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Prison Madness, by Terry Kupers, MD (Book Review)
Loaded on June 15, 1999
by Dan Pens
published in Prison Legal News
June, 1999, page 4
Jossey-Bass, 1999
Filed under:
Prisoner-Prisoner Assault,
Racial Discrimination,
Reviews,
Restraints,
Mental Health,
Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
Location:
United States of America.
Reviewed by Dan Pens
Ted Kaczynski is clearly mentally ill. So said six psychiatrists who told the court that the infamous Unabomber is an acutely psychotic paranoid schizophrenic.
In addition to being quite mad, Kaczynski possesses a brilliant intellect; he was a professor of mathematics at UCal Berkeley ...
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More from this issue:
- Federal Judge Rules Texas Prisons Still Unconstitutional, PLRA Unconstitutional
- Washington Parole Officer Blown Up
- Prison Madness, by Terry Kupers, MD (Book Review), by Dan Pens
- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
- Indictment: The News Media and the Criminal Justice System (Book Review), by Alex Friedmann
- Notes from the Unrepenitentiary, by Laura Whitehorn
- Private Prison Escape Explained
- Corcoran Prisoner Left Hanging
- Pro Se Tips and Tactics (Discovery), by John Midgley
- Washington Prisoners Damage Colorado Private Prison
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- CCA - Prison Realty Merger Approved, by Alex Friedmann
- They Killed a Man, Not a Number, by David Hill
- Violence Takes a Toll at New Mexico Wackenhut Prison, by Ronald Young
- CMS Settles Wrongful Death Suit for $75,000
- Court Screening Applies to Paid Suits Too
- Failing to Provide Disabled Prisoner Showers for Two Months Cruel and Unusual
- Judge Throws Out Corcoran Sanctions, by Willie Wisely
- Juveniles Held Hostage for Profit by CSC in Florida, by Alex Friedmann
- Florida Porn Ban Challenged
- Mitigation Instruction and Excluding Indemnification Evidence Reversible Error
- Parole Officials Liable for False Information in Parole Violation Arrest Warrant
- Pardon Satisfies Heck
- Federal Prisoners Must Exhaust Administrative Remedies Before Suing
- Fifth Circuit Upholds PLRA Exhaustion Requirement, by Ronald Young
- Imminent Danger Overrides Three Strikes
- Exhaustion Not Required for Bivens Claim
- Pennsylvania Brutality Suit Settled for $5,000
- The Lucasville Trials, by Staughton Lynd
- Warden's Smoking Ban Violates BOP Rules
- Weapon Possession in Federal Prison Always Considered a "Violent Offense"
- Interstate Compact Violations Not Cognizable Under § 1983
- News in Brief
- Felon Possession of Firearm Nonviolent Offense
- Prisoner May Not File Unsigned Complaint for Another Prisoner
- Error to Dismiss Rule 41(C) Motion Without Allowing Conversion to Bivens Action
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