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Article • August 15, 2005 • from PLN August, 2005
From the Editor by Paul Wright We would like to apologize to readers for the delay in issues between the May and June, 2005 issues. A combination of factors have resulted in issues getting delayed. The first was a trial in Florida against the Florida Department of Corrections over the …
Article • July 15, 2005 • from PLN July, 2005
From the Editor by by Paul Wright This issue marks PLN's 180th consecutive issue and our 15th anniversary. When I first started PLN in 1990 I didn't think it would last this long. I am pleased to report that it has and should continue to do so for the foreseeable …
Article • June 15, 2005 • from PLN June, 2005
From the Editor by by Paul Wright I would like to thank everyone who has written, called or e mailed us with favorable comments about last month's 15th anniversary issue of PLN. It was quite the milestone and one which we are very proud of. We hope the next decade …
Article • May 15, 2005 • from PLN May, 2005
From the Editor by Paul Wright The many duties I have as editor of PLN include doing a lot of the research for the news and legal stories that appear in PLN as well as coordinating PLN’s litigation efforts around the country, doing advocacy on behalf of prisoners’ rights and …
Article • April 15, 2005 • from PLN April, 2005
From the Editor by by Paul Wright With last month's issue of PLN we reached an all time circulation high of 4,051 subscribers. This is the most subscribers PLN has ever had. Considering we started with 75 subscribers in 1990, that is a lot of growth. But considering there are …
Article • March 15, 2005 • from PLN March, 2005
From the Editor by by Paul Wright On February 1, 2005, the Ninth Circuit US court of appeals upheld the injunctions in Prison Legal News v. Lehman, 272 F. Supp.2d 1151 (WD WA 2003) which require that the Washington Department of Corrections deliver PLN's subscription renewal letters, book and subscription …
Article • February 15, 2005 • from PLN February, 2005
From the Editor by Paul Wright The index for the 2004 issues of PLN is now ready and available for shipping. PLN's indexes are a great stand alone research tool as well as the best tool to maximize the use of PLN as a research tool. Each index lists all …
Article • January 15, 2005 • from PLN January, 2005
From the Editor by Paul Wright Welcome to the first issue of 2005. The year is starting pretty much the way it ended in terms of political progress for prisoners' rights: not very good at all. The ongoing, simmering outrage of the abuse of Iraqi and Afghan prisoners by the …
Article • December 15, 2004 • from PLN December, 2004
From the Editor by Paul Wright From The Editor by Paul Wright As we close the year I would like to remind readers of our matching grant fundraiser where donations will be matched, dollar for dollar from non prisoners, and two dollars for every dollar donated from prisoners. The maximum …
Article • November 15, 2004 • from PLN November, 2004
Filed under: Editorials, Organizing
From the Editor by Paul Wright As this issue of PLN goes to press the 2004 presidential election is over. Regardless of who won, the need for PLN and the news and work we do will remain and undoubtedly increase given that both major party presidential candidates promise more repression …
Article • September 15, 2004 • from PLN September, 2004
From the Editor by Paul Wright On August 7, 2004, I attended the memorial for PLN writer James Quigley. The memorial was held on the beach in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Jim died on October 7, 2003, when he hung himself in the segregation unit of the Northwest State Correctional …
Article • August 15, 2004 • from PLN August, 2004
From the Editor by Paul Wright Welcome to another issue of PLN. With our June, 2004, issue we reached a milestone with our highest circulation yet of 4,006 subscribers on our mailing list. The past year has seen an ongoing effort by PLN to boost our circulation through inexpensive means …
Article • July 15, 2004 • from PLN July, 2004
From the Editor by Paul Wright The month of June saw the media and the Bush administration in a massive love fest over the death of Ronald Reagan. While it is generally considered bad form to speak poorly of the dead, like much of American domestic and foreign policy, there …
Article • June 15, 2004 • from PLN June, 2004
From the Editor by Paul Wright This month's cover story reports on the U.S. government's clandestine network of prisons around the world. The story was written before the news about the torture and murder of Iraqi prisoners appeared. The only thing that would have been unusual would have been the …
Article • May 15, 2004 • from PLN May, 2004
From the Editor by Paul Wright This issue marks the 14th anniversary of Prison Legal News. With this issue we will have published 169 issues. At this point, PLN is the longest, continuously publishing independent publication whose content is mostly written and produced by prisoners and ex-prisoners in American history. …
Article • April 15, 2004 • from PLN April, 2004
From the Editor by Paul Wright With our recent expansion to 48 pages we will be bringing readers more information than ever before and we also hope it will be more timely than it has been in the past. Readers that send us newspaper clippings and similar information help us …
Article • February 15, 2004 • from PLN February, 2004
From the Editor by Paul Wright In this issue of PLN we report the filing of PLN's lawsuit against the federal Bureau of Prisons for their blanket ban on PLN at the ADX facility in Florence, Colorado and our suit against the Florida Department of Corrections for their blanket ban …
Article • January 15, 2004 • from PLN January, 2004
Filed under: Editorials, Media, Censorship
From the Editor by Paul Wright This issue of PLN is dedicated to the memory of James Quigley, a long time contributing writer and prisoner rights activist who died in October, 2003. More details on his life and accomplishments are above. We start this year of publishing PLN with a …
Article • November 15, 2003 • from PLN November, 2003
From the Editor by Paul Wright SouthLand Prison News was a bi-monthly magazine published by Virginia prisoner Joseph Houck. In August, 2003, they published their last issue after almost five years of publishing. I am saddened at their passing as it illustrates the ongoing problems of the prison press in …
Article • October 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2003
From the Editor by Paul Wright Subscribers should soon receive PLN's fall fundraiser letter along with our reader survey. Periodically we send readers a survey asking readers what they think of PLN's coverage and content and what they would like to see in future issues. We welcome suggestions and comments …
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