Archive: 1996
December
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Three Strikes in California
(p 1) -
Censorship of Rap Tape States Claim
(p 3) -
Analysis of People v. Romero
(p 3) -
From the Editor
(p 4) -
Hungry for Justice in L.A. Jail
(p 4) -
Transportation Costs Can't Be Imposed on Losing Plaintiffs
(p 5) -
A Matter of Fact
(p 5) -
Pro Se Tips and Tactics
(p 6) -
Black Prison Movements
(p 7) -
Washington Prisoners Lose Computers, Again
(p 8) -
CRIPA Stays Not Appealable
(p 9) -
Botched Escape Sparks Rebellion
(p 10) -
Texas Guard Cleared in Controversial Shooting
(p 11) -
Twelve Political Prisoners Gave their Lives in a Death Fast in Turkey
(p 12) -
Motive in Denying Due Process Irrelevant
(p 14) -
Georgia Prisoners Retain Right to Safety
(p 14) -
Upsizing Federal Law Enforcement
(p 15) -
ADA Ruling for Deaf New York Prisoners
(p 15) -
Iowa DOC Shake-Up
(p 16) -
New York Voting Rights Case Vacated
(p 16) -
Attorney Fees Awarded in Smoking Suit
(p 17) -
PLRA Not Retroactively Applicable to Special Masters
(p 17) -
PLRA Stay Provision Held Unconstitutional
(p 17) -
PLRA Not Retroactive on Attorney Fees
(p 18) -
PLRA Not Applicable to Appeals Filed before Passage
(p 18) -
Update on Washington Money Seizure Suit
(p 19) -
Prison Officials Liable for Double Celling
(p 20) -
Habeas Required for Disciplinary Hearing Challenges
(p 20) -
PI Granted on Winter Clothing Claim
(p 21) -
No Immunity for Failure to Protect Prisoner from Violence
(p 21) -
News in Brief
(p 22)
November
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The Fundamental Right of Self-Defense in Prison
(p 1) -
From the Editor
(p 3) -
The Pelican Bay Factor
(p 4) -
Prison Tragedy Results in Settlement
(p 5) -
Notes from the Unrepenitentiary
(p 5) -
Overview
(p 6) -
Filing Fee Requirement Not Retroactive
(p 7) -
Louisiana Prison System Back Under Court Supervision
(p 7) -
2nd Circuit Applies PLRA to IFP Litigants
(p 8) -
PLRA Applied Retroactively to Filing Fees
(p 8) -
Prior Frivolous Suits Count for PLRA
(p 9) -
PLRA Application to Mandamus Discussed
(p 9) -
PLRA Filing Fees Don't Apply to Habeas Petitions
(p 9) -
Three Strikes Applied
(p 10) -
A Matter of Fact
(p 10) -
State Moves to Lift Federal Court Order at Washington State Penitentiary
(p 11) -
Criminal Injustice: Confronting the Prison Crisis
(p 11) -
Eight Corcoran Guards Fired, Five Reinstated
(p 12) -
Prison Labor and Private Profit
(p 13) -
Ohio "Eases" Prison Overcrowding
(p 13) -
In Harms' Way: Texas Prisoner Shot
(p 14) -
WSR Smoking Suit Settled
(p 14) -
Texas Taxes Spent on DCJ Luxuries
(p 15) -
Criminal Prosecutors Get Their Day In Court
(p 15) -
Gas Chamber Found Unconstitutional
(p 16) -
Publisher Entitled to Notice of Magazine Censorship
(p 16) -
No Right to Unmonitored Prison Calls
(p 17) -
Disciplinary Records Inadmissible Evidence
(p 17) -
Macing and Restraints State Eighth Amendment Claim
(p 18) -
Nevada Prisoners Have Liberty Interest in Disciplinary Hearings
(p 19) -
