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California Changes Shooting Policy
by W. Wisely
In the past ten years, California prison guards have shot and killed 39 prisoners, wounding over 200, with high powered rifles. Nearly all of the shootings involved attempts to break up unarmed fist fights--- a practice unique among all other prison systems in the nation. After a ...
In the past ten years, California prison guards have shot and killed 39 prisoners, wounding over 200, with high powered rifles. Nearly all of the shootings involved attempts to break up unarmed fist fights--- a practice unique among all other prison systems in the nation. After a ...
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More from this issue:
- The Cultural Commodification of Prisons, by Paul Wright
- New Jersey Guard Wins $3.75 Million Harassment Suit
- From the Editor, by Dan Pens
- New York City Arrestee Awarded $5.02 Million in Strip Search
- PLN Sues Washington DOC over Censorship of Nazi Guard Exposé
- California Changes Shooting Policy, by Willie Wisely
- $7,000 Award to Prisoner Shoved by Guard while Praying
- No Privacy Rights for Sex Offender Registrants
- CCPOA Pimping in the California State Assembly, by Dan Pens
- Probable Cause Hearing Delay Actionable, by Ronald Young
- Ex-Welfare Workers in Georgia Replaced with Prison Slaves
- California Prison Legal Fund Broke, by Willie Wisely
- Nevada Guards Party with Inmate Welfare Fund
- Prison Realty Stock Plummets; Shareholders File Suit
- Corcoran Bad Apple Rehired, by Willie Wisely
- New York Retaliation Suit Nets $100,000 in Damages
- California Governor Vetoes Parole Reform Bill
- California Illegally Dumps Parole Records, by Willie Wisely
- Suicides at Connecticut Prison Raise Concerns about Mental Health Care
- Prisoner Strip Search Warrants Fourth Amendment Analysis, by Ronald Young
- Amended Complaint Filed Outside Limitations Period Relates Back
- A Guide to the Prison Litigation Reform Act, by John Boston (Review), by Paul Wright
- California Visits Reinstated after Food Boycott (Letter), by D.R.
- $100,000 Settlement in South Carolina Jail Death
- Heck Not Applicable to Ad Seg; Only "Available" Exhaustion Required
- Retaliatory Acts Need Not "Shock the Conscience" to be Actionable
- Sheriff Liable for Inadequate Staffing and Refusing Medical Treatment to Assaulted Prisoner
- Second Circuit Discusses Heck and Edwards
- Evidentiary Hearing Allowed in PLRA Consent Decree Terminations
- West Virginia Supreme Court Upholds Computer Ban
- Washington Felony Infraction Law Struck Down
- Request for Telephonic Appearance Must Be Considered
- BOP Violates Due Process in Ad-Seg, Transfer and Mail Suit
- Trial Required in Jail Attack
- Race Discrimination Claim Not Barred by PLRA Physical Injury Rule
- News in Brief
- PLRA Attorney Fee Cap Not Retroactive in Attorney Client Case
- PLRA Attorney Fee Provision Not Retroactive in Jail Conditions Suit
More from Willie Wisely:
- From the Editor, Sept. 15, 2002
- California Guards Bust Budget, June 15, 2002
- California Pays for Guard's Sexual Misconduct, Jan. 15, 2002
- Prison Guard Sentenced in Escape Plot, Dec. 15, 2001
- California Dials Wrong Number, Nov. 15, 2001
- Plug Pulled in California Prison, Nov. 15, 2001
- Cowboys and Prisoners, Sept. 15, 2001
- Racist Knot of Florida Guards, Sept. 15, 2001
- Brutality Behind the Orange Curtain, Aug. 15, 2001
- Pelican Bay Guard's Conviction Upheld, July 15, 2001
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- Texas Prison Warden and Brother Charged with Shooting Two Migrants, Killing One, April 1, 2023. Guard Misconduct, Shootings, Police--Excessive Force.
- Investigation Delays Let Cops Kill Again, March 15, 2023. Racial Discrimination, Shootings, Excessive Force (Police), Racial Profiling, Official Investigation.
- Pennsylvania Guards and Their Attorneys Spanked for Discovery Abuse in Prisoner’s Excessive-Force Suit, March 1, 2023. Excessive Force, Discovery.
- Ex-Felon “Dirtbags” Accused of Ordering Hit on Detainee at Florida Jail, But Questions Linger, March 1, 2023. Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, Excessive Force.
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- Illinois Town Will Pay $12 Million to Family After SWAT Officer Shot 12-Year-Old in Kneecap While Sitting on Bed With Hands Up, Feb. 19, 2023. Police Misconduct, Shootings, Settlements, Juveniles.
- Texas Teen Who Was Shot Repeatedly by Cop While Eating Hamburger Clings to Life, Oct. 27, 2022. Police Misconduct, Shootings, Juveniles.
- No Qualified Immunity for Colorado Cop Who Killed a Puppy in Empty Parking Lot, Oct. 20, 2022. Shootings, Immunity - Absolute and Qualified.
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