Archive: 2000
December
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Dying For Profits: CMS and the Privatization of Prisoner Health Care
(p 1) -
CMS Fined Nearly $1 Million in Virginia
(p 5) -
Fired Washington Parole Officer Wins $250,000 Settlement
(p 6) -
Medical Claims Against CMS to be Refiled in State Court
(p 7) -
Controversy Surrounds Letourneau Tape
(p 8) -
WA Civil Commitment Ruling Published
(p 8) -
CA Court Overrules Parole Denial
(p 8) -
Perpetuating Crime, Consolidating Power
(p 9) -
Actual Innocence--Five Days to Execution and other Dispatches From the Wrongly Convicted
(p 10) -
Stun Gun Death in VA Prison
(p 11) -
Error to Dismiss Suit for Inability to Pay Filing Fee
(p 12) -
Alabama Officials Guilty in Phone Scam
(p 12) -
PLRA Physical Injury Rule Does Not Apply to Mail Claims
(p 12) -
Sandin Limits Property Interests
(p 13) -
Pro Se Tips and Tactics
(p 14) -
Dismissal for Texas Prisoner's Failure to State Facts of Prior Suits
(p 16) -
Sexual Assault, Beatings State Claim
(p 17) -
Excessive Force Claims Require Administrative Exhaustion
(p 17) -
En Banc Sixth Circuit Addresses Mental Health Care
(p 18) -
WA 35% Seizure Statute Ruled on by Ninth Circuit
(p 19) -
Notes From the Unrepenitentiary: CA Prisoners Denied Medical Care
(p 22) -
News in Brief
(p 24) -
Family Impact of Out of State Transfers Immaterial
(p 26) -
Death as a Salesman: Benneton Ad Campaign Comes to Death Row
(p 26) -
Illinois Supermax Hunger Strike
(p 28) -
Attorney Fees Awarded in Challenge to Nevada Shooting Policy
(p 30) -
Idaho Prisoners Can Sue for On-the-Job Injuries
(p 30) -
False Evidence Meets Some Evidence Standard
(p 30) -
DC Circuit Revives Hewitt v. Helms
(p 31) -
No Immunity for Private Prison Physician
(p 32) -
PA Prisoner Awarded $300,000 in Guard Beating
(p 32)
November
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Whistle-blowing Doctor Shakes Up Nebraska DOC
(p 1) -
Corcoran Show Trial Ends with Acquittals
(p 4) -
Pelican Bay's Bloody Wednesday
(p 5) -
$16 Million Agreement to Revamp NJ Prison Mental Health Care
(p 6) -
Florida 'Sexual Predator' Fails in Daring Bid for Freedom
(p 7) -
Pregnant OH Prisoner Obtains Abortion
(p 8) -
New York Prisoners Have Ad-Seg Liberty Interest
(p 8) -
Reconsidering Restorative Justice: The Corruption of Benevolence Revisited?
(p 10) -
FTCA Claims May Be Brought Only Against U.S.
