Archive: 1993
December
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Gender Based Treatment Disparity Violates Equal Protection
(p 1) -
Retaliation for Legal Action States Claim
(p 2) -
Prison Medical Treatment Law Explained
(p 3) -
Damages Awarded to Paraplegic Prisoner
(p 3) -
Lead Poisoning
(p 4) -
Segregation of HIV+ Prisoners Upheld, Again
(p 5) -
Nearly Third of All Prison Deaths Due to AIDS
(p 6) -
Washington Civil Commitment Law Upheld
(p 6) -
BOP Must Disclose Medical Records
(p 6) -
No Witnesses for IFP Litigant
(p 7) -
Riot Hits FCI Sheridan
(p 7) -
Lucasville: A Brief History
(p 7) -
Bullet Smuggling Guard Sentenced
(p 9) -
From The Editor
(p 10) -
Irish POWs Battle Extradition
(p 10) -
A Bunch of Scumbags
(p 11) -
Christopher "Naeem" Trotter Needs Support Against Injustice!
(p 12) -
A Call for an Investigation of the U.S. Parole Commission
(p 13) -
Cop's Perjury Conviction Upheld
(p 13) -
Prosecutorial Liability Explained
(p 14) -
Threat States 8th Amendment Claim
(p 14) -
Qualified Immunity for Black Box
(p 14) -
Family Visiting Info Wanted
(p 15) -
TB Test Info Needed
(p 15) -
Corruption at McNeil Island
(p 15) -
Ex Post Facto Conflict Within Ninth Circuit
(p 16) -
No Right to Unmonitored Mail to Media, Clergy
(p 16)
November
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Litigation and Service Protected by First Amendment
(p 1) -
Well Established Right to Release From Control Unit
(p 1) -
Florida Conditions Victory Reversed
(p 2) -
Standard for Modifying Consent Decrees Explained
(p 3) -
WI Ad Seg Rules Don't Create Liberty Interest
(p 3) -
Section 1983 Not Estopped by State Court Ruling
(p 4) -
Statement of Claim Must Rely Solely on Complaint
(p 4) -
No Right to Forfeit Goodtime
(p 4) -
Seg Prisoners Entitled to Congregate for Religious Services
(p 5) -
Prosecutorial Liability Explained
(p 5) -
Pages from a Jailhouse Journal
(p 6) -
Chain of Custody on Urine Sample
(p 6) -
Lack of Shower/Bathroom Curtains Violate Privacy
(p 9) -
Biased Hearing Officer Violates Due Process
(p 9) -
Editorial
(p 10) -
Republicans Introduce Crime Bill
(p 10) -
Report from the Hole
(p 11) -
Chained Detainee Wins Restraint Case
(p 12) -
The Politics of Imprisonment
(p 13) -
700 Moroccan Prisoners Escape
(p 15) -
Stop the Forced Psychiatric Treatment of Georges Cipriani
(p 15) -
Brazil's Final Solution to the Crime Problem
(p 15) -
Political Prisoner Information Wanted
(p 15)
October
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Documents Filed When Delivered to Prison Officials
(p 1) -
Access to Courts: Standing to Assert Right
(p 1) -
Censoring Legal Mail States Claim
(p 2) -
Pro Se Detainee Has Access Rights
(p 3) -
Court Access for Spanish Speakers
(p 3) -
Bar on Access to Court Records Struck Down
(p 3) -
Ninth Circuit Reverses Powell Decision
(p 4) -
NY Re-Examines Tough Drug Laws
(p 5) -
Florida Builds More Prisons
(p 5) -
ACLU Reaches Accord With Hawaii in Prison Case
(p 5) -
Due Process Required Before Hole Time
(p 6) -
Elements of Jail RICO Suit Explained
(p 6) -
Evidence Must Support Disciplinary Charge
(p 7) -
Prohibition of Beatings Well Established Law
(p 7) -
Destruction of Evidence Allows Adverse Inference
(p 7) -
Denial of Physical Therapy Shows Deliberate Indifference
(p 8) -
Right to Die Rulings Grow
(p 8) -
No Qualified Immunity for Denial of Medical Care
(p 9) -
Research Directory
(p 9) -
Right to Hot Water Clearly Established
(p 9) -
Prison Slavery Upheld, Again
