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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, 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
- From the Editor, March 1, 2025
- From the Editor, Feb. 15, 2025
- From the Editor, Jan. 15, 2025
- Bruce Johnson 1950–2024, Sept. 15, 2024
- From the Editor, Sept. 15, 2024
More from these topics:
- Now Under Federal Receivership, New York City’s Rikers Island Jails Still Have No Plan to Improve, No Firm Date to Close, Aug. 1, 2025. Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Corrections Audits, Systemic Medical Neglect, Medical Records, Eighth Amendment.
- Review: “Reforming the Shadow Carceral State”, Aug. 1, 2025. Reviews, Criminal justice system reform, Seizure of Prisoner Funds, Fines.
- Suit Filed Over Fatal Beating of New York Prisoner That Sparked Massive Guard Strike, Aug. 1, 2025. Guard Misconduct, Failure to Treat, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Excessive Force (Wrongful Death).
- News in Brief, Aug. 1, 2025. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Private Prisons, Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct, Systemic Medical Neglect, Male Reproductive, Malpractice, Escapes, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Stun Guns/Tasers, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Juvenile Prisons, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bribery/Extortion/Theft.
- Former Maine Prison Guard Arrested and Detained by ICE Agents, Aug. 1, 2025. Guard Misconduct, Guards/Staff, Immigration Law/Offenses.
- Former California Prison Guard Pleads Guilty to Planting Contraband He Pretended to Discover, Aug. 1, 2025. Guard Misconduct.
- News in Brief, Aug. 1, 2025. Assault by Police, Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct, Police Misconduct, Stun Guns/Tasers, Immigration, False Arrest, Evidence - Integrity/Reliability of.
- News in Brief, July 15, 2025. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Guard Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Failure to Protect (General), Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, halfway houses, New Trial/Judgment of Acquittal, Bribery/Extortion/Theft, Fraud and Deceit.
- Former New Jersey Jailers Plead Guilty to Beating Detainee for Tossing Urine, July 15, 2025. Guard Misconduct, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Prisoners' Rights.
- From the Editor, July 15, 2025. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Guard Misconduct, Prison Rape Elimination Act, Censorship.

