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From the Editor

Loaded on Oct. 15, 1999 by Paul Wright published in Prison Legal News October, 1999, page 5
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Editorials. Location: United States of America.
A PLN supporter recently commented that I must find editing PLN incredibly depressing given the content of the July, 1999, issue: medical neglect, rape, extrajudicial murders, brutality, sensory deprivation control units, random shootings, etc.

As an optimist, I see the prison struggle glass as being half full rather than half ...

 

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  2. Death Row Eulogy, by Van Poyck, William
  3. Worst of the Worst?
  4. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
  5. Florida Jail Workers Busted in Bribery Investigation
  6. Pro Se Tips and Tactics (Discovery), by John Midgley
  7. Georgia Court Access Consent Decree Terminated
  8. Arizona DOC Settles Sexual Abuse Suit
  9. ADOC Settlement Terms
  10. FBI Investigates CCA-Run INS Center in New Jersey
  11. Pro Se Texas Prisoner Awarded $1.08 Million in Failure to Protect Suit
  12. Media Interview Protected Free Speech
  13. Florida Jail Guard Found Guilty in Prisoner's Death
  14. Tough on Prisoners Florida Sheriff Avoids Prison
  15. Supreme Court Holds PLRA Attorney Fee Cap Inapplicable to Work Performed Before Enactment
  16. PLRA Attorney Fee Limits Not Retroactive in Second Circuit
  17. Utah Jail Settles ADA Suit
  18. $90,000 Settlement in Utah Jail Suicide
  19. CDC Settles Excessive Force Suit for $1,000, by John Gann
  20. Private Transportation Company Liable Under 42 USC § 1983
  21. Michigan's Female Prisoners Have Educational Parity
  22. Go Directly to Jail: At the Academy in Alpharetta, Men Pay Big Bucks to Pretend They're in Prison, by Dan Savage
  23. Concealment of Info Tolls Statute of Limitations
  24. Texas Settles with Hanged Prisoner's Family
  25. Prison Officials Waive Untimely Asserted Heck Defense
  26. Racial Segregation in Double Celling Unconstitutional
  27. Georgia Parole Regulation Still Ex Post Facto
  28. Feds Not Obligated to Accept State-Ordered Concurrent Sentence, by Ronald Young
  29. CDC Whistleblower Gets $1.7 Million
  30. Alabama Prison Officials Held in Contempt Again
  31. News in Brief
  32. BOP Sentence Reduction Exclusion Based on INS Detainer Upheld, by Ronald Young
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