(p 10) -
From The Editor
(p 10) -
Clinton Unveils "Anti-Crime" Package
(p 11) -
Families Against Mandatory Minimums
(p 12) -
Professionalism at Purdy Women's Prison
(p 13) -
BOP Not Liable for Guard Raping Prisoner
(p 13) -
Murderer Fired From Prison Job
(p 14) -
Cops Shaft Informant
(p 14) -
PA Women File Suit Over Property
(p 15) -
Grievance System Sham
(p 15) -
Some Food for Thought: Prisoners Are Not Inmates
(p 15) -
Needs Haircut Information
(p 16) -
Prison Flooded
(p 16)
September
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Placing Con in Cell with Dying PWA Doesn't State Claim
(p 1) -
Exposure to Secondary Smoke Can State Claim
(p 1) -
NYC Jails Breeding TB
(p 2) -
AIDS Patient Released from Jail
(p 2) -
Washington Women in Prison
(p 3) -
Women Prisoners Hold AIDS Walkathon
(p 3) -
Harassment of Jailhouse Lawyer Violates Access to Courts
(p 4) -
Should You Tell a Potential Employer You're an Ex-Felon?
(p 4) -
New Prisoner Resource Guide Available
(p 4) -
English Only Rule Not Applicable to Group Prayers
(p 4) -
The Black Political Voice
(p 5) -
Campaign of Repression
(p 6) -
Freedom for Puerto Rican POWs
(p 7) -
Solidarity with Revolutionary Prisoners
(p 8) -
Prisoners as Workers: Court Defines Applicability of FLSA
(p 8) -
Prisoners as Workers in Washington State: New Law Will Increase Exploitation
(p 9) -
Editorial
(p 10) -
The Telephone Game
(p 11) -
CEML Update
(p 11) -
News from Florida
(p 12) -
FLA Death Penalty Games
(p 12) -
Grievance Appeals Necessary
(p 12) -
MI Phone Rip Off
(p 13) -
Prison Privatization in England
(p 13) -
German Geriatric Prison
(p 14) -
The Collapse of the Brazilian Penal System
(p 14) -
Death Squads and Prison Protests in Ecuador
(p 16) -
Guatemalan Prison Riot
(p 16)
August
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Choice Between Exercise and Access Struck Down
(p 1) -
Law Librarian Liable for Access Violations
(p 1) -
Officer's Family Awarded $120,000 for Contracting TB
(p 2) -
Service Complete When Delivered to Prison Officials
(p 2) -
Non-Stenographic Depositions
(p 3) -
Federal Tort Claims Act Requires Exhaustion
(p 3) -
Opening Legal Mail States Claim
(p 4) -
No Waiver of Witness Fees for IFP Litigants
(p 4) -
No Cause of Action for Defamation
(p 4) -
Rules for Appointment of Counsel Clarified
(p 5) -
Some Evidence Standard Meets Due Process
(p 5) -
Disobeying State Court Order Basis for Section 1983 Liability
(p 5) -
Sanctions Against Pro Se Litigant Reversed
(p 6) -
Texas Studies Housing Prisoners in Foreign Countries
(p 6) -
Ad-Seg WACs Do Not Create Liberty Interest
(p 6) -
California Visitor Search Ruling Modified
(p 7) -
Texas Proposes to Build State "Jails"
(p 7) -
Section 1988 Attorney Fee Awards Explained
(p 7) -
The Federal SRA: A Social Experiment Gone Astray
(p 8) -
No Right to Cross Dress
(p 8) -
Increasing Parole Review Time is Ex Post Facto
(p 9) -
Shackling Plainitff Violates Right to Fair Trial
(p 9) -
Money Damages Available for Consent Decree Violations
(p 9) -
Probation Officers Only Entitled to Qualified Immunity
(p 10) -
9th Circuit Announces New Qualified Immunity Rule
(p 10) -
US Marshals Liable for Beating
(p 10) -
Dismissal Error for Failing to Obey Local Rules
(p 11) -
Ad Seg Right to Eyeglasses and Toilet Paper
(p 11) -
WA Repeals Cons Tolling Statute
(p 11) -
Overcrowding Emergency Measures Get Old
(p 12) -
California Prisons Grow
(p 12) -
Default Appropriate for Obstructing Discovery
(p 12) -