(p 11) -
Post-Conviction Update
(p 12) -
NY School-Age Prisoners Entitled to Educational Services
(p 15) -
County Jail Time Returned to CO Lifers
(p 15) -
Male NJ Guard's Sexual Harassment Suit Settled for $425,000
(p 16) -
Detainee's Excessive Force Claim Requires Trial
(p 16) -
Slave Labor Supplanting Welfare State
(p 17) -
Texas Prisons Heat Up As Parole Hopes Fade
(p 18) -
Without Running Water
(p 19) -
Disabled Prisoner Survives Summary Judgment
(p 19) -
News in Brief
(p 20) -
$78,000 Damages and Fees Awarded in KS Kosher Diet Suit
(p 22) -
Discipline for Correspondence Containing Legal Advice Vacated; US S.Ct. Grants Review
(p 22) -
From the Editor
(p 23) -
Washington Radiation Suit Settled for $2.4 Million
(p 24) -
Irradiation Limitation Remains Unsettled
(p 25) -
Disabled Prisoner Survives Summary Judgment
(p 26) -
$35,000 Awarded to CA Prisoner in Beating Suit
(p 26) -
Dismissal of Medical Claim Reversed After Prisoner's Death
(p 26) -
MI Hearing Officer Fired for Following Law
(p 27) -
Private Citizen Liable for Jail Slavery Under §1983
(p 28) -
$12,000 Awarded in NY Slip and Fall
(p 29) -
$586,000 to Settle KY Jail Strip Search Suit
(p 29) -
Withholding Interest Does Not Violate Takings Clause
(p 30) -
Retaliatory Denial of WA Parole Decision Vacated
(p 30) -
Administrative Remedies Exhaustion Tolls LA Statute of Limitations
(p 31) -
9th Circuit Upholds Ban on Sex-based Publications; Requires Due Process
(p 32)
October
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The Penal System and the U.S. Labor Market
(p 1) -
Massachusetts Prisoners' Political Action Committee Floundering
(p 4) -
NH Supreme Court Overturns Prisoner Voting Rights
(p 5) -
Habeas Hints: Statute of Limitations
(p 6) -
Ohio Prison Food Contract Sparks Controversy
(p 8) -
First Federal Execution Postponed
(p 9) -
Nassau Jail Guards Convicted, Sentenced for Fatal Beating
(p 10) -
No Immunity in Denying Kosher Diet
(p 11) -
Ninth Circuit Reverses Madrid v. Gomez, Adopts Martin v. Hadix
(p 12) -
$100,000 Settlement in TX Restraint Chair/Pepper Spray Death
(p 13) -
Nominal Damages Not Monetary Award Under PLRA Attorney's Fees Cap
(p 13) -
VP's Drug Dealer Still Litigating Retaliation Claim
(p 14) -
California Private Prison Riot
(p 14) -
$50,000 to Settle CA Jail Beating Suit
(p 15) -
Crack in the Federal Scheme: The October Rebellion of 1995
(p 16) -
New Jersey Parole Board Chief Resigns
(p 18) -
OK Private Prison Fined $168,750
(p 19) -
Escape Costs Oklahoma Private Prison $304,375
(p 19) -
Wisconsin Ban on Crosses Struck Down
(p 21) -
HIV+ Detainee States Conditions Claim
(p 21) -
Administrative Exhaustion Required in Bivens Suits
(p 22) -
Claim Exhausted When Prison Refuses Grievance Appeal
(p 22) -
No Administrative Exhaustion Required When AG Won't Give Hearing
(p 23) -
Family Wins $12.9 Million Award in Michigan Jail Death Suit
(p 24) -
From the Editor
(p 26) -
WI DOC Ends Censorship of PLN
(p 26) -
News in Brief
(p 27) -
Arpaio Runs for Reelection on Backs of Prisoners, For the Third Time
(p 28)
September
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The Restraint Chair: Safe and Humane?
