Articles by Linda Evans

Notes From the Unrepenitentiary: CA Prisoners Denied Medical Care

Loaded on Dec. 15, 2000 by Linda Evans published in Prison Legal News December, 2000, page 22

Filed under: Medical, HIV/AIDS. Location: California.

By Linda Evans

Once again the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) and federal courts have prevailed in their determination to suppress prisoners' human rights. Despite startling new evidence of records tampering, falsified medical test results, and medical neglect, U.S. District Court Judge Shubb has dismissed the Shumate v. Wilson lawsuit. ...

Notes from the Unrepenitentiary

Loaded on Dec. 15, 1999 by Linda Evans published in Prison Legal News December, 1999, page 10

Filed under: Political Prisoners, Sentencing, Pardons/Clemency. Locations: Puerto Rico, United States of America.

They call themselves POWs because Puerto Rico has been fighting a war for independence since 1898, when the U.S. first invaded the island. Puerto Rico is one of the few colonies left in the world. The U.S. military and transnational corporations want to keep it that way. U.S. labor laws ...