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From the Inside Looking Out
The late Malcom Forbes once said it was "more fun to arrive at a conclusion than to justify it." Brookings Institute senior fellow Dr. John J. DiIulio has certainly arrived at a conclusion, but his justifications range from questionable to outright hog wash. On closer examination, the reality of the …
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More from this issue:
- Second Circuit Rejects Prison FLSA Claim, Modifies Standard
- Washington Pork Refuses to Be Trimmed: Guard Towers Stay, by Paul Wright
- New Prisoner Resource Guide Available
- From the Editor, by Dan Pens
- Law Against Love, by Mumia Abu-Jamal
- From the Inside Looking Out, by Jon Marc Taylor
- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
- DiIulio's Crime Solution
- Prison Time vs. Crime Rate Study
- Ninth Circuit Rules on Washington ADA Suit, by Leonard Feldman
- PLRA Fees Don't Apply to Released Prisoners
- Seventh Circuit Defines and Applies PLRA and AEDPA
- NY Jail Consent Decrees Vacated under PLRA
- Beating Damages Affirmed; PLRA Not Retroactive on Vacated Attorney Fees
- Seventh Circuit Applies PLRA to Federal Prisoners
- Center for Advocacy of Human Rights Update
- Virginia Hawks Parolees' Names
- No Qualified Immunity for Private Prisons; Supreme Court Grants Review
- Habeas Corpus Study
- Prisoner Litigation in the US Courts
- Publications of Interest
- Washington Religious Name Retaliation Suit Settled
- Call Recipient's Rights Not Violated in Phone Taping
- County Liable for Trustee's Work; No Remedy for Illegal Detention
- News in Brief
- Washington Prisoner May Have Right to Attend Paternity Hearing
- New York Sex Offender Registration Enjoined
More from Jon Marc Taylor:
- Civil Disabilities of Convicted Felon: A State-by-State Survey, Nov. 15, 1997
- From the Inside Looking Out, Feb. 15, 1997
- How Many Times Do We Pay?, March 15, 1996
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