(p 1) -
Prison Realty/CCA Bailout Deal Canceled
(p 6) -
Deviant Doctors Dumped on Prisoners
(p 7) -
Former Political Prisoner Settles Suit for $4.5 Million
(p 8) -
Penis Stomping Guard Loses Appeal
(p 9) -
PLN Sues Nevada DOP
(p 9) -
WA and IN Prison Phone Rates Challenged
(p 10) -
Pro Se Tips and Tactics
(p 11) -
The Ride: Rise of the NLR
(p 13) -
Colorado DOC Attacks Jailhouse Lawyers
(p 15) -
Sex Offender Label May Require Due Process
(p 15) -
Change in Fulton County, GA: Indigent Defense, HIV, and Community Organizing
(p 16) -
Prison Physician Liable for Refusal of Care
(p 18) -
Washington Earned Early Release Credits Create Due Process Liberty Interests
(p 19) -
Fines Against WA Civil Commitment Center Stayed
(p 20) -
$53,000 Settlement in AL Conditions Suit
(p 21) -
U.S. Parole Commission Retaliation Reversed
(p 21) -
Counsel Awarded High EAJA Fee Despite Contingency Fee in BOP Rape Suit
(p 22) -
Bush's Conservative Compassion: Allowing a Life Sentence for Three Bounced Checks
(p 24) -
Censorship challenged in CO DOC
(p 25) -
News in Brief
(p 26) -
No Qualified Immunity from ETS Exposure
(p 28) -
Two Guards Killed During Botched Missouri Jail Escape
(p 31) -
Race-Based Religious Policy Violates Equal Protection Clause
(p 31)
August
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Wackenhut Wracked by Sexual Abuse Scandals
(p 1) -
Rockwall, TX Jailers Indicted in Sex-For-Contraband Case
(p 3) -
$7,500 Award in NY Window Injury
(p 3) -
$12,000 Awarded in NY Work Injury Suit
(p 4) -
Exhaustion Requirement Discussed, $86,250 Beating Award Upheld
(p 4) -
From the Editor
(p 5) -
Sweeping ADA/RA Jail Settlement Benefits Hearing Impaired Prisoners
(p 6) -
BOP Settles Medical Death Suit for $700,000
(p 7) -
$14,950 Awarded in NY Window Frame Suit
(p 7) -
Sixth Circuit Terminates Glover v. Johnson
(p 8) -
VA Warden Fired in Foodbank Theft
(p 8) -
DOJ Sues Wackenhut Juvenile Prison
(p 8) -
WA Class B Felonies Entitled to 1/3 Good Time Credits
(p 9) -
Prison Protesters Arrested in DC
(p 10) -
Washington Ends Prison Telemarketing
(p 11) -
PLN Sues to Uncover Telemarketing Closure
(p 12) -
Guard's Intentional Destruction of Typewriter States §1983 and Texas Tort Claims
(p 13) -
America Behind Bars, video series from Deep Dish TV
(p 14) -
WA Guard Discrimination Suit Settled for $250,000
(p 15) -
Notes From the Unrepenitentiary: Transcending Hell
(p 16) -
SC Prisoners Settle Rape Suits
(p 16) -
Attorney Fee Award Against Prisoner Reduced
(p 17) -
$1.75 Million in Oregon Excessive Force Jail Settlement
(p 17) -
$2 Million Awarded in IL Medical Neglect Suit
(p 17) -
Political Prisoners in Spain
(p 18) -
$800,000 Settlement in AZ Jail Restraint Suit
(p 20) -
California Statute of Limitations Tolled
(p 20) -
WA Court Costs Can be Remitted
(p 21) -
One-Year NY SHU Atypical and Significant Hardship
(p 22) -
$8,000 Awarded in NY Chair Collapse
(p 23) -
CA 3 Strikers Entitled to Good Time
(p 23) -
AL DOC Settles PLN Gift Subscription Lawsuit
(p 24) -
Right to Counsel Violated by Intrusive Guards
(p 24) -
Jail Discrimination Violates Equal Protection
(p 25) -
One Dead, Thirty-one Hospitalized in TX Prison Riot
(p 25) -
News in Brief
(p 26) -
Ohio Prisons Change Birthing Policy
(p 28) -
Escape Costs Private Transport Company
(p 28)
July
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Prison Realty/CCA Verges on Bankruptcy
(p 1) -
$820,000 Awarded to Informant and Wife for Assault
(p 3) -
From the Editor
(p 4) -
Louisiana Sheriff Busted in Private Prison Scheme
(p 5) -
Habeas Hints: Williams Precedent
(p 6) -
$1,800 Awarded in PA Retaliation Suit
(p 7) -
Czech Prisons Reverberate as Thousands Protest
(p 8) -
Restrained Washington Prisoner Exonerated in Assault on Guard
(p 9) -
Washington Jail Settles Exercise Suit
(p 9) -
Another Texas Prison System Lockdown-Politics as Usual?