Satanist Claim Goes to Trial
(p 19) -
News in Brief
(p 20) -
Guard Caught Holding the Knife
(p 21)
October
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UNICOR Hogs Body Armor Market
(p 1) -
Prisoners May Be Allowed to Lead Religious Services
(p 2) -
From the Editor
(p 3) -
The "Honorable Men" Defense
(p 4) -
Alleged Work Refusal Requires Trial
(p 5) -
Plaintiff Entitled to Respond to Qualified Immunity Defense
(p 5) -
Unrest in South American Prisons
(p 6) -
Less than Lethal Force Liability
(p 7) -
Smoke and Mirrors
(p 7) -
Correction
(p 8) -
A Matter of Fact
(p 8) -
Prisoner Testimony Must Be Considered in Spears Hearing
(p 9) -
Cause of Action Accrues on Disciplinary Reversal
(p 9) -
Texas Parole Rules on Litigants and Victim Statements Enjoined
(p 10) -
Extending Release Date Violates Eighth Amendment
(p 11) -
Attorney Fees Awarded for Opposing Motion to Vacate
(p 11) -
Attica: Looking Back 25 Years
(p 12) -
Jail Guards File Suit
(p 13) -
Fifth Circuit Applies New Standard to Detainee Claims
(p 14) -
Evidence Required for Disciplinary Sanction, Sandin Questioned
(p 15) -
MCC Settlement Upheld
(p 15) -
Pepper Spray Madness
(p 16) -
Pepper Spray Unsafe?
(p 17) -
Indigents Entitled to Full Credit for Pretrial Detention
(p 18) -
De Novo Review Required of Magistrate's Report
(p 18) -
Texas Shaving Rule Declared Illegal
(p 19) -
Parolee's Jail Rights Discussed
(p 19) -
Missouri Haircut Rule Upheld under RFRA
(p 20) -
No Right to Assistance in Family Law
(p 21) -
Retaliation for Grievance Committee Participation Requires Trial
(p 21) -
Court Responsible for Jury Demand
(p 22) -
PI Granted in Haircut Claim
(p 22) -
Complaint Can't Be Dismissed if Partial Filing Fee Paid
(p 23) -
No FLSA Protection for Work Release Prisoners
(p 23) -
Right to Witnesses and Court Access Well Established
(p 24) -
News in Brief
(p 24) -
Court Okays Disclosure of AIDS Status
(p 25)
September
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IMU Placement Implicates Due Process
(p 1) -
Denial of Disciplinary Witnesses Upheld
(p 3) -
Limited Interlocutory Appeals in Medical Cases
(p 4) -
From the Editor
(p 5) -
A Matter of Fact
(p 6) -
Pro Se Tips and Tactics
(p 7) -
Mass Transfer Madness
(p 9) -
Phone Activist Seeks Info
(p 10) -
Thanks from Thailand
(p 10) -
CBCC Struggle Ongoing
(p 10) -
From the Home Front
(p 11) -
Armed Guards in Illinois
(p 11) -
The Price of Freedom
(p 11) -
Un-Happy Meals in Kansas
(p 11) -
Washington Death Row Prisoners Get Habeas TRO
(p 12) -
Elizabeth Alexander Named Director of ACLU National Prison Project
(p 12) -
Florida Utilities Commission Refunds Phone Kickbacks
(p 13) -
Texas Prisoners Build Their Own Cages
(p 13) -
Challenging Evil That Ills This Society
(p 14) -
Iowa State Court Rules on Forfeiture
(p 15) -
BOP Phone Suit Settled
(p 16) -
$43,410 in Attorney Fees Awarded in PC Case
(p 17) -
Supreme Court Closes Double Jeopardy Door
(p 18) -
NSP Double Celling Order Vacated
(p 18) -
Rhode Island Fee Violates Ex Post Facto
