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Looking Back, Learning Lessons, PLN's Early Days
By Ed Mead
When the PLN first started out we experienced a lot of banning at various prisons, both in Washington State and elsewhere. One such event took place when the second issue of the paper was banned from both the Penitentiary and the Reformatory here in Washington. Paul and …
When the PLN first started out we experienced a lot of banning at various prisons, both in Washington State and elsewhere. One such event took place when the second issue of the paper was banned from both the Penitentiary and the Reformatory here in Washington. Paul and …
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More from this issue:
- Pelican Bay Conditions Suit Filed
- Crime Rates Continue Upward Climb, by Ed Mead
- Trafficking in Children Condemned
- Gay/Lesbian Prisoner Anthology Seeks Submissions
- Hand Me Downs, by Dan Pens
- Looking Back, Learning Lessons, PLN's Early Days, by Ed Mead
- Control Units: Isolation in 1992, by NJ AFSC
- Home Release Status Revoked for Exercising Right to Silence, by Adrian Lomax
- Amnesty International Condemns Abuse of Women Cons
- Pleas for Medical Attention Ignored, by Adrian Lomax
- Publications to Read, by Ed Mead
- Prison Officials Assault Public Records Law, by Adrian Lomax
- Prisoner Litigant and Prison Law Library Secondary Resource List, by Robert Pierce
- From The Editor, by Paul Wright
- Washington Lifers Prevail in District Court, by John Midgley
- Washington's Prisons to Reach 10,000
- Beating Violates Eighth Amendment
- South Africa Suspends Executions
- Suit Filed Over Telephone Services
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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