(p 10) -
$1.5 Million Awarded in Arizona Jail Medical Neglect Suit
(p 11) -
Staff Representative in Medication Hearing Must Have Medical Knowledge
(p 12) -
Brown Ad-Seg Due Process Claim Remanded for Hearing
(p 12) -
Texas Supreme Court Invalidates TDCJ-ID VitaPro Contract
(p 13) -
Administrative Exhaustion not Jurisdictional Satisfied by Letters to Defendants
(p 13) -
Sixth Circuit Orders Retrial of Retaliation Suit
(p 14) -
Showing Of Malice Under Eighth Amendment Excessive Force Test Not Required For Sexual Assault Claim
(p 15) -
Liberty Interest In New York Work Release
(p 16) -
Individual Analysis Required for Diabetic Class Action Damage Award
(p 17) -
$97,500 Awarded in NY Prison Work Accident
(p 17) -
No Pretrial Appeals of Motions to Dismiss
(p 17) -
Field 'Sleep Out' Without Adequate Toilet Facilities States An Eighth Amendment Violation
(p 18) -
Arizona Jury Acquits CCA Escapees
(p 18) -
Iowa Supreme Court Holds Liberty Interest in Good Time Law
(p 19) -
Slave Labor O.K. FLSA Does Not Apply to Detainees
(p 20) -
Mailbox Rule Applies to Section 2254/2255 Motions
(p 21) -
Private Prison Contract May be Invalid
(p 21) -
Retaliation Claim Remanded for Hearing on Qualified Immunity
(p 22) -
Prison Riots in Peru
(p 23) -
$12,000 Awarded in NY Slip and Fall
(p 24) -
The Western Prison Project
(p 24) -
IN Jail Settles Victim Suit for $650,000
(p 24) -
Marriott Cancels Prison Protest Concert
(p 25) -
News in Brief
(p 26) -
$47,500 Settlement in Pennsylvania Restraint Suit
(p 27) -
$100,000 Awarded Under ICCPR in GA Jail Suit
(p 28) -
The Politics of Heroin: CIA Complicity in the Global Drug Trade
(p 31)
June
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The New Bedlam
(p 1) -
From the Editor
(p 4) -
Riot at Private Prison
(p 4) -
Pro Se Tips and Tactics
(p 5) -
Wisconsin Prisoners Rebel at Private Tennessee Prison
(p 7) -
Defiant Texas Death Row Activist Executed
(p 8) -
My Statement in Response to the State
(p 8) -
$59,177 in Damages and Fees Awarded in Georgia Braille Suit
(p 9) -
New York Prisoner Wins $50,000 In Failure To Treat Mental Illness Suit
(p 9) -
Contradictory Disciplinary Hearing Evidence Not Precluded From Use of Excessive Force Suit
(p 10) -
$15,000 Awarded to Ohio Prisoner Beaten by Guards
(p 11) -
Retaliation Claim Requires Trial
(p 11) -
Attica Suit Settled for $12 Million
(p 12) -
Attica Uprising Verdict Reversed
(p 12) -
Illinois Jail Guards Charged with Smuggling Gun
(p 13) -
Marijuana Law, 2nd Edition
(p 14) -
Women in Prison: GAO Report
(p 14) -
Federal Judge Hits BOP Mule with Two-by-Four
(p 15) -
Republican Political Prisoners in the North of Ireland
(p 16) -
Prison Working Conditions Protected by Eighth Amendment
(p 17) -
Mark Cook Freed
(p 17) -
U.S. Supreme Court to Revisit Civil Commitment
(p 18) -
Illinois Phone Suit Dismissed
(p 19) -
West Virginia Prisoners Protest Visit/Phone Restrictions
(p 19) -
Former BOP Director Fingered in Sex Scandal
(p 20) -
Colorado Prison Population Exploding
(p 21) -
Four Texas Guards Nabbed in Bribery Sting
(p 21) -
$200,000 Awarded in Michigan Jail Wrongful Medication Suit
(p 22) -
New York Jail Guards Charged with Raping Prisoners
(p 22) -
Washington Restitution Orders Are Invalid After 10 Years