(p 19) -
Warden Caught in Sex Sting
(p 19) -
Prisoner Has Right to Hunger Strike
(p 20) -
Asbestos Exposure Violates Eighth Amendment
(p 21) -
News in Brief
(p 22) -
Job Denial Based on HIV Status May Violate ADA
(p 23)
August
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Supreme Court Reverses Court Access Case
(p 1) -
ABA Wants Pro Se Litigation Info
(p 4) -
Discovery and Proof in Police Misconduct
(p 5) -
From the Editor
(p 5) -
Notes from the Unrepenitentiary
(p 6) -
Attorney Fees Awarded in Jail Suit for Attorney-Client Space
(p 6) -
A Matter of Fact
(p 7) -
Prison Visitor Allowed to Refuse Search
(p 7) -
Anti-Terrorism Act Terrorizes Habeas Petitioners
(p 8) -
5th Circuit Bars Ad Seg Claims
(p 10) -
Publications Review
(p 10) -
Beating Shackled Prisoners States Claim
(p 12) -
Canada's Prison Chief Resigns
(p 12) -
U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Kansas Civil Commitment Case
(p 13) -
BOP Ad Seg Rules Don't Create Liberty Interest
(p 14) -
Women Prisoners Win Court Access Claim
(p 14) -
New Washington Prison Needs Major Repairs
(p 15) -
Canadian Prisoners Regain Voting Rights
(p 15) -
Washington Money Seizure Suit Update
(p 16) -
Wisconsin Property Policy Violates RFRA
(p 17) -
VitaPro Update
(p 18) -
Brig Fire Sparks Political Debate
(p 18) -
$168,500 Awarded in Prisoner's Death
(p 19) -
Guards' Smoke Violates Eighth Amendment
(p 19) -
New Jersey MCU Suit Settled
(p 20) -
TVs for Justice
(p 20) -
Departing Visitor Cannot Be Searched -- Strip Search Okay
(p 21) -
News in Brief
(p 22) -
Settlement Reached in Alabama Chain Gang Suit
(p 23) -
Photocopies Required for Court Access
(p 23)
July
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Prison Litigation Reform Act Passed
(p 1) -
Zimmer Amendment Passed
(p 5) -
From the Editor
(p 5) -
Visiting in Prison (Video)
(p 6) -
A Matter of Fact
(p 6) -
New Jersey Jail Guards Indicted in Beating Death
(p 6) -
Double Justice: A Documentary Film About Race and the Death Penalty
(p 6) -
Alabama Prison Chief Fired over Women in Chains
(p 7) -
Prison: An Entitlement System?
(p 7) -
Prisoner Accounts Add Up to Millions
(p 7) -
Segregation Enhancement May Violate Due Process
(p 8) -
Haircut Rule May Violate Equal Protection
(p 8) -
No Immunity for Washington Religious Name Retaliation
(p 9) -
$1.44 Million for Medical Indifference
(p 9) -
Warden Liable for Prison Rape
(p 10) -
Newell Superseded
(p 10) -
Minnesota Prisoners Strike for Minimum Wage
(p 11) -
New Jersey Governor Vetoes Frivolous Bill
(p 11) -
Private Prison Executive Sentenced in Fraud Scheme
(p 12) -
New York Work Release Creates Liberty Interest
(p 12) -
No Right to Wages Under Interstate Compact
(p 12) -
Arizona Held in Contempt over Masters' Fees
(p 13) -
New York Prisoners Entitled to Disciplinary Due Process
(p 13) -
Washington Legislation Passed
(p 14) -
Alaska Prisoner Has Right to Call Witnesses at Hearing
(p 14) -
Retaliatory Transfer and Discipline Unconstitutional
(p 15) -
