Defense Secretary William Perry told the Senate Armed Services Committee that U.S. troops would not be in the former Yugoslav republic for more than a year. There they were treated to backstage tours of the Magic Kingdom and spent time unwinding at Sea World. This was to commemorate the 1971 Attica riot and to protest conditions in New York prisons. Inmate says his meal was in poor condition. He claims his sandwich was soggy and his cookie was broken.
Prisoner sues to be served fruit juice at meals and three pancakes instead of two.
Prisoner sues to be given Reeboks, Adidas, Pony or Avia high-tops rather than inferior brand sneakers issued by prison. Prisoner sues for not receiving scheduled parole hearing, though he was out on escape when the hearing was to be held. The company had the wrong mix of Hispanics and African-Americans. Serving three life sentences for three murders, Massachusetts prison inmate Anthony Jackson won a procedural motion on appeal, thus keeping alive his lawsuit against the prison system for refusing to assign him to a no-smoking cell. In Little Rock, Arkansas, Joshua Martinez shaved his head in solidarity with his mother, who lost her hair due to chemotherapy.