Retaliatory Transfer States Claim
(p 12) -
Court Reporters Entitled to Only Qualified Immunity
(p 13) -
Prisoners Retain Right of Bodily Privacy
(p 13) -
Periodical Reviews
(p 14) -
Disciplinary Isolation Triggers Due Process
(p 14) -
Florida Conditions Lawsuit Settled After 21 years
(p 14) -
City of Refuge
(p 15)
July
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No Qualified Immunity for Medical Indifference
(p 1) -
Lack of Treatment States Claim
(p 1) -
Equal Protection for Handicapped Explained
(p 2) -
Reduction In Damages Improper
(p 2) -
Racism and Treatment
(p 3) -
Arizona Prisoners Denied Adequate Mental Health Care
(p 3) -
The Transsexual in Prison-A Focal Point
(p 4) -
Incompetent Medical Exam Violates 8th Amendment
(p 5) -
Informal Brief Acts as Notice of Appeal
(p 5) -
Congress to Limit Prisoner Suits
(p 6) -
Confiscation of Legal Materials States Claim
(p 6) -
AG Not Entitled to Immunity
(p 6) -
Rehabilitation versus Punishment=Attitude
(p 7) -
Illinois Tolling Statute Unconstitutional
(p 8) -
Dismissal not Appropriate for Unintentional Delay
(p 8) -
Grievance Procedure Tolls Statute of Limitations
(p 8) -
Men in Prison: A Review
(p 9) -
Prison Riot in Argentina
(p 10) -
The Hot House; Life Inside Leavenworth Prison - A Book Review
(p 10) -
From The Editor
(p 11) -
We Need Solutions, Not More Prisons
(p 11) -
Prison Breakout in Peru
(p 13) -
German Prison Destroyed
(p 13) -
Palestinian Political Prisoners
(p 14) -
Letter from Spain
(p 15) -
Control Units and Democratic Repression in Chile
(p 16)
June
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The Evolution of Criminal Justice
(p 1) -
How to Defend Against a Bill of Costs
(p 3) -
WA Ad Seg Rules Create Liberty Interest
(p 4) -
No Liberty Interest in BOP Ad Seg Rules
(p 4) -
Initiative 595: Regulated Tolerance
(p 5) -
Prison Litigation Report Issued
(p 5) -
Computers and Rehabilitation
(p 6) -
BOP Can Deny Halfway House Placement
(p 8) -
BOP Liable for Overcrowding and Opening Detainees Mail
(p 8) -
DC Not Proper Venue for BOP Suits
(p 8) -
SOCF Chronology
(p 9) -
Observe Prisoners' Justice Day
(p 10) -
Judge Cannot Make Credibility Findings
(p 11) -
Adequate Notice of Disciplinary Charges Required
(p 11) -
PA Prison Expansion Fails to Cut Crime
(p 11) -
From The Editor
(p 12) -
White House Pot Baron
(p 12) -
Notice of Appeal Filed When Given to Prison Officials
(p 13) -
Basque Prisoners On Hunger Strike
(p 14) -
GRAPO Prisoners Tortured
(p 14) -
Moorish Appeal for Your Support
(p 15) -
Costa Rica Drops Extradition Treaty With US
(p 15) -
Arizona Court Access
(p 15)
May
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Search Victory for Women Cons
(p 1) -
Comic Book Censorship Overturned
(p 2) -
Sexually Harassing Pat Searches May Be Illegal
(p 2) -
ACLU Challenges NJ DOC Censorship
(p 2) -
Prison Rule Banning Media Mail/Visits Held Unconstitutional
(p 2) -
Improved Jail Conditions Merits Attorney Fees
(p 3) -
Due Process Protects Detainees from Violence
(p 3) -
Court Dissolves 1-800 Injunction
(p 3) -
Unlawful to Read Legal Mail in Prisoner's Cell
(p 3) -
Court Enjoins Torture of Jail Prisoners
(p 4) -
Guard Convicted of Beating Prisoner
(p 4) -
Psych Prisoners Have Right of Court Access
(p 5) -
DOC Guard Liable for Not Stopping Beating
(p 5) -
Organizations Not "Persons" for IFP Status
(p 5) -
Damages Awarded in PA Beating and Walk
(p 5) -
Retaliatory Denial of Parole Actionable Under Section 1983
(p 6) -
Unsworn Declarations Admissible