Attorney Fees Awarded in Death Row Brutality Case
(p 15) -
Mysterious New Syndrome Discovered
(p 16) -
Jail Detainee's Court Access Right Violated
(p 16) -
Failure to Protect States Claim
(p 17) -
Furniture Manufacturers Threatened by UNICOR
(p 17) -
Massachusetts Phone Injunction Affirmed
(p 18) -
Legal Services Funding Cut
(p 19) -
Khalfani Trial Due to Begin
(p 19) -
Bivens Provides Remedy for Work Injury to BOP Prisoners
(p 20) -
Gang War Assault States Claim
(p 20) -
Muslim Can't Be Punished for Refusal to Handle Pork
(p 21) -
Cavity Search in Public States Claim
(p 21) -
News in Brief
(p 22) -
U.S. Supreme Court to Review Cases
(p 23)
June
-
Japanese Justice: The Police Detention and Prison Systems
(p 1) -
Report on Japanese Prisons Released
(p 3) -
From the Editor
(p 3) -
A Matter of Fact
(p 4) -
Pro Se Tips and Tactics
(p 5) -
No Due Process in Seg Placement
(p 6) -
Maryland Lifers Denied Parole
(p 7) -
No Stay in DC Women Prisoners' Suit
(p 7) -
Mississippi Unable to Pay the Piper
(p 8) -
Ninth Circuit Expands Mailbox Rule
(p 8) -
Florida Prisoners Type Political Donor Lists
(p 9) -
Okay for Guards to View Naked Prisoners
(p 9) -
Indiana Prisoners Not Entitled to Disciplinary Due Process
(p 10) -
No Free Lunch
(p 10) -
Washington Supreme Court Upholds Discriminatory Earned Time Policy
(p 11) -
State Seizes County Jail
(p 11) -
Military Prison Locked Down
(p 12) -
America's Most Wanted Hypocrite
(p 12) -
Illinois DOC Violates Court Access Rights
(p 13) -
Phone Graft in Florida
(p 13) -
$176,000 Awarded in Attorney Fees
(p 14) -
Washington Prisoners Protest Money Seizure Law
(p 14) -
California EFV Ban Enjoined
(p 15) -
Ninth Circuit Revisits Attorney Fees
(p 15) -
Nevada Utilities Commission Caps Prison Phone Rates
(p 16) -
Supervisor Liable in Retaliation Suit
(p 16) -
$5 Million Awarded in New York Prison Stabbing
(p 17) -
Washington Prison Doctor Has License Suspended, Again
(p 17) -
Chemical Toilets May Violate Eighth Amendment in Massachusetts Class Action
(p 18) -
Michigan Visiting TRO Denied
(p 19) -
Indian Journalist/Ex-Prisoner Denied Travel
(p 19) -
IFP Status Not Available for Trivial Suits
(p 20) -
Washington Prisoners Have No Right to Earned Time
(p 20) -
Tenth Anniversary of Peru Prison Massacres
(p 21) -
News in Brief
(p 27)
May
-
Citizen Anti-Crime Initiatives? How the Gun Lobby Bankrolls the War on Crime
(p 1) -
From the Editor
(p 5) -
State Murder Machine Picks Up
(p 6) -
Texas Grooming Code May Violate RFRA
(p 7) -
Texas Rent-A-Cells Burn
(p 7) -
Texas Prison Developer Arrested in Escape Plot
(p 8) -
VitaPro Fraud Scheme Unveiled in Texas
(p 8) -
More Trouble in Texas Rent-A-Jails
(p 9) -
Dismissal of Women's Suit Affirmed
(p 9) -
Spain and Belgium Abolish the Death Penalty
(p 9) -
A Doctor in Prison
(p 10) -
Pennsylvania Prison Stormed
(p 10) -
Stunned in Pennsylvania
(p 11) -
USP Atlanta Locked Down
(p 11) -
Michigan Parole Law Unconstitutional
(p 12) -
Sexual Assault During Search Illegal
(p 13) -