(p 23) -
Oregon Execution Viewing Rules Invalidated
(p 24) -
Exhaustion Not Required for Claims of Assault
(p 24) -
Prison Psychologist Pleads Guilty to Aiding Escape
(p 25) -
News in Brief
(p 26) -
U.S. Parole Commission Bound by Own Rules
(p 28)
May
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The History of Prison Legal News
(p 1) -
Testing Testing: Sweat Patch Under Scrutiny
(p 1) -
PLN in Court
(p 5) -
$600,000 In GA Medical Neglect Suit
(p 6) -
Texas Prison Dentist Settles Dentures Suit for $3,150
(p 6) -
From the Editor
(p 6) -
$880,000 In GA Medical Neglect Suit
(p 6) -
Colorado Denies Hepatitis C Treatment as Too Expensive
(p 7) -
Washington Civil Commitment Held in Contempt
(p 8) -
From the Editor
(p 8) -
DOJ Investigates CMS Health Care at Missouri Prison
(p 8) -
Louisiana Prosecutors Have "Ties" to Murder
(p 9) -
New Mexico Private and State Prison Phone Rates Challenged
(p 9) -
Five Lawyers in Peru Freed
(p 10) -
CCA Prison Under Gang Control: Death and Injury Suits Filed
(p 10) -
Black Prison and Jail Employees Win Discrimination Lawsuits
(p 11) -
$150,000 Judgment Against Prison Officials Upheld
(p 11) -
Post Conviction Update
(p 12) -
2003 Washington Legislative Round-up
(p 12) -
Washington DOC Personnel In-Fighting Results in $230,000 Settlement
(p 13) -
Retaliation, Publication Ban and Lack of Dental Care States Claim
(p 14) -
Bad Water Causes Florida Prison Evacuation
(p 14) -
Investigators Probe Ohio Paroles-For-Sale Scam
(p 15) -
Book Review: Inmate Litigation
(p 16) -
FDOC Hazardous to Prisoners' Health
(p 16) -
Good and Bad News in Haverty Aftermath: No Good Time for Ad-Seg Placement
(p 17) -
Prison Labor's Race to the Global Bottom
(p 18) -
Palestinians Still Imprisoned Despite Peace Process
(p 19) -
California to Outfit All Prison Guards With Stab-Resistant Body Armor
(p 20) -
Transfer Moots Wiccan's Claim
(p 20) -
Texas Death Row Hunger Strike
(p 20) -
Comatose Prisoners Expose the Limits of Mercy
(p 20) -
Claim For Prospective Relief Moot Upon Release
(p 21) -
Nevada Religious Group Gets Federal Money to Help Prisoners, Delivers Nothing
(p 21) -
International Perspectives on the Death Penalty
(p 21) -
Grievance Procedure Not Required by PLRA in All Lawsuits
(p 22) -
City Liable for Jail Sex Shows and Nude Dancing
(p 23) -
Wrongfully Convicted in California and New York Awarded Damages
(p 23) -
Heck Does Not Bar Evidence in Shooting Case
(p 24) -
New Mexico Supreme Court Rules in Disciplinary Hearing Remedies
(p 24) -
$115,000 Settlement in Seattle Jail Strip-Search Suit
(p 24) -
Denial of Medication Precludes Summary Judgment
(p 25) -
Magistrate Judge Recuses Self in BOP Medical Treatment Case
(p 25) -
Absent Plain Error, Objection Necessary to Preserve Issues
(p 25) -
Dismissal Reversed for Determination Whether Prisoner Was Misled About Remedies
(p 26) -
Grievances Exhausted When Prison Officials Fail to Respond
(p 26) -
News in Brief
(p 26) -
Summary Judgment Reversed on Fact Issues of Guards' Failure to Protect Prisoner
(p 27) -
522 Days in BOP Ad Seg States Due Process Claim
(p 27) -
Jury Awards $700,000 to Chicago Jail Worker for Sexual Harassment
(p 27) -
Transsexual Prisoners Have Privacy Right
