This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Criminal

Aug. 24, 1999

Prisoners Claim Punishment for Media Exposure

SACRAMENTO - Two inmates plan to allege in a lawsuit to be filed today that state corrections officials violated their civil rights by punishing them for helping the news media expose a prison labor program as an illegal sweatshop, according to their lawyers.

By Peter Blumberg
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SACRAMENTO - Two inmates plan to allege in a lawsuit to be filed today that state corrections officials violated their civil rights by punishing them for helping the news media expose a prison labor program as an illegal sweatshop, according to their lawyers.
      ...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up