Prison Rape Opponents Sue to Protect Award-Winning Web Site from Internet Censors
(p 13) -
Arizona Death Row Chain Gang Problems
(p 14) -
Dismissal of Suit for Not Attending Deposition Reversed
(p 14) -
Criminal Conviction Inadmissible Evidence
(p 15) -
Bad Apples in Florida DOC
(p 15) -
Attorney Fee Award Upheld in Jail Suit
(p 16) -
Jail Guards' Convictions Affirmed
(p 16) -
Jury Power in Action
(p 17) -
Complaint Need Not List Capacity Defendants Sued In
(p 17) -
Litigants Must Be Given Writing Materials
(p 18) -
Denial of Bed Linen States Claim
(p 18) -
Retaliation Claims Survive Sandin, but PI Reversed
(p 19) -
Section 1983 Appropriate for Disciplinary Hearings
(p 19) -
CDC Mental Health System Ruled Deficient
(p 20) -
Summary Judgment Notice Must Be Given by Court
(p 21) -
News in Brief
(p 22)
April
-
Microsoft Out-Cells Competition
(p 1) -
Racist Guards at Florida Prison
(p 4) -
The Keepers and the Caged: Heroes and Necromancers in the Prison System Today (Book Review)
(p 4) -
From the Editor
(p 5) -
Prison Population Statistics Available
(p 5) -
Not All Prisoner Lawsuits Are Frivolous
(p 6) -
Iowa Supreme Court: Hearing Required Before Prisoner Funds Seized
(p 7) -
$55,540 in Attorney Fees for RFRA Suit
(p 7) -
Parole Change Violates Ex Post Facto Clause
(p 7) -
Washington DOC Enjoined from Taking Blood
(p 8) -
Grievance Discipline Struck Down
(p 8) -
Oklahoma Pre-Parole Status Creates Liberty Interest
(p 9) -
Disciplinary Findings Must State Evidence Relied On
(p 9) -
Exploitation of Ohio Prison Labor
(p 10) -
Grievance Retaliation Unlawful
(p 10) -
Jury Not Waived in "Doubtful Situation"
(p 11) -
Peruvian POWs Rescued
(p 11) -
Seventh Circuit Decides "Mail Box" Rule
(p 12) -
Michigan ACLU Protests Religious Prison College
(p 12) -
Genital Groping States Claim
(p 12) -
Damn Lies and Statistics
(p 13) -
Georgia Prisons Enter Dark Ages
(p 13) -
Arizona's New Tin Horn Dictator
(p 14) -
Michigan Consent Decree Not Changed
(p 14) -
Pelican Bay Psychiatrists Resign in Protest
(p 15) -
RFRA Applies to Retaliation Claims
(p 15) -
Texas Guard Killed by Riot Shield
(p 16) -
Jailhouse Lawyers Retain Right to Assist Prisoners
(p 16) -
No Jurisdiction for Some Qualified Immunity Appeals
(p 17) -
Permanent Injunction Issued in Madrid
(p 17) -
Discrimination Dismissal Reversed
(p 18) -
$460,800 Verdict in Ohio Beating Affirmed
(p 18) -
Administrative Reversal of Disciplinary Sanction Doesn't Bar Suit
(p 19) -
Fourth Circuit Rules on IFP Statute, Again
(p 19) -
Sandin Inapplicable to Detainee Disciplinary Claims
(p 20) -
$150,000 Jury Award in Beating Case Affirmed
(p 21) -
News in Brief
(p 22) -
Tuberculosis TRO Issued
(p 23)
March
-
Prisoner ADA Suit Wins at Trial
(p 1) -
GCI Corruption Continues
(p 3) -
Lying Pathologist Imprisoned
(p 3) -
From the Editor
(p 4) -
Pro Se Tips and Tactics (Individual and Official Capacity Suits)
(p 5) -
Texas Medical Charge May Violate Due Process
(p 6) -
National Convocation May 18-22
(p 7) -
How Many Times Do We Pay?