(p 6) -
Prison Officials Liable for Haircuts
(p 6) -
Section 1983 Proper Remedy for Illegal Confinement
(p 7) -
Court Bans Double Celling of New Prisoners
(p 7) -
Prison Officials Liable for Holding Inmate Past Release Date
(p 7) -
Minimum Wage for Cons Studied by Congress
(p 8) -
WA Prisoners Lose Damages in Rectal Probe Suits
(p 8) -
Road Kill For Washington Prisons
(p 8) -
Transfers May Violate Eighth Amendment
(p 8) -
PLN Editor Wins Retaliation Suit
(p 9) -
Monroe Double Celling Suit Lost
(p 10) -
Mentally Ill Entitled to Health Care
(p 10) -
Failure to Treat Illness Violates Eighth Amendment
(p 11) -
MANCI: The Aftermath
(p 11) -
Minn. Prison Signs Contract for Puerto Rican Inmates
(p 12) -
Editorial
(p 12) -
Criminal Justice System Unfair to Radical Activist
(p 13) -
Bombed-out German Prison to be Razed and then Rebuilt
(p 15) -
Brazilian Cops Charged in Prison Massacre
(p 16)
April
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Three Strikes and You're Out, Again
(p 1) -
Prison Escapes and Killings Down
(p 2) -
Release Not Appropriate Relief for Beatings
(p 2) -
24 Cops Killed in First Half of 1992
(p 2) -
Death Row Prisoners Can Marry
(p 3) -
NY Corrections Commissioner Pleads Guilty
(p 3) -
VA Builds More Prisons
(p 3) -
Inquiry Stepped up in Georgia Prison Sex Case
(p 3) -
NYC Claims Prisoners Shoot Themselves to File Suit
(p 3) -
Change in IFP Status Does Not Require Fee Payment
(p 4) -
Punishment of Pretrial Detainees Unlawful
(p 4) -
Denial of Winter Clothing Cruel and Unusual
(p 4) -
Right to Religious Diet Clearly Established
(p 4) -
Nominal Damages Awarded in Prison Rape Case
(p 5) -
Confiscation of Law Books States Claim
(p 5) -
Infraction Suits Must Exhaust Administrative Remedies
(p 5) -
Wisconsin Lacks Adequate State Remedies for Due Process Violations
(p 5) -
Blind Pretrial Detainees Entitled to Treatment
(p 6) -
Damages Awarded to HIV+ Jail Prisoner
(p 6) -
State Liable for County Jail Overcrowding
(p 6) -
DOC Phone Rip Off
(p 7) -
From The Editor
(p 8) -
AT&T Exploits Prison Labor
(p 8) -
Prison Riot Crushed in Venezuela
(p 9) -
Peruvian Political Prisoners Mistreated
(p 9) -
Article Clarification Revisited
(p 10) -
New Video Tape Available
(p 10)
March
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Supreme Court Strikes Blow Against Attorney Fees
(p 1) -
Federal Judge Says Prisoners Denied Access to Courts
(p 1) -
Congress OKs Fed Cons to Pay Cost of Prison
(p 2) -
Federal Prison Terms Increasing
(p 2) -
Okay to Steal Mail
(p 2) -
Freezing Temperature Violates Eighth Amendment
(p 2) -
Court Cannot Dismiss Suit if Partial Filing Fee Paid
(p 3) -
Court Cannot Supply Elements of Complaint
(p 3) -
Death Threats and "Snitch Jacketing" by Guards Unlawful
(p 3) -
Prisoners No Longer Entitled to Witness Fees
(p 3) -
Prison Bosses Liable for Rights Violation
(p 4) -
Penn. Senate Warned of Possible Prison TB Epidemic
(p 4) -
Maxed Out Washington Cons Have Right to Earn Good Time
(p 4) -
Dismissal of HIV+ Conditions Suit Reversed
(p 4) -
Vermont Ends Smoking Ban
(p 5) -
Washington Smoking Suit Dismissed
(p 5) -
Exposure to Tobacco Smoke Violates Eighth Amendment
(p 5) -
Right to Avoid Tobacco Smoke Exposure not Established
(p 5) -
Kentucky Cons Used as Scabs
(p 6) -
Prisoner Entitled to Religious Diet
(p 6) -
Prisoners Win Suit Over Circulating Petition
(p 6) -
Indiana DOC Must Allow Witnesses at Hearings
(p 6) -
Editorial
(p 7) -
What's Wrong With This Picture?
