Archive: 1998
December
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Critical Resistance: A Step Forward
(p 1) -
Notes From Other Conference Participants
(p 3) -
Rehabilitation or Corporate Profit
(p 4) -
Them Today, Us Tomorrow
(p 4) -
From the Editor
(p 5) -
Ex-Prisoner Sues Over Phony Jail Dentist
(p 5) -
PLRA Termination Provision Unconstitutional in Ninth Circuit
(p 6) -
Physical Injury Requirement Inapplicable to First Amendment Claims
(p 6) -
PLRA Attorney Fee Provision Not Retroactive to Pre-PLRA Services
(p 7) -
SWAT Team Ends Juvenile Center Standoff
(p 8) -
New Mexico CCA Disturbance Not Reported for Hours
(p 8) -
Medical Cost-Cutting by Private Care Provider Opens Liability
(p 8) -
Utah Prison Guard Faces Sodomy Charges
(p 9) -
Bay Area Students Protest Prison Spending
(p 9) -
Updated AIDS Bibliography Published
(p 9) -
Qualified Immunity No Protection for ADA Injunctive Claims
(p 10) -
Corrupt Cleveland Cops/Guards Sentenced
(p 10) -
Legal Services Corporation Restrictions Affirmed
(p 11) -
No Right For Media to Witness Execution
(p 11) -
Pro Se Tips and Tactics - Motions to Dismiss
(p 12) -
No Liberty Interest in Ohio Visiting Rules
(p 14) -
Prison Writing in 20th-Century America (Book Review)
(p 14) -
Texas Prisons Not Immune In Tort Claims Act Suits
(p 15) -
Guard Awarded $300,000 for ETS Exposure in ADA Suit
(p 15) -
Prisoners' Legal Services of NY Victim of Budget Ax
(p 16) -
Texas Prisons Subject to Civil Liability
(p 17) -
Discipline for Possessing Legal Papers Vacated
(p 17) -
Blanket Jail Strip Search Policy Unconstitutional
(p 18) -
No Interlocutory Appeal of Disputed Facts
(p 18) -
Untimely Jury Demand Must be Fairly Considered
(p 20) -
Segregated Prisoners Retain Religious Congregation Rights
(p 20) -
Denial of Social Security Benefits to Prisoners Upheld
(p 21) -
Seventh Circuit Split on Self-Defense in Prison
(p 21) -
Deportation Moots Federal Habeas Appeal
(p 22) -
Rule 12(b) Dismissal Requires Inability to Prove Claim
(p 22) -
Court Responsible for Prisoner Access to Teleconference
(p 23) -
Preliminary Injunction Granted in Kosher Diet Claim
(p 23) -
News in Brief
(p 24) -
RFRA Still Applies to Federal Government
(p 25) -
Movant Bears Summary Judgment Burden
(p 25) -
Bureau of Prisons Transsexual Policy Challenged
(p 26) -
Consent Decree Termination Requires Fact Finding
(p 26)
November
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Virginia Prisons 'Wide Open to Business'
(p 1) -
State Audit Exposes VCE Mismanagement
(p 3) -
Texas May Not Retroactively Stop Mandatory Release
(p 4) -
Restorative Justice Booklet Available
(p 5) -
Notes from the Unrepenitentiary
(p 5) -
Fired SCI Greene Guards Regain Jobs
(p 6) -
Youngstown Break-Out Leads to Political, Financial Fall-Out
(p 6) -
News in Brief
(p 7) -
PLRA Termination Provision Constitutional in Eleventh Circuit
(p 8) -
No Refund of PLRA Fees
(p 8) -
Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies Not Jurisdictional
(p 9) -
No Exhaustion Required in Guard Attack
(p 9) -
MT Prisoners Win Damages and Fees in Riot Suit
(p 9) -
State Auditor Blasts Texas Correctional Industries
(p 10) -
DC Circuit Resurrects Hewitt v. Helms
(p 12) -
Abuses Continue at Private INS Facility
(p 13) -
NY Seg Case Dismissed on Remand
(p 13) -
With Advocates Lke These: Capitulation, Collaboration and CURE-Ohio
(p 14) -
Texas Prisoners Bake to Death
(p 16) -
No Immunity in Failure to Protect Informant Suit
(p 16) -
Hawaii Prisoners Challenge 'Sex Offender' Label
(p 18) -
NC AG Opinions Reversed in Consecutive Sentence Servitude
(p 19) -
Washington Good Time Loss Implicates Due Process
(p 19) -
