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Article • September 15, 2012 • from PLN September, 2012
From the Editor by Paul Wright This month’s cover story continues our series of interviews with some of the more prominent survivors of the American criminal justice system (for our first interview with former prisoner and famous movie actor Danny Trejo, see the August 2011 issue of PLN). Prior to …
Bureau of Prisons Houses More “Terrorists” than Guantanamo by Derek Gilna According to the New York Times, the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) confines more than twice as many prisoners for “terrorism-related” offenses than the controversial and oft-maligned U.S. military detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. “As of October 1, …
Article • September 15, 2012 • from PLN September, 2012
The Mentally Disordered Inmate and the Law, 2nd edition by Julie Etter The Mentally Disordered Inmate and the Law, 2nd edition, by Fred Co-hen (Civil Research Institute, 2008). 1,114 pages, $237.50; and Practical Guide to Correctional Mental Health and the Law, by Fred Cohen (Civil Research Institute, 2011). 788 pages, …
Article • September 15, 2012 • from PLN September, 2012
Proving Damages to the Jury, 1st Ed., by Jim Wren by John Dannenberg James Publishing, 2011). 800 pages (with CD), $70.00 Book review by John E. Dannenberg Proving Damages to the Jury is a detailed “how-to” manual that takes the reader through the psychology, reasoning, preparation and execution of a …
Article • September 15, 2012 • from PLN September, 2012
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Criminal Procedure – Constitutional Limitations in a Nutshell, 7th Ed., by Jerold H. Israel and Wayne R. LaFave by John Dannenberg Criminal Procedure – Constitutional Limitations in a Nutshell, 7th Ed., by Jerold H. Israel and Wayne R. LaFave (West Group, 2006). 539 pages, $38.00 Book review by John E. …
Article • September 15, 2012 • from PLN September, 2012
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Book Review: A Dictionary of Criminal Law Terms, by Bryan Garner by John Dannenberg (Thomson West, 2000). 751 pages, $29.00 by John E. Dannenberg PLN readers will recognize this compact 751-page pocketbook as a “junior” version of the venerable 1,920-page Black’s Law Dictionary, which is also the work of seasoned …
Article • August 15, 2012 • from PLN August, 2012
From the Editor by Paul Wright When Prison Legal News published its first issue in May 1990, it was less than one month after Washington state became the first in the nation to enact a civil commitment law for sex offenders. PLN has reported on this issue ever since as …
Article • August 15, 2012 • from PLN August, 2012
Texas: Helping HIV+ Prisoners Receive Post-Release Meds by by Matt Clarke When Diana Harris was released from a Texas prison more than a decade ago, she received no information on how to continue her regimen of HIV medication. The prison issued her a 10-day supply of meds and when that …
Article • July 15, 2012 • from PLN July, 2012
From the Editor by Paul Wright The Prison Phone Justice Campaign is gaining momentum nationally. As announced in last month’s issue, a number of organizations, including the Human Rights Defense Center (the parent organization of Prison Legal News) have launched a campaign to end the practice of price gouging prisoners …
Article • June 15, 2012 • from PLN June, 2012
The Last Gasp: The Rise and Fall of the American Gas Chamber, by Scott Christianson (University of California Press, 2011). by Julie Etter The Last Gasp: The Rise and Fall of the American Gas Chamber, by Scott Christianson (University of California Press, 2011). 344 pages, $18.95 paperback Book review by …
Article • June 15, 2012 • from PLN June, 2012
From the Editor by Paul Wright For the past 22 years, PLN has been at the forefront of reporting on the gouging of prisoners’ families by prisons, jails and the telecommunications industry as prisoncrats and corporations profit by charging families exorbitant phone rates for the ability to communicate with their …
Article • May 15, 2012 • from PLN May, 2012
From the Editor by Paul Wright This month celebrates PLN’s 22nd year of publication. One constant in our news coverage for the duration of our existence has been the exploitation of prison slave labor. Some things change, others do not. Until fairly recently most farm work in the U.S. was …
Reports on Privatizing Ohio Prisons Indicate Savings are Illusory by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Was Ohio’s attempt to sell off and privatize five of its state prisons in 2011 a race to the bottom? That’s the question raised and analyzed in a report titled Cells for Sale: Understanding …
Article • April 15, 2012 • from PLN April, 2012
The Trials of Eroy Brown: The Murder Case that Shook the Texas Prison System, by Michael Berryhill (University of Texas Press, 2011). 244 pages, $29.95 by Mel Motel Book review by Mel Motel The Trials of Eroy Brown: The Murder Case that Shook the Texas Prison System opens with a …
Article • March 15, 2012 • from PLN March, 2012
From the Editor by Paul Wright The rights of prisoners and victims are generally depicted as being antagonistic and contradictory, in that one comes at the expense of the other. The reason for this, of course, is that for the past 30 years “victim rights” has been a façade used …
Article • February 15, 2012 • from PLN February, 2012
From the Editor by Paul Wright I would like to thank everyone who donated to our end-of-year fundraiser. It was very successful, and I am pleased to announce that we have added a second staff attorney to join Lance Weber, our chief counsel, as part of our legal team. Alissa …
Business is Booming for Prison Profiteers by James Kilgore Private corrections company The GEO Group celebrated the holiday season by opening a new 1,500-bed prison in Milledgeville, Georgia on December 12, 2011. The $80 million facility is expected to generate approximately $28 million in annual revenues. Though GEO (formerly Wackenhut …
Article • January 15, 2012 • from PLN January, 2012
From the Editor by Paul Wright Welcome to the first issue of Prison Legal News for 2012. If you have not yet donated to our annual fundraiser, it is not too late to do so. We rely on donations from our readers to fund the work we do on behalf …
The Societal Impact of the Prison Industrial Complex, or Incarceration for Fun and Profit—Mostly Profit by Alex Friedmann At the beginning of the 1980s there were no privately-operated adult correctional facilities in the United States. As of 2009, more than 129,300 state and federal prisoners were housed in for-profit lock-ups. …
Article • January 15, 2012 • from PLN January, 2012
Review: Directory of Inmate Shopping Services E-Commerce by Michael Brodheim by Mike Brodheim DiSSE, short for Directory of Inmate Shopping Services E-Commerce, promotes itself as “America’s largest inmate shopping guide.” Edited by George Kayer, currently on death row in Arizona, DiSSE is a compilation of companies, organizations and individuals who …
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