews, Resources, Prisoners-International
Peru Political Materials by Since 1980 the Communist Party of Peru (PCP) has led a people's war against the US backed government in that country. Despite the capture of the party's chairman in 1992 the war has continued as the party recovered from the setbacks it suffered that year. PLN …
Peruvian Government to Stand Trial for Prison Massacres
Article • October 15, 1994 • from PLN October, 1994
Filed under: Political Prisoners, Prison Rebellion, Crime/Demographics, Prison/Jail Murders, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, International Law, Prisoners-International
Peruvian Government to Stand Trial for Prison Massacres by On June 19, 1986, political prisoners of the Communist Party of Peru (PCP) held at three prisons revolted demanding government compliance with agreements previously reached governing the prisoners' conditions of confinement. The Peruvian government of then President Alan Garcia refused to …
Peru's Lawyers: A High Risk Profession
Article • August 15, 1994 • from PLN August, 1994
Filed under: Political Prisoners, Attorney Client, International, Prisoners-International
Peru's Lawyers: A High Risk Profession by Jose Enrique Gonzalez Ruiz "In the eyes and ears of the sinister power, all of us are under suspicion." Oiga Magazine Feb 21, 1994, p.5 To defend political prisoners in Peru is a delicate matter. The war that has been going on in …
PCP Responds to Allegations of Gay Persecution
Article • March 15, 1994 • from PLN March, 1994
Filed under: Discrimination, Political Prisoners, Gay/Lesbian, Prisoners-International
PCP Responds to Allegations of Gay Persecution by Paul Wright By Paul Wright Since we began publishing PLN we have reported on struggle and conditions affecting political prisoners of diverse movements, groups and parties around the world, to include Palestinian, Irish, Puerto Rican, New Afrikan, Anti-imperialist and Peruvian prisoners to …
Attorneys File Briefs for Peruvian POW's
Article • February 15, 1994 • from PLN February, 1994
Filed under: Political Prisoners, International, International Law, Prisoners-International
Attorneys File Briefs for Peruvian POW's by Paul Wright By Paul Wright On October 5, 1993, National Lawyers Guild (NLG) president Peter Erlinder and attorney Leonard Weinglass filed petitions with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on behalf of Abimael Guzman, the imprisoned chairman of the Communist Party of Peru …
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