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Prison Guards: Victims or Villains?
Prison Guards: Victims Or Villains?
Review By Paul Wright
This is the title of one of two articles in the latest issue [o]f "Blueprint for Social Justice." Both articles are written by female former prison guards who describe their experiences working as guards in women's prisons. One of the authors …
Review By Paul Wright
This is the title of one of two articles in the latest issue [o]f "Blueprint for Social Justice." Both articles are written by female former prison guards who describe their experiences working as guards in women's prisons. One of the authors …
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More from this issue:
- Washington Supreme Court Rules on Lifers, by John Midgley
- Caging America: The U.S. Imprisonment Binge, by Patricia Horn
- Prison System Increases Cell Integration to Avoid Fines
- Abuses Continue at Ansar 3
- Pig Park Update
- Unlawful Orders Cannot Be Enforced With Violence
- Privacy Right Not To Be Viewed Naked by Opposite Sex Prison Guards
- Right to Practice Religious Beliefs
- Due Process Distinguished
- Attention Former PAP Members, by Jane Kuja
- Reviews
- Prison Guards: Victims or Villains?, by Paul Wright
- Universal Suffrage: Give Us A Voice!, by Tom Sparks
- Sheriff Can't Release AIDS Test Results
- Violent Crime Rate Up, Again
- Editorial, by Ed Mead
- Can't Search Visitor Leaving Prison
- No Minimum Wages for Convicts
- Search of Legal Files Violates Consent Decree
- Mandatory Sentencing Flops in Florida
- Passin' Gas, by Clark Stuhr
- Letter from Germany
- Pelican Bay News
- Info on Free
More from Paul Wright:
- From the Editor, Feb. 1, 2026
- From the Editor, Jan. 1, 2026
- From the Editor, Dec. 1, 2025
- From the Editor, Nov. 1, 2025
- From the Editor, Oct. 1, 2025
- From the Editor, Aug. 1, 2025
- From the Editor, July 15, 2025
- From the Editor, June 1, 2025
- From the Editor, May 1, 2025
- From the Editor, April 1, 2025
More from these topics:
- Punished for Bleeding: How Periods in Prison Become a Trap, Feb. 1, 2026. Guard Misconduct, Gender Discrimination -- Women, Strip Searches, Hygiene Supplies, Discrimination (Transgender).
- Differing Judicial Outcomes for the New York Guards Who Killed Robert Brooks, Feb. 1, 2026. Guard Misconduct, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Pending Appeal/Sentencing.
- The New York Prison System’s Culture of Cruelty and Impunity, Feb. 1, 2026. Guard Misconduct, Racial Discrimination, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death).
- Amnesty International Report Claims Torture and Enforced Disappearances at “Alligator Alcatraz”, Jan. 1, 2026. Guard Misconduct, Totality of Conditions, Detention - Generally, Cruel and Unusual Punishment, Confinement in Segregated Housing.
- Sixth Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity to Michigan Warden Whose Guards Gave Prisoner Plastic Bag Used in Suicide, Dec. 1, 2025. Guard Misconduct, Qualified Immunity, Failure to Train/Supervise, Suicides, Deliberate Indifference.
- Hawaii Prison Warden Reinstated After Being Fired in 2014 for Sexual Harassment, Dec. 1, 2025. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Supervisor-Staff Harassment, Guard Misconduct, Racial Discrimination, Employee Litigation.
- One Guard Pleads Guilty, Another Receives Light Sentence in New York Prisoner’s Killing, Dec. 1, 2025. Guard Misconduct, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Obstruction of Justice, Plea Agreements/Guilty Pleas.
- New Jersey Breaks Ground on New $330 Million Women’s Prison After Raid at Old Facility, Dec. 1, 2025. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Guard Misconduct, Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Prison Rape Elimination Act.
- Guards at an Infamous Mississippi Jail Mocked a Disabled Detainee, Dec. 1, 2025. Guard Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Disabled Prisoners, Stun Guns/Tasers, Punishment.
- Brooklyn Jail Guard Convicted for Shooting and Car Chase, Dec. 1, 2025. Guard Misconduct, Shootings, Guards/Staff, Wrongful Use of Force, Authority and Jurisdiction.