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Utah Porn Ban Rescinded; Suit Settled

Article • October 15, 1998 • from PLN October, 1998

Filed under: Settlements, Mail, Sexually Explicit Materials, Mail Regulations

materials that contained "sexually explicit materials." The policy also prohibited prisoners from receiving or possessing any written or printed materials that contained depictions of nudity or partial nudity ...

Strip Searched Massachusetts Women Settle Suit for $80,000

Article • September 15, 1998 • from PLN September, 1998

Filed under: Gender Discrimination -- Women, Searches, Cell Searches, Strip Searches, Prison/Common Area Searches, Drug Testing, Damages, Settlements, Prisoner Property

award of $1,665; the remaining 96 prisoners would receive $555. The settlement leaves the distribution of the damage award to the plaintiffs but specified that no single plaintiff could receive more than ...

Probable Cause Required for Visitor Body Cavity Search

Article • August 15, 1998 • from PLN August, 1998

Filed under: Strip Searches, Visitor Searches, Body Cavity Searches, Attorney Fee Awards, Damages, Settlements, Qualified Immunity, Juveniles

Probable Cause Required for Visitor Body Cavity Search by A federal district court in Utah held that prison officials must have probable cause and a valid search warrant before subjecting a prison visitor to a body cavity search. Stana Laughter is married to a Utah state prisoner. Laughter visited her …

WI Guard Settles Discrimination Suit for $105,000

Article • August 15, 1998 • from PLN August, 1998

Filed under: Racial Discrimination, Settlements, Guards/Staff, Employee Litigation

WI Guard Settles Discrimination Suit for $105,000 by Ablack prison guard who filed a discrimination suit against the Wisconsin Department of Corrections agreed to a $105,000 settlement ...

Pelican Bay $600,000 Wrongful Death Settlement

Article • March 15, 1998 • from PLN March, 1998

Filed under: Excessive Force, Shootings, Damages, Settlements

Pelican Bay $600,000 Wrongful Death Settlement by California taxpayers coughed up another $600,000 to settle a use-of-force lawsuit at Pelican Bay State Prison. The biggest chunk ...

New York Prisoner Settles Excessive Force Case for $25,000

Article • February 15, 1998 • from PLN February, 1998

Filed under: Attorney Fee Awards, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Damages, Settlements

New York Prisoner Settles Excessive Force Case for $25,000 by Michael Slater, a New York State prisoner, will receive $18,000 in settlement of an excessive force civil rights claim against ...

Montana Paying for 1991 Prison Uprising

Article • September 15, 1997 • from PLN September, 1997

Filed under: Prison Rebellion, Conditions of Confinement, Strip Cells, Restraints, Settlements, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death)

. It was the second settlement among 13 state court cases filed against prison officials. In January 1995, the state agreed to pay $150,000 to the mother of another of the five prisoners killed during the disturbance ...

Lucasville Uprising: $4.1 Million Settlement

Article • July 15, 1997 • from PLN July, 1997

Filed under: Prison Rebellion, Conditions of Confinement, Totality of Conditions, Failure to Protect (General), Attorney Fee Awards, Damages, Settlements, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Failure to Protect (Staff)

Lucasville Uprising: $4.1 Million Settlement by In January, 1997, a settlement was filed in federal court in the three-year-old class action based on injuries stemming from the 1993 Easter ...

Massachusetts Prisoners Awarded Back Pay

Article • June 15, 1997 • from PLN June, 1997

Filed under: Work, Prison Industries, Prison Labor, Attorney Fee Awards, Damages, Settlements, Seizure of Prisoner Funds

Massachusetts Prisoners Awarded Back Pay by A Mass. superior court judge ruled the state owes 2,253 current and former state prisoners about $1 million because they were not given a pay raise mandated by DOC regulations. In April 1991, new DOC regulations were issued that raised the top rate for …

Washington Religious Name Retaliation Suit Settled

Article • February 15, 1997 • from PLN January, 1997

Filed under: Settlements, Religious Freedom, Religious Names

), in which Washington state prisoner, and PLN supporter, Dawud Malik was punished by prison officials for using his legally changed religious name. In September, 1996, the parties entered into a settlement ...

New Jersey MCU Suit Settled

Article • August 15, 1996 • from PLN August, 1996

Filed under: Classification, Out of State Transfers, Racial Discrimination, Attorney Fee Awards, Damages, Settlements, Special Masters, Ad-Seg Hearings

New Jersey MCU Suit Settled by On December 22, 1995, the federal district court in New Jersey signed a settlement order dismissing a class action suit filed by prisoners in New Jersey's ...

$168,500 Awarded in Prisoner's Death

Article • August 15, 1996 • from PLN August, 1996

Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, Damages, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Mental Health, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

the way they handle mentally ill prisoners and to pay $168,500 to Stampley's family. The terms were part of a settlement approved April 22, 1996, in Washington County District Court in Stillwater, Minn ...

Washington Court Access Suit Settled

Article • February 15, 1996 • from PLN February, 1996

Filed under: Transfers, Attorney Fee Awards, Prisoner Legal Assistance, Legal Materials, Law Library Access/Adequacy, Photocopies, Settlements, Telephones, Attorney Calls, Legal Mail

for Washington state prisoners. On October 31, 1995, most of the suit was settled and the settlement terms were effective November 30, 1995. The settlement is between five named plaintiffs and DOC officials ...

Attorney Fees Awarded in MCC Suit

Article • September 15, 1995 • from PLN September, 1995

Filed under: Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Attorney Fee Awards, Settlements, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement

to this citation. After settlement the prisoners' attorneys moved for attorney fees which the Indiana DOC contested. The Indiana Attorney General's office sought eight extensions of time to respond ...

PA Class Action Settlement Published

Article • July 15, 1995 • from PLN July, 1995

Filed under: Systemic Medical Neglect, Conditions of Confinement, Totality of Conditions, Fire Hazards, Food, Overcrowding, Eighth Amendment, Staffing, Ventilation, Sanitation, Attorney Fee Awards, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Education, Law Library Access/Adequacy, Settlements, Consent Decrees, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

PA Class Action Settlement Published by The October, 1994, issue of PLN reported that on August 12, 1994, attorneys representing all Pennsylvania state prisoners had reached a settlement ...

Purdy Medical Suit Settled

Article • April 15, 1995 • from PLN April, 1995

Filed under: Gender Discrimination -- Women, Systemic Medical Neglect, Medical Records, Medical Expenses, Food, Staffing, Settlements, Interpreters, Mental Health, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

with adequate medical care. The settlement agreement was signed on November 28, 1994, and affects all prisoners at Purdy. Among the DOC's obligations are to develop, adopt and implement a set of health care ...

Agreement Reached in State-Wide Pennsylvania Prison Case

Article • October 15, 1994 • from PLN October, 1994

Filed under: Systemic Medical Neglect, Conditions of Confinement, Totality of Conditions, Fire Hazards, Food, Overcrowding, Staffing, Ventilation, Sanitation, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Education, Law Library Access/Adequacy, Settlements, Consent Decrees, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

Agreement Reached in State-Wide Pennsylvania Prison Case by On Aug. 12, 1994, lawyers representing the prisoners announced that they have reached a settlement with the State of Pennsylvania ...