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New Plantation
In the new world order, the ideological concerns that previously persuaded the capitalist ruling class to purchase social and labor peace with a comparatively generous social contract and high living standards no longer hold sway. The US ruling class will need to take drastic measures in order to maintain its …
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- New Plantation, by Bill Dunne
- Washington Grievance Mail Case Reversed
- Costs of Crime, by JW Mason
- Late Notice of Appeal Allowed
- Notes from the Unrepenitentiary, by Laura Whitehorn
- Eyewitness News from Missouri, by K.C.
- New Improved Chain Gang, by F.B.
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- Stunning Revelations, by Adrian Lomax
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- Third Circuit Rules that PLRA Doesn't Apply to Habeas
- PLRA IFP Provision Applied Retroactively
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- South Carolina Consent Decree Terminated under PLRA
- Corcoran Prison Cover-up, by Willie Wisely
- Tennessee Jail Overcrowding is State's Fault
- Prison Health Report Issued
- Book Review: Constitutional Rights of Prisoners
- Women's Prison Book Project
- World Criminal Justice Systems: A Survey
- Corrections in the Community (book)
- New Jersey Sex Offender Registration Injunction Vacated
- Prison Population Growth in 1995
- No Administrative Exhaustion Requirement in 7th Circuit
- Informant Testimony Must Be Reliable
- New York Work Release Creates Liberty Interest
- Private Prison Liable for Wrongful Imprisonment
- Lawsuits Target Georgia Prison Abuse, by Robert Bensing
- ADA Requires Phones for Deaf
- News in Brief
- Inadequate Public Defender Funding Unconstitutional
More from Bill Dunne:
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- Build Jails, Not Schools: Ohio Prison Building Corruption, Jan. 15, 2001
- First Federal Execution Postponed, Oct. 15, 2000
- Crack in the Federal Scheme: The October Rebellion of 1995, Oct. 15, 2000
- New Plantation, Feb. 15, 1997
- Murder Incorporated, Feb. 15, 1994
- Dime Down, Jan. 15, 1994
- The Protection of the Law, March 15, 1992
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