(p 28) -
California Parole Rescission Panel's Disagreement With Granting Panel Fails The "Some Evidence" Standard
(p 28) -
Exceeding Doctor's Work Limit Order Actionable Under Eighth Amendment
(p 29) -
BOP Electric Musical Instrument Ban Upheld by DC Circuit
(p 30) -
New York Prisoner's Assault Claim Headed for Trial
(p 30) -
Guard Proclaiming Open Season On Prisoner Actionable
(p 31) -
Wyoming Prisoners Win Summary Judgment for Increased Security
(p 31) -
Illinois Governor Announces Death Penalty Moratorium
(p 31) -
Federal Tort Claims Act Suit Limitation Construed in Medical Suit
(p 32) -
Dismissal Without Notice for Untimely Service of § 1983 Complaint Is Abuse of Discretion
(p 32) -
Circumstantial Evidence Sufficient to Defeat Summary Judgment
(p 33) -
Ninth Circuit Holds Exhaustion of Remedies Mandatory Before Filing Suit
(p 34) -
Chief Medical Officer Liable On Medical Policy Decisions
(p 34) -
Retaliation Claim Satisfied by Existence of Major Misconduct Citation
(p 35) -
Kentucky Jury Awards $2,641 to Estate of Murdered Prisoner
(p 35) -
No Jurisdiction for Interlocutory Appeal Where Evidence Is Disputed in Failure to Protect Suit
(p 36) -
Exposure to Second-Hand Smoke States Eighth Amendment Claim
(p 36) -
Inquiry Required Before Dismissal for Failure to Pay Partial Filing Fee
(p 37) -
No Appeal Bond Required for Indigent Colorado Litigants
(p 38) -
Warrantless Police Search of Prisoners Cell Upheld; Damages Awarded For Retaliation
(p 38) -
PLRA Applies to Prospective Relief; Fees Are Not Prospective Relief
(p 38) -
Loss of Good Time for Kansas SATP Refusal Upheld
(p 39) -
Court Modifies Education Plan for Rikers Island Youth
(p 40) -
South Dakota Attorney Fee Award of $106,877 Upheld Under PLRA
(p 40) -
Oregon Contraband Conviction Reversed
(p 41) -
BOP Prisoners Eligible for Drug Treatment Without Documented History of Abuse
(p 41) -
News in Brief
(p 42) -
New Jersey Sex Offender Treatment Statute Creates Liberty Interest
(p 43) -
Qualified Immunity Denied in BOP Transsexual Strip Search
(p 44)
April
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California's No Parole Board
(p 1) -
Guards Fired in Massachusetts Sex Abuse Cases
(p 3) -
Virginia DOC Says 'No Pattern' of Sexual Abuse
(p 4) -
No Qualified Immunity for Unsafe Working Conditions
(p 4) -
Warrant Required Despite Private Prison Contract
(p 5) -
From the Editor
(p 5) -
Race to Incarcerate
(p 6) -
Discovering America As It Is
(p 6) -
Washington Prisoner May Not Challenge Underlying Infraction in Four Strike Disciplinary Violation
(p 7) -
Washington Health and Safety Standards Apply to Prison Work Places
(p 7) -
Four Florida Prison Guards Face Murder Charges
(p 8) -
U.S. Political Prisoner Info
(p 8) -
Texas Prison Rocked by Guard Killing, Riot
(p 9) -
Two Die during Latest Angola Escape Attempt
(p 10) -
Prison Must Provide Medication Supply to Released Prisoners
(p 11) -
Virginia Court Requires Pro Se Prisoner Plaintiff to Appear Via Video Conference
(p 12) -
New York Federal District Court Rules Nassau County Strip Search Policy Unconstitutional
(p 12) -
Flight to Texas Execution 'Not Life Threatening'
(p 13) -
Eleven Guards Injured in CA Ruckus
(p 13) -