Medical Restraint Requires Doctor's Supervision
(p 20) -
Successive Texas Habeas Corpus Defined
(p 20) -
ADA/RA Apply to Jails and Give Deaf Right to TDD
(p 21) -
No Qualified Immunity for Private Health Care Provider
(p 21) -
Liberty Interest Created By Fine
(p 22) -
Holding Pretrial Detainee in Prison May Violate Due Process
(p 22) -
Colorado Supreme Court Holds Utility Commission Lacks Jurisdiction Over Prison Phone Gouging
(p 23) -
BOP Sentence Reduction Granted to Non-Violent Offender
(p 23) -
D.C. Smoking Injunction Reversed
(p 24) -
Trial Required in Kosher Diet Claim
(p 24) -
$28,719 Assessed Against Pro Se Litigant
(p 25) -
Segregation Requires Less Due Process
(p 25)
October
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Arizona DOC Paralegal Fraud: Law Libraries Closed, Replaced by Scam Artists
(p 1) -
Arizona Paralegals Obstruct Court Access
(p 3) -
Nine Florida Prison Guards Indicted, Fired
(p 4) -
Book Review: Project Censored: The News That Didn't Make the News
(p 5) -
Loompanics Unlimited
(p 5) -
From the Editor
(p 5) -
Texas State Symbol Sewn by Slaves
(p 6) -
Serious Crime Down Again
(p 7) -
Anatomy of a Whitewash
(p 7) -
Corcoran Prison Sex, Lies, and Videotape
(p 8) -
The Buck Stops Where?
(p 11) -
Devil's Island Redux
(p 12) -
Georgia Brutality Suit Settled for $283,500
(p 12) -
Ohio Sells Prison Records
(p 13) -
Georgia DOC Turns to Private Prisons
(p 13) -
PLRA Physical Injury Requirement Does Not Apply to Ex-Cons
(p 14) -
No Administrative Exhaustion for Bivens Suit
(p 14) -
No Exhaustion Required for Money Damage Claims
(p 15) -
FRCP 12(b)(6) Standard Applied to PLRA Dismissals
(p 15) -
Maryland Indigent Court Cost Suit Settled
(p 16) -
Utah Porn Ban Rescinded; Suit Settled
(p 16) -
Wisconsin Transfers Spark Protest
(p 17) -
Ohio Union Officials Protest Prison Labor
(p 17) -
Manslaughter Charges Against Three TX Guards Dismissed
(p 18) -
CT Prisoners Pinched for Cost of Imprisonment
(p 18) -
Phone Profits 'Benefit' Jail Detainees
(p 18) -
Four Indicted in Videotaped Brazoria Jail Beatings
(p 19) -
Sign Language Interpreters Required in Missouri
(p 20) -
UNICOR Worker Receives $928.32 for Lost Hand
(p 20) -
Private Health Care Providers Denied Qualified Immunity
(p 21) -
FL DOC Violates Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
(p 21) -
Sandin Analysis Hinges on Punishment Actually Imposed
(p 22) -
New Trial After Magistrate Conducts Jury Selection
(p 23) -
Trial Required in New Jersey Diabetic Care Suit
(p 23) -
Prisoner Attendance at Depositions Discussed
(p 24) -
California Lifers Covered by Tolling Statute
(p 24) -
Fifth Circuit Expands Qualified Immunity Defense
(p 25) -
Garnishment Proceeding Part of Underlying § 1983 Action
(p 25) -
News in Brief
(p 26) -
Amnesty International Seeks Human Rights Abuse Info
(p 27) -
Kansas Prisoners Entitled to Halfway House Credits
(p 27) -
Failure to Protect in Prison Fight Violates 8th Amendment
(p 28) -
Denial of Legal Materials Sent by Relatives Upheld
(p 28) -
Nebraska Prisoners Have Right to Defend Against Suit
(p 29) -
Alabama Counties Not Liable for Jail Conditions
(p 29)
September
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U.S. Supreme Court Rules That ADA Applies to Prisoners
(p 1) -
U.S. Supreme Court Reverses Reed
(p 2) -
Zero Tolerance Drug Policy in New Jersey
(p 3) -
Cases of Interest From the U.S. Supreme Court's 1997-98 Term
(p 3) -
From the Editor
(p 4) -
Allan Ellis' Federal Prison Guidebook
(p 4) -
Briefs of Leading Cases in Corrections
(p 5) -
An End to Silence
(p 5) -
Cigarette Health Hazards
(p 5) -
Connecticut Prisoner Rights
(p 5) -
Criminal Law
(p 5) -
