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From the Editor
Greetings and welcome to another issue of PLN . Several readers have pointed out that PLN editorials are needlessly long. Naturally, my feelings were bruised. The truth hurts. From now on, though, the limit on PLN editorials is 500 words (a half-page) rather than 1,000.
So maybe I should get ...
So maybe I should get ...
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More from this issue:
- Juvenile Crime Pays, by Alex Friedmann
- Bureau of Prisons Gag Rule Enacted
- From the Editor, by Dan Pens
- Washington "Bulk Mail" Ban of PLN Struck Down
- Where to Now For Prison Smoking?, by Paul Wright
- Resources for Smoking Litigation: Health Effects of Smoking; Legal Cases on Smoking
- Actual Injury Required in Legal Mail Claim
- KS S.Ct. Affirms Trust Account "Service Fee"
- No Immunity for Delaying Arthritis Treatment
- Deaf Prisoners in Washington Seek Class-Wide Relief, by David C Fathi
- Union Denounces Prison Labor
- Florida PRIDE Employees Denied Minimum Wages, by James Quigley
- PRIDE Eyes Private Markets
- No Immunity for Florida Private Jail
- PLRA Requires Winning Prisoner to Pay 25% of Defendants' Atty Fees
- Exposure to Cold States Claim Exhaustion Requirement of PLRA Not Retroactive
- PLRA Attorney Fee Restrictions Not Retroactive
- WSP Ban on Gift Subscriptions Enjoined
- Trial Required in Oklahoma Beating Case
- News in Brief
- New York Prisoner Settles Excessive Force Case for $25,000
- Legal Papers Must be Returned to Owner; Prisoner Legal Mail Banned
- 7th Circuit Defines "Serious Medical Needs"
- Inadequate Prison Security Violates 8th Amendment
- Damages Suit Stayed While Habeas Pursued in Disciplinary Hearing Challenge
- Idaho Court Access Class Action Suit Proceeds
- Iowa Prison Nurse Liable in Birthing
- West Virginia Prisoners Lose Computers
- Cold Cell Violates 8th Amendment
- Grand Jury Indicts 45 Texas Prisoners
- Rhode Island Ban on Royalties to Felon Authors Struck Down
- Second Circuit Rules on Appointment of Counsel
More from Dan Pens:
- Federal Religious Freedom Law Passed, April 15, 2001
- South Carolina Prison Chief Fired as Scandal Widens, April 15, 2001
- Bag'm, Tag'm and Bury'm; Wisconsin Prisoners Dying for Health Care, Feb. 15, 2001
- Food Strike Puts Washington DOC on Spin Control, Feb. 15, 2001
- Fraud Charged by Washington DOC Whistleblower, Feb. 15, 2001
- CMS Fined Nearly $1 Million in Virginia, Dec. 15, 2000
- Death as a Salesman: Benneton Ad Campaign Comes to Death Row, Dec. 15, 2000
- Illinois Supermax Hunger Strike, Dec. 15, 2000
- Whistle-blowing Doctor Shakes Up Nebraska DOC, Nov. 15, 2000
- Corcoran Show Trial Ends with Acquittals, Nov. 15, 2000
More from these topics:
- Government Accountability Office Issues a Report on DOJ and DHS Use of Facial Recognition Technology, June 15, 2024. Commentary/Reviews, Police State-Surveillance, Electronic Surveillance.
- How Parole and Probation “No-Association” Conditions Hamper Successful Reentry, June 1, 2024. Commentary/Reviews, Conditions of.
- U.N. Panel Finds Rampant Racism in U.S. Criminal Justice System, June 1, 2024. Racial Discrimination, Commentary/Reviews, Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution, Statistics/Trends.
- Report Finds Current Path of Florida Prison System “Unsustainable”, June 1, 2024. Commentary/Reviews, Cost of Prison Systems, Totality of Conditions.
- From the Editor, June 1, 2024. Editorials.
- Non-Toxic Fluorescent Spray Reveals Fingerprints in Seconds, May 15, 2024. Commentary/Reviews, junk science, Fingerprint Evidence, Latent Fingerprint Evidence.
- The Police Have a Dark Money Slush Fund, May 15, 2024. Contractor Misconduct, Police Misconduct, Commentary/Reviews, Police/Govt Misconduct.
- From the Editor, May 1, 2024. Editorials.
- Federal Watchdog Slams BOP for Lapses in Epstein Death, Pushes Back Against Rumors It Wasn’t Suicide, May 1, 2024. DOC/BOP misconduct, Commentary/Reviews, Suicides.
- Regarding Death Penalty, Biden’s Actions Don’t Align with His Mouth, May 1, 2024. Commentary/Reviews, Criminal Prosecution, Statistics/Trends, Death Penalty.