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From The Editor
By Paul Wright
Welcome to the tenth issue of PLN . As our readers may recall issues 6, 7 and 8 of Vol. 1 of PLN had been censored by prisoncrats at the Washington Corrections Center in Shelton, WA. The excuse they had given for this censorship was that the …
Welcome to the tenth issue of PLN . As our readers may recall issues 6, 7 and 8 of Vol. 1 of PLN had been censored by prisoncrats at the Washington Corrections Center in Shelton, WA. The excuse they had given for this censorship was that the …
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More from this issue:
- The Parole Board Audit Report, by Ed Mead
- No Blood For Oil, by Paul Wright
- Response To "Tread Carefully", by Paul Wright
- Mothers in Prison
- Spending on Corrections Rises Sharply
- Texas Woman Wins $125,000 Settlement
- Station Files Suit to Televise Execution
- Nutraloaf and the Law in the Northwest, by Wasseneh Taddasse
- Florida DOC Officials Harass Women
- New York Report Matches National Study Results
- Some Peruvian Prisoners Released
- Women Prisoner's Hunger Strike in Texas, by Ana Lucia Gelabert
- From The Editor, by Paul Wright
- Prisoner Assaulted by Guard
- X-Ray Searches of Prisoners Found Unlawful
- Prison Officials Liable for Not Correctly Computing Prisoner's Sentence
- Insufficient Facts to Support Exceptional Terms
- Clallam Bay Prisoner Brutalized, by Paul Wright
- Deliberate Indifference Demonstrated
- Habitual Criminal Case Update
- Prison's Water Contaminated, by Ray Luc Levasseur
- Exception to Slave Labor, by D.H. Washington
More from Paul Wright:
- From the Editor, Aug. 1, 2026
- From the Editor, July 1, 2026
- From the Editor, June 1, 2026
- From the Editor, May 1, 2026
- From the Editor, April 1, 2026
- From the Editor, March 1, 2026
- From the Editor, Feb. 1, 2026
- From the Editor, Jan. 1, 2026
- From the Editor, Dec. 1, 2025
- From the Editor, Nov. 1, 2025
More from these topics:
- Ninth Circuit Revives HRDC Challenge to Washington DOC Mail Restrictions, Aug. 1, 2026. Qualified Immunity, Publications/Books, Due Process, Censorship, First Amendment, rights.
- From the Editor, Aug. 1, 2026. Editorials.
- HRDC Wins Injunction to Halt New Mexico Prison Censorship, July 1, 2026. Injunctions, Publications/Books, Censorship, First Amendment, rights, HRDC Litigation.
- Texas Prison System Bans Prisoners from Receiving Hardback and Used Books, July 1, 2026. Reading Materials, Legal Materials, Publications/Books, Banned Book Lists, Censorship.
- From the Editor, July 1, 2026. Editorials.
- Wisconsin Bans Recording of Prison Phone Calls with Journalists, July 1, 2026. Access to Media, Censorship, First Amendment, First Amendment, rights, Recorded Calls.
- From the Editor, June 1, 2026. Editorials.
- From the Editor, May 1, 2026. Editorials.
- Illinois Jail Reprimanded for Denying Detainees Mail Based on Media Content, P.O. Box Return Address, Settles Detainees’ Suit with $111,825 Payment of Legal Fees, May 1, 2026. Publications/Books, Mail Regulations, Censorship, First Amendment, rights, Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA).
- Federal Court Grants HRDC Preliminary Injunction Against Mail Censorship at New Mexico Jail, May 1, 2026. Injunctions, Publications/Books, Due Process, Censorship, HRDC Litigation.