The Razor Wire
(p 5) -
Pro Se Tips and Tactics
(p 6) -
Critical Resistance Conference
(p 7) -
Struggling Against the Death Machine
(p 8) -
Whitewash in Greene County
(p 9) -
Administrative Exhaustion
(p 10) -
Fee Payment Orders Not Immediately Appealable
(p 10) -
CA Death Row Decree Ended
(p 10) -
Three Strikes Doesn't Apply to Pending Cases
(p 11) -
Sixth Circuit Requires Administrative Exhaustion
(p 11) -
Administrative Exhaustion Still Required
(p 11) -
Court Refunds PLRA Deferred Fee Overpayment
(p 11) -
ADA Roundup
(p 12) -
ADA and RA Suits Not Barred by 11th Amendment
(p 12) -
ADA/RA Apply to FL Prison Gain Time Issues; Suit Settled
(p 12) -
CA ADA/RA Injunction Affirmed
(p 13) -
ADA Applied to AR Jail
(p 13) -
ADA Applies to State Prisons
(p 14) -
Illinois Suing Prisoners for Cost of Incarceration
(p 15) -
California Guard Gets Prison in Child Molester Attacks
(p 15) -
Tennessee Prison Privatization Bill Fails to Pass
(p 16) -
MI Prison "Fee" Law Preempted by ERISA
(p 17) -
Bivens Action is Not Time Barred When in Compliance With Rule 3
(p 18) -
Kansas Prisoners Entitled to Notice of Prison Rules
(p 19) -
Two Year Limitations on Illinois § 1983 Suits
(p 19) -
Dismissal for Incompetent Appointed Lawyer Reversed
(p 20) -
$13,501 Jury Award in Seg Case Affirmed; New Trial Denied
(p 20) -
Strip Searched Massachusetts Women Settle Suit for $80,000
(p 21) -
Publications Lawsuit Settled in Alabama
(p 21) -
AEDPA Successive Petitions Clause Not Applicable to Disiplinary Hearings
(p 22) -
Washington Felon Voting Suit Proceeds
(p 22) -
No Immunity for Abestos Exposure; Toxic Water Claim Remanded
(p 23) -
News in Brief
(p 24) -
$1,000 Awarded in Denial of Dental Care in TX
(p 25) -
Legislative Immunity For Local Jail Budget Votes
(p 25)
August
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Through the Civil Commitment Looking Glass
(p 1) -
A Zoo Within a Prison
(p 4) -
CCA Sells Self; Wackenhut Creates REIT
(p 5) -
From the Editor
(p 6) -
NJ Prisoners Refuse to Swallow PINs
(p 6) -
Idaho Law Libraries Closed, Pillaged
(p 7) -
STGMU-tized in New Jersey
(p 7) -
Notes from the Unrepenitentiary
(p 8) -
MCI Refund to Florida Prisoner Families
(p 8) -
Los Angeles Jail Death Ruled Homicide
(p 9) -
The Real War on Crime: The Report of the National Criminal Justice Commission (Book Review)
(p 10) -
The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison: Ideology, Class and Criminal Justice
(p 10) -
The Tough-On-Crime Myth: Real Solutions to Cut Crime
(p 10) -
Union County, NJ, Jail Guards Convicted
(p 11) -
PLRA Finding Required for Injunctive Relief
(p 12) -
Plaintiffs Must Be Allowed to Present Evidence in PLRA Motions to Terminate Prospective Relief
(p 12) -
TDCJ PLRA Forms Okay
(p 13) -
Consent Decree Termination Upheld
(p 13) -
Dismissal for Lying About Poverty Affirmed
(p 13) -
PLRA Filing fees Don't Apply to Civil Commitments
(p 13) -
PLRA Fees Don't Apply to Mandamus
(p 13) -
CA Tort Claim Not Required for Administrative Exhaustion
(p 13) -
Mock Prison Riot Staged
(p 14) -
$22,500 to Seattle WA Jail Brutality Suit
(p 14) -
Proof of Administrative Exhaustion Required
(p 14) -
Racism in the Ranks
(p 15) -
WA Prison Telemarketing Elicits Controversy - Again
(p 16) -
CBCC Warden Fired in Telemarketing Hoopla
(p 17) -
Sentence Runs During Wrongful Release
(p 19) -
Bureau of Prisons Estopped from Denying Sentence Reduction
(p 19) -
U.S. Supreme Court Clarifies § 1983 Claims
(p 20) -
Jericho: Thoughts From Political Prisoners in Leavenworth
(p 21) -
Jericho '98 March and Rally
(p 21) -
Convict Mine Labor in the Information Age
(p 22) -
Cheaper to Exile Prisoners?
