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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 …
Article • September 15, 2003 • from PLN September, 2003
From the Editor by Paul Wright When PLN first started publishing in 1990 there were several dozen prisoner rights publications being published around the country and in Canada. California alone had a half dozen. Today most of them have folded. Historically, the United States has had a penal press since …
Article • August 15, 2003 • from PLN August, 2003
From the Editor by Paul Wright This month we continue our coverage of the hepatitis C (HCV) epidemic sweeping through American prisons with little or no treatment for the afflicted. The public health consequences of this and many other diseases that have historically festered in American prisons and jails before …
Article • July 15, 2003 • from PLN July, 2003
From the Editor by Paul Wright As PLN goes into its fourteenth publishing year, we have expanded our size to 40 pages to bring readers more information about prison and jail issues than ever before. Despite a prison and jail population at an all time high of more than two …
Article • June 15, 2003 • from PLN June, 2003
From the Editor by Paul Wright Observant readers will have noticed that PLN's masthead has changed its message from "Working to Extend Democracy to All" to "Dedicated to Protecting Human Rights." As PLN enters its fourteenth year of publishing and advocacy on behalf of prisoners, we think this change more …
Article • May 15, 2003 • from PLN May