(p 7) -
Jury Must Be Asked If Prisoner Testimony Credible
(p 8) -
Ex-Louisiana Officials Fined for Racial Segregation
(p 8) -
Section 1983 Proper Remedy for Disiplinary Violations
(p 8) -
Palestinians Sue Tear Gas Maker
(p 9) -
Crisis in the French Gulag
(p 9) -
Package Forwarding Service for Cons
(p 10) -
NIJ To Study Roots of Crime
(p 10) -
Battered Women in Prison
(p 10) -
Oregon Wants Prisoners to Pay for Incarceration
(p 10) -
No Welcome for Princess Anne
(p 11) -
1990 U.S. Prison Population Stats
(p 11) -
Prisoners File Record Number of Suits
(p 11) -
Disabled Executed
(p 12) -
Clinton for Prisoners: More Bad News
(p 12) -
Reviews and Correspondence
(p 13)
February
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Serial Litigators
(p 1) -
The Prison Privatization Debate
(p 2) -
BOP Agency for APA Purposes
(p 3) -
Pre-Trial Detainees Don't Have to Work
(p 3) -
Sundiata Acoli Needs Letters
(p 4) -
Temp Workers Come to Prison
(p 4) -
Access to Courts Right Explained
(p 4) -
Criminal Justice Statistics
(p 5) -
Publication Reviews: Nationalist Struggles
(p 5) -
States Must Furnish Equivalent of Jailhouse Lawyers for Filing Prisoner Complaint
(p 6) -
From The Editor
(p 7) -
Freedom for Gerhard Bogelein
(p 7) -
Religious Standards Applied
(p 8) -
Letter from Exile
(p 8) -
Prison Journalist Punished
(p 9) -
Damages Awarded in Beating Case
(p 9) -
APA Partially Applicable to Arizona's DOC
(p 9) -
Retrial for Damages Alone Appropriate
(p 9)
January
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Free Speech for Whom?
(p 1) -
A Nation in Chains
(p 2) -
Lay Advisor Can't be Adverse Witness
(p 2) -
Generalized Written Statement of Hearing Committee Accepted, Where Evidence Clear
(p 3) -
Hunger Strike Ends After 19 Days
(p 3) -
Must Inmate Detail Witness Testimony As Condition to Having Witness Called?
(p 3) -
Wisconsin Parolees Have Liberty Interest in Avoiding Forced Medication
(p 4) -
Exposure to AIDS Contaminated Sewage Banned
(p 4) -
Deliberate Indifference Standard in Medical Cases Explained
(p 5) -
Prisoners Support Guzman Defense
(p 5) -
Legal Mail May Not Be Read by Prison Guards
(p 5) -
Editorial
(p 6) -
Length of Work Day Increasing
(p 6) -
Latin American Prisons
(p 7) -
Military Police Massacre at Least 111 in Brazilian Prison
(p 8) -
Aborigines Have High Jail Death Rate
(p 8) -
Rampant Violence in Venezuelan Prisons
(p 8) -
McNeil Island News
(p 9) -
On Taking DNA Samples
(p 9) -
Pendleton News
(p 9)