(p 23) -
Prisons Promoting Tourism
(p 24) -
Jailers Charged in Bribery, Kickback Schemes
(p 24) -
WI Guard Settles Discrimination Suit for $105,000
(p 25) -
WI Predator-Law Poster Boy Gets Released
(p 25) -
News in Brief
(p 26) -
Mailbox Rule Applied to Habeas Petitions
(p 27) -
WA DOC Investigators Can't Detain Visitors: Drugs Suppressed
(p 28) -
Oregon Guard Pleads Guilty to Perjury
(p 28) -
Disciplinary Hearing Violations Enjoined
(p 29) -
Risk of Serious Harm States Claim
(p 29) -
Probable Cause Required for Visitor Body Cavity Search
(p 30)
July
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U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Heightened Pleading Standards for Intent Based Claims
(p 1) -
Youth in Washington Prisons Challenge Lack of Education
(p 3) -
From the Editor
(p 4) -
Letter of Apology from TCI
(p 4) -
Where International Law Ain't Law
(p 5) -
PLN Sues Utah Department of Corrections Over Bulk Mail Ban
(p 5) -
PLRA Three Strikes Ruling Vacated
(p 6) -
Consent Decree Termination Upheld
(p 6) -
No Interlocutory Appeals in Decree Terminations
(p 6) -
Seventh Circuit Upholds Constitutionality of Physical Injury Requirement
(p 7) -
DARK NIGHT Field Notes
(p 8) -
Prisoner 'Stress Response Syndrome' Described
(p 8) -
Truth Takes a Holiday in Virginia DOC Press Release
(p 9) -
Behind Closed Doors: Struggle in Washington IMU's
(p 10) -
Former Texas Prison Chief Indicted
(p 12) -
Eight California Prison Guards Indicted
(p 13) -
Presence of Prison Rape in Utah Denied
(p 14) -
New Mexico S.Ct Grants Asylum to Little Rock Reed
(p 15) -
FBI Law Enforcement Sting Nabs 53 in Ohio
(p 15) -
High-Tech Vendors Penetrate Prison Market
(p 16) -
$350,000 Awarded in Ohio Prisoner Death
(p 17) -
California Whistleblowers Silenced, Punished
(p 17) -
Wisconsin Joins the Control-Unit Fraternity
(p 17) -
Former Arizona Governor Sentenced
(p 18) -
Another Florida Gain-Time Statute Unconstitutional
(p 18) -
Sexual History Evidence Limited in Rape Suit
(p 19) -
Transgender Treatment Questioned
(p 19) -
Hepatitis C Epidemic Threatens California Prisoners
(p 19) -
Pennsylvania Consent Decree Clarified
(p 20) -
8th Circuit Orders BOP Sentence Reductions
(p 20) -
Seg Conditions Analyzed for Sandin Purposes
(p 21) -
News in Brief
(p 22) -
Gender Motivated Violence Act
(p 24) -
Right to Psychiatric Care Clearly Established
(p 24) -
Washington Child Support Minimum Struck Down
(p 25) -
Criminal History Inadmissable for Impeachment
(p 25) -
Injury Required to Enforce Grand Jury Law
(p 25)
June
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Mis-Managed Health Care in Texas Prisons
(p 1) -
Pelican Bay Cellie Slayings
(p 3) -
Human Rights Watch Condemns Indiana Control Units
(p 4) -
From the Editor
(p 4) -
Prisons and Aids: A Public Health Challenge
(p 5) -
Descent Into Madness: An Inmate's Experience in the New Mexico State Prison Riot
(p 5) -
Pro Se Tips and Tactics: Limiting the Burdens of Pro Se Inmate Litigation
(p 6) -
New York Prisoner Awarded $56,000 for Beating
(p 8) -
Bureau of Prisons Sexual Abuse Suit Settled for $500,000
(p 9) -
Delay in Medical Treatment States Claim
(p 10) -
Spokane County Corrections Officials Accused of Cover-up
(p 11) -
Bob Bensing, Hero, Dies Suddenly
(p 11) -
PLRA Termination Provisions Unconstitutional
(p 12) -
PLRA Filing Fee Provisions Not Retroactive
(p 12) -
Some PLRA Fee Questions Answered by the Seventh Circuit
(p 13) -
Eighth Circuit Issues PLRA IFP Procedures
(p 13) -
Fatal Mismanagement at Ohio CCA Prison
(p 14) -
California Prison Psychologist Kills Child, Self
(p 14) -
Parolee Must Receive Morrissey Hearing
(p 15) -
$6.5 Million Spent in California Sexual Harassment Suit
(p 15) -
PLN Writer Exiled by CCA
(p 16) -
Involuntary Medical Experiments Violate Due Process
(p 16) -
Illinois Court Access Suit Dismissed
(p 17) -
Refusal of Non-Lethal Injection Kills Arizona Prisoner
(p 17) -
State Weasel Monitors Private Prison Chicken Coop in Texas
(p 17) -
San Francisco City and County Jail Conditions Held Unconstitutional
(p 18) -
Discriminatory Policy Enforcement Actionable
(p 19) -
Michigan's Parole Amendments Constitutional
(p 19) -
Colorado Prisoners Passing Up Parole
(p 20) -
Alabama HIV+ Prisoners Case Remanded Once Again for Proper RA Consideration
(p 20) -
Segregation Conditions Defined for Sandin Purposes
(p 21) -
Attention Veteran Prisoner Activists
(p 21) -
Washington Good Time Cap Clarified
(p 22) -
Trial Required in Religious Diet Claim
(p 22) -
Race Requirement for Religion Struck Down
(p 22) -
Repeal of South Carolina Furlough Law Violates Ex Post Facto
(p 23) -
Beating by Unknown Guards States Claim
(p 23) -
News in Brief
(p 24) -
Vigilante Attack on Prisoner Requires Trial
(p 25) -
PA County Medical Co-Payment Constitutional
(p 26) -
Sexual Harassment Actionable
(p 26)
May
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Oregon's Prison Slavocracy
(p 1) -
Slaves-R-Us Corporate Partners Wanted
(p 3) -
From the Editor
(p 4) -
Book Reviews
(p 4) -
Profits First! Convict Labor in America, book: Worse than Slavery, D. Oshinsky
(p 4) -
Profits First! Convict Labor in America, book: Twice the Work of Free Labor (Book Review)
(p 4) -
WA County Launches Slave Labor Center
(p 6) -
Jailhouse Travel Agents
(p 6) -
Notes from the Unrepenitentiary
(p 7) -
Work Strike Suppressed and Sabotaged in Ohio
(p 8) -
Texas Prison Labor Union
(p 9) -
CURE-Ohio and the Aftermath
(p 9) -
Prior Dismissals Count as Strikes
(p 10) -
Bad Faith Appeals
(p 10) -
Tenth Cir. Upholds IFP Provisions
(p 10) -
Physical Injury Limit Defined, Wrongly
(p 10) -
Fee Required in Voluntary Dismissal
(p 10) -
Grievance Exhaustion Required
(p 10) -
Alaska Classification Subject to Court Review
(p 11) -
No Ex Post Facto Violation in Permanent Loss of Forfeited Good Time
(p 11) -
Deliberate Indifference Applies to Detainees
(p 12) -
DC Women Prisoners' Suit Settled
(p 12) -
Louisiana DOC Defiance Rule Unconsitutional
(p 13) -
Prison Jobs and Free World Unemployment
(p 14) -
Unicor Steals Glove Business From Private Firms
(p 14) -
Union Reverses Position on Private Prisons
(p 15) -
New Jersey Mental Health Class Action Gains Momentum
(p 16) -
Fact Finding Required in Disciplinary Suits
(p 17) -
$60,000 Judgement Against Florida DOC Reinstated
(p 18) -
Prison Phones Discussed
(p 18) -
No Federal Remedy for False Disciplinary Charges
(p 19) -
Jury Verdict Affirmed in Arkansas Prisoner Attack
(p 19) -
Florida Finally Learns the Meaning of Ex Post Facto
(p 20) -
Fact Dispute Bars Qualified Immunity Appeal
(p 20) -
Florida Prisoners Have Right to Present Evidence at Disciplinary Hearings
(p 21) -
Delay of Dental Service Violates 8th Amendment
(p 21) -
Michigan Visiting Restrictions Upheld
(p 22) -
Delay in Treatment for Jail Prisoner Actionable
(p 22) -
Denial of Counsel Reversed
(p 23) -
Law on Strip Searches of Prison Visitors Clearly Established
(p 23) -
News in Brief
(p 24) -
AZ Prisoners Have Right to Attend Paternity Hearings
(p 25) -
Prison Disciplinary Proceedings Cognizable Under § 1983 in Florida
(p 25)
April
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Rural Prison as Colonial Master
(p 1) -
French Robertson Prisoner Wins Suit
(p 3) -
From the Editor
(p 4) -
Mystery of Guard's Death Unlocked
(p 4) -
In Memory - Reverends Ernest Bromley and Maurice McCrackin
(p 4) -
Texas Warden Not Victim of Staff Assault
(p 4) -
The Limits of the Law
(p 5) -
Weights Banned in California
(p 5) -
Third Circuit Applies ADA to Prisoners; Supreme Court Grants Review
(p 6) -
Even Nominal Damages May Justify Attorney Fee Award
(p 6) -
$9,500 Award for Involuntary Psychotropic Drugging Affirmed
(p 7) -
MA and WA Parole Suits Not Cognizable Under § 1983
(p 8) -
Folsom New Year's Riot Over Haircut Policy
(p 9) -
Community Notification Upheld by Three Circuits
(p 9) -
Failure to Protect Informant Claim Set for Trial
(p 10) -
$225,000 Jury Award in CDC Shooting Affirmed
(p 10) -
$1.1 Million Award in Sexual Assault
(p 10) -
BJS Reports Prison Litigation Statistics
(p 11) -
BOP Sentence Reductions Cannot Be Denied Based Upon Firearm Enhancements
(p 11) -
PLRA Termination Provisions Constitutional
(p 12) -
Prolonged SHU Confinement May Implicate Liberty Interest But No Damages
(p 12) -
BOP Exceeds Statutory Authority in Denying Sentence Reduction
(p 13) -
News in Brief
(p 14) -
Pretrial Detainees Not Covered by FLSA
(p 15) -
U.S. Liable for Loss of Prisoner's Property
(p 16) -
Damage Award and Attorney Fees in Censorship Suit Affirmed
(p 16) -
4th Circuit Establishes Detainee Excessive Force Standard
(p 17) -
PA DOC Not 'Victim' for Restitution Purposes
(p 17) -
Heck Applied to Segregation Claims
(p 18) -
No Immunity in Jail Suicide for Medical Contractor
(p 19) -
No Immunity for Hearing Officer's Failure to Examine CI Credibility
(p 19) -
5th Cir. Holds IFP Dismissals Are With Prejudice
(p 20) -
No Immunity for Smoke Exposure
(p 20) -
$450,000 Award in Sexual Assault Case Not Excessive
(p 20) -
Florida Prisoners Have Property Interest Under DOC Rules
(p 21) -
Refusal to Waive Interest States Claim
(p 21) -
Alaska Computer Printer Ban Questioned
(p 22) -
Conditions in Camden County Jail Unconstitutional
(p 22)
March
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Kafka in the Desert: Palestinian Detainees Struggle
(p 1) -
Israeli Soldier Jailed for Refusing to Guard Palestinian Detainees
(p 3) -
From the Editor
(p 4) -
Tales from the Washington IMU Crypt
(p 4) -
Fingers in the PIE
(p 5) -
Reaching the Breaking Point
(p 5) -
Doing Life: Reflections of Men and Women Serving Life Sentences. Portraits and Interviews
(p 6) -
BJS Reports on Sentencing and Imprisonment
(p 6) -
Peruvian Lawyers Arrested
(p 7) -
Pro Se Tips and Tactics
(p 8) -
California Irradiates Prison Visitors
(p 9) -
Washington Porn Ban Challenged
(p 10) -
BOP Porn Ban Held Unconstitutional
(p 10) -
WSP Mail Rules Upheld
(p 10) -
Struggle at Folsom
(p 11) -
Spanish Speaking Prisoners Entitled to Interpreters
(p 12) -
Court Questions PLRA IFP Provisions
(p 14) -
Attorney Fee Award in Smoking Suit Affirmed
(p 14) -
Arizona Court Fee Law Upheld
(p 15) -
AZ Jail's Discriminatory Treatment of Muslims Requires Trial
(p 15) -
Slavery in South Carolina
(p 16) -
Ohio Death Row Uprising
(p 17) -
West Virginia Jailers Sentenced to Prison
(p 17) -
Turning the Screws in California
(p 18) -
Tax Court Required to Assist in Witness Subpoena
(p 19) -
Sixth Circuit Discusses Habeas IFP
(p 19) -
News in Brief
(p 20) -
Snitch Jacketing States 8th Amendment Claim
(p 21) -
Ad Seg May Require Due Process
(p 21) -
Supervisors Liable for Excessive Force
(p 22) -
Ohio Students Rally in DC
(p 22) -
Evidence Must Support Disciplinary Ruling
(p 23) -
Health Care Contractor Subject to Monell Liability
(p 23) -
Survivors Manual
(p 24) -
Zain Fallout Continues
(p 24) -
Class Action Certification Clarified
(p 25) -
Failure to Protect Informant Violates 8th Amendment
(p 25) -
New Jersey DOC Required to Follow Own Rules
(p 26) -
Pelican Bay $600,000 Wrongful Death Settlement
(p 26)
February
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Juvenile Crime Pays
(p 1) -
Bureau of Prisons Gag Rule Enacted
(p 3) -
From the Editor
(p 4) -
Washington "Bulk Mail" Ban of PLN Struck Down
(p 5) -
Where to Now For Prison Smoking?
(p 6) -
Resources for Smoking Litigation: Health Effects of Smoking; Legal Cases on Smoking
(p 7) -
Actual Injury Required in Legal Mail Claim
(p 8) -
KS S.Ct. Affirms Trust Account "Service Fee"
(p 8) -
No Immunity for Delaying Arthritis Treatment
(p 9) -
Deaf Prisoners in Washington Seek Class-Wide Relief
(p 9) -
Union Denounces Prison Labor
(p 9) -
Florida PRIDE Employees Denied Minimum Wages
(p 10) -
PRIDE Eyes Private Markets
(p 10) -
No Immunity for Florida Private Jail
(p 11) -
PLRA Requires Winning Prisoner to Pay 25% of Defendants' Atty Fees
(p 12) -
Exposure to Cold States Claim Exhaustion Requirement of PLRA Not Retroactive
(p 13) -
PLRA Attorney Fee Restrictions Not Retroactive
(p 13) -
WSP Ban on Gift Subscriptions Enjoined
(p 14) -
Trial Required in Oklahoma Beating Case
(p 15) -
News in Brief
(p 16) -
New York Prisoner Settles Excessive Force Case for $25,000
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Legal Papers Must be Returned to Owner; Prisoner Legal Mail Banned
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Inadequate Prison Security Violates 8th Amendment
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7th Circuit Defines "Serious Medical Needs"
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Damages Suit Stayed While Habeas Pursued in Disciplinary Hearing Challenge
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Idaho Court Access Class Action Suit Proceeds
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West Virginia Prisoners Lose Computers
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Iowa Prison Nurse Liable in Birthing
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Cold Cell Violates 8th Amendment
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Second Circuit Rules on Appointment of Counsel
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Rhode Island Ban on Royalties to Felon Authors Struck Down
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Grand Jury Indicts 45 Texas Prisoners
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January
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Smoking, Lies and Hypocrisy
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Education as Crime Prevention: Providing Education to Prisoners
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From the Editor
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Judge-Made Law
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TCI Breaks 'Inmate Telephone System' Stranglehold
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Utah Governor's 'Pal' Dupes Parole Officials
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Fifth Circuit Upholds PLRA IFP Provisions
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Attn: Lawyers in Prison
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Dismissal of Paid Suit Counts as a "Strike"
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Mandamus Appeal Denied as Third Strike
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Motion for Seized Property Subject to PLRA Fee
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Writs of Mandamus Not Subject to PLRA Fees
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PLRA Doesn't Apply to Habeas
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Mailbox Rule Applies to Trust Fund Statement
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Former Warden Wins Suit Against TDCJ
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AL Jail Enjoined From Holding Prisoners Overnight
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Torture Info Wanted
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$135,000 Award in Beating Affirmed, Municipal Liability Reversed
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Washington 35% Law Struck Down, in Part
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News in Brief
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Legal Material Confiscation May Violate First Amendment
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A Matter of Fact
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Alabama Jail Held in Contempt for Crowding
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Dismissal for Derelict Lawyer Reversed
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New York Work Release Creates Liberty Interest
(p 13)