HIV+ Prisoners Not Qualified For Rehabilitation Act Benefits
(p 14) -
Turkish Political Prisoners Massacred
(p 16) -
NY Prisoner Worker Awarded $90,000 in Accident
(p 16) -
Notes from the Unrepenitentiary
(p 17) -
$4.1 Million Award In Suit Over Sexual Assault of Prisoners by Official
(p 18) -
Error in Electronic Docket Tolls Appeal Deadline
(p 18) -
No Immunity for Media Defendants in Ridealong Suit
(p 18) -
ADA Applies to Parole Claims
(p 19) -
Class Action Prisoners Must Show Actual Injury to Maintain Access to Courts Relief
(p 20) -
$105,000 Awarded in Michigan Wrongful Imprisonment Suit
(p 20) -
Long Term Segregation of Security Threat Group Okay
(p 21) -
California PIA Chief, Folsom Mayor, Arrested
(p 22) -
Seventh Circuit Prisoners Must Exhaust Futile Grievance Remedies
(p 22) -
Pretrial Cold Cell Violates Fourteenth Amendment
(p 23) -
En Banc Ninth Circuit Upholds Jail Porn Ban
(p 24) -
Denial Of Food and Medicine Supports Eighth Amendment Claim
(p 25) -
$3,000 Awarded in Wrongful Release Suit
(p 25) -
South Carolina Prisoner Wins Excessive Use of Force Suit Pro Se
(p 26) -
Qualified Immunity Granted for Pre-1996 ADA Violation
(p 27) -
Tenth Circuit Holds Prison Officials Liable for Failing to Provide Religious Meals
(p 27) -
News in Brief
(p 28)
March
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Youngstown Case Reveals New Legal Issues for Prisoner Advocates, State Correctional Agencies and Private Prison Companies
(p 1) -
$1.5 Million Settlement in CA Jail Suicide Attempt
(p 7) -
From the Editor
(p 8) -
Pro Se Tips and Tactics
(p 9) -
Hearing Required Prior to Automatic Termination Under PLRA
(p 11) -
Guarding Their Silence: Corcoran Guards Acquitted of Rape
(p 12) -
CCPOA Runs Corcoran TV 'Ads'
(p 14) -
Megan's Law Fallout
(p 14) -
Review: With Liberty for Some: 500 Years of Imprisonment in America
(p 15) -
The Keeper of the Keys
(p 15) -
Gender and Justice: Women, Drugs, and Sentencing Policy
(p 16) -
Dean Injunction Clarified in Washington 35% Suit
(p 17) -
Washington DOC Settles Mail Censorship Suit
(p 18) -
Washington DOC Public Disclosure Overcharges Struck Down
(p 19) -
Class Certification Appeals Must Be Timely
(p 20) -
New Folsom Year Long Lockdown
(p 20) -
Michigan DOC Settles Lawsuit Over PLN Book Ban
(p 21) -
Michigan Legislature Kills Class Action Suit by Female Prisoners
(p 22) -
No Liberty Interest in Erroneous Parole Release
(p 23) -
PLRA Attorney Fees Cap Violates Equal Protection Clause
(p 23) -
Third Circuit Evenly Split on PLRA Attorney Fee Cap
(p 24) -
CCA Facility Cited for Sex Scandal
(p 25) -
Brazoria Trial Brings Acquittals, Convictions in Jail Beatings
(p 25) -
ADA and RA May Require Sign Language Interpreters
(p 26) -
Out-of-State Prisoner Housing Contracts Subject to Long-Arm Jurisdiction
(p 27) -
News in Brief
(p 28)
February
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California Guards Abuse Young Prisoners
(p 1) -
Georgia Prisoner Wins $60,000 Retaliation Verdict
(p 2) -
From the Editor
(p 3) -
Prisoners' Guerrilla Handbook to Correspondence Programs in the U.S. and Canada: High School, Vocational, Paralegal and College Courses
(p 4) -
Reviews: Legal Research: How to Find & Understand the Law, 7th ed.
