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In Defense of the Struggle Against Sexism
Loaded on Aug. 15, 1990
by Ed Mead
published in Prison Legal News
August, 1990, page 8
In Defense Of The Struggle Against Sexism
Filed under:
Prisoner-Prisoner Assault,
Sex Offenders (Discrimination),
Organizing,
Victims.
Location:
United States of America.
With this issue of the PLN I conclude my three part series on sex offenders. And while I am writing this before the first installment of the series has been mailed out to readers, I am sufficiently confident of the adverse response by …
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More from this issue:
- HR-4079: A National Crime Emergency?
- Editorial Comments, by Ed Mead
- Storm Warning, by Paul Wright
- Repeal "Point 100" Statute, by Dan Pens
- Of Bannings and Unbannings: Why Do They Do It?, by Ed Mead
- Prisoners in Struggle, by Paul Wright
- Struggle in Ohio, by Paul Wright
- GRAPO Prisoner Dies
- Where Now for the Sex Offender?, by Ed Mead
- In Defense of the Struggle Against Sexism, by Ed Mead
- Letters From Readers
More from Ed Mead:
- Class Differences in Crime Control, Feb. 15, 1994
- Law of Medical Treatment Explained, Jan. 15, 1994
- Editorial, Jan. 15, 1994
- Gender Based Treatment Disparity Violates Equal Protection, Dec. 15, 1993
- Editorial, Nov. 15, 1993
- The Politics of Imprisonment, Nov. 15, 1993
- Prison Slavery Upheld, Again, Oct. 15, 1993
- Prisoners as Workers: Court Defines Applicability of FLSA, Sept. 15, 1993
- Prisoners as Workers in Washington State: New Law Will Increase Exploitation, Sept. 15, 1993
- Editorial, Sept. 15, 1993
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