(p 7) -
Qualified Immunity for ADA Suit
(p 8) -
Atlanta Jail Official Arrested
(p 9) -
Interlocutory Appeals Discussed
(p 9) -
The Cost of Litigation
(p 10) -
Case Updates
(p 11) -
Soledad Brother
(p 12) -
Legal Materials Available
(p 12) -
Attorney Fees for Consent Decree Enforcement
(p 13) -
Texas Guard Gets Probation for Killing Prisoner
(p 13) -
Florida Chain Gangs
(p 14) -
Forced Labor for Arizona Death Row Prisoners
(p 14) -
Exposure to Fumes Violates 8th Amendment
(p 15) -
Virginia Class Action Members Sought
(p 15) -
Fact Disputes Not Immediately Appealable
(p 16) -
Clippings Suit Set for Trial
(p 16) -
No Specific Intent Required for 8th Amendment Claim
(p 17) -
Contempt Ruling Against LA Prisoncrats
(p 17) -
Seventh Circuit Discusses Sandin
(p 18) -
Transexuals Entitled to Treatment
(p 19) -
Private Prisons Get Qualified Immunity
(p 20) -
Law on Retaliation Clearly Established in 2nd Circuit
(p 20) -
Prison Officials Can't Moot Law Library Suit by Transfer
(p 21) -
Guard's Rectal Search States Claim
(p 21) -
Washington State Sues Over Aliens
(p 22) -
News in Brief
(p 22) -
US Supreme Court Grants Review in Forfeiture Cases
(p 23) -
Muslims Granted TRO
(p 23)
February
-
How the Florida DOC Circumvents Prisoners' Rights to Meaningful Access to the Courts
(p 1) -
From the Editor
(p 4) -
Jury Awards $39,000 in Texas Scalding
(p 4) -
RFRA Case Set for Trial
(p 5) -
Washington DOC Costs Policy Enjoined
(p 5) -
Unrest in NY Prisons
(p 6) -
Suspect Peppers in LA
(p 6) -
Ohio Update
(p 6) -
An Angry White Man
(p 7) -
U.S.P. Lewisburg Lockdown
(p 8) -
Washington Court Access Suit Settled
(p 9) -
New Jersey Takes Computers
(p 10) -
Alaska Overcrowding Fines Increase
(p 10) -
Jurors Challenge Tennessee Constitution
(p 10) -
Attorney Fee Award Affirmed
(p 11) -
ISRB Can't Change Rules to Avoid Compliance with Court Order
(p 11) -
Washington Prisoners Have Liberty Interest in Good Time
(p 12) -
Kidnapping and Extortion, Texas Style
(p 13) -
No Jurisdiction for Some Appeals
(p 13) -
It's About Time: Americas Imprisonment Binge
(p 14) -
Peru Political Materials
(p 14) -
Irish POWs in the US
(p 14) -
Weight Lifting Info Available on the Internet
(p 15) -
No Immunity for Retaliatory Discipline
(p 15) -
Fifth Circuit to Require Administrative Exhaustion
(p 16) -
Colorado Prisoners Riot in Texas Jail
(p 17) -
Georgia Prisoner Strangled by Guards
(p 17) -
$7,639.20 Awarded in Retaliatory Transfer
(p 18) -
No Immunity for AIDS RA Claim
(p 19) -
Partial Filing Fee Allowed
(p 19) -
Failure to Provide Medical Treatment Unlawful
(p 20) -
BOP Multiple Cell May Violate Constitution
(p 20) -
CDC Hobby Shop Ruling Affirmed
(p 21) -
Court Access in Massachusetts DDU Challenged
(p 21) -
Fabricated Charges State Claim
(p 22) -
NC Prisoners Riot in Tennessee
(p 22) -
Sandin Applied Retroactively
(p 23) -
Ninth Circuit Rejects Disciplinary Double Jeopardy
(p 23)
January
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Voting Rights Case Reinstated
(p 1) -
From the Editor
(p 3) -
NBC Slanders Freedom Fighter
(p 4) -
Arizona Prisoners Charged for Electricity
(p 4) -
Federal Prisons Erupt
(p 5) -
WADA Squeezed Out of Existence
(p 7) -
Maryland Medical Co-Pay Policy Upheld
(p 8) -
Direct Action in Ohio
(p 8) -
CBCC Prisoners Struggle
(p 9) -
Texas Anti-Litigation Law
(p 10) -
Women Prisoners Lose Discrimination Suit
(p 10) -
7th Circuit Clarifies "Frivolous" and Safety Standard
(p 11) -
News in Brief
(p 12) -
Back on the Chain Gang
(p 12) -
Sexual Extortion Violates Eighth Amendment
(p 13) -
Failure to Prosecute Dismissal Reversed
(p 27)