(p 4) -
Reviews: Finding the Right Lawyer
(p 4) -
Federal Criminal Defendant's Handbook: Negotiating the Long, Lonely Road from Arrest, to Prison, to Freedom
(p 5) -
Reviews: Voices From Within the Prison Walls
(p 5) -
Enemies of the State: A Frank Discussion of Past Political Movements, Victories and Errors and the Current Political Climate for Revolutionary Struggle Within the USA
(p 6) -
A Matter of Law
(p 6) -
Habeas Challenging Transfer to Private Prison Dismissed
(p 7) -
Amended Arizona Statute of Limitations Not Retroactive
(p 7) -
Abuse of Force at Virginia's Supermax
(p 8) -
Litigation Costs Not Dischargeable in Bankruptcy
(p 10) -
No Filing Fee Required if IFP Denied in DC Circuit
(p 10) -
Filing Fee Refunded in Habeas Case
(p 10) -
Tenth Circuit Clarifies Three Strikes
(p 10) -
Wisconsin Release Account Used to Pay Filing Fees
(p 10) -
Warden Purged of Contempt
(p 10) -
PLRA Doesn't Apply to Civil Commitments
(p 10) -
28 U.S.C. § 1915A Applies to All Prisoner Suits
(p 10) -
Prison Guard Golf Tourney Tees off Town
(p 11) -
Washington Prison Slavery Runs Competitors Out of Business
(p 12) -
Water Jet Companies Challenge Washington Slave Labor Laws
(p 13) -
Sylvia Baraldini Goes Home After Sixteen Years
(p 16) -
Israeli Supreme Court Limits Torture
(p 17) -
Torture "Aberrational" in U.S.
(p 17) -
Prison Health Services Refuses to Pay
(p 18) -
Michigan DOC Settles DOJ Sexual Abuse Lawsuit
(p 18) -
Judicial Screening Applies Only to IFP Suits
(p 19) -
Lack of Evidence Bars Disciplinary Finding of Guilt
(p 19) -
Delay in Treating Injured Shoulder States Claim
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America's Toughest Sheriff Settles for $8.25 Million in Wrongful Death Suit
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Florida State Prison Halloween Melee
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Prison Realty Hires PR Firm
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"Three Strikes" Provision of PLRA Unconstitutional
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Cell Feed Status May Give Jailer Actual Notice of Need to Protect Prisoner
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Constitutionality of ADA Upheld by Fourth Circuit
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New Jersey Sex Offender Porn Ban Upheld
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PLRA Administrative Remedy Exhaustion Requirement Not Retroactive
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New York Parole Board Commissioner Convicted
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Nine Florida Guards Injured in Scuffle
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Whitestone Foundation
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Miscarriage is Serious Medical Condition
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Oregon DOC Liable for Attacks by Parolees
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Indigence is Cause to Retax Costs
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Notice of Summary Judgment Requirements Mandatory
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News in Brief
(p 28) - $1.8 Million Award in Illinois Federal Prisoner’s Suicide
January
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A Day at the Prison Fun Park
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From the Editor
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State Police Investigate Illinois Prison Industry
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Valdes Murder Witness Exiled, Muzzled
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Arizona Incarceration Cost Setoff Law Upheld
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Amnesty International Calls for Stun Belt Ban
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Drug Seizures Pay for Death Celebrations
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California Governor Vetoes Media Access Bill
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News in Brief
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Florida DOC Curtails Use of Stun Belts
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BOP Can't Keep Prisoner Who Refuses to Pay Fine Indefinitely
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Washington Municipalities Liable for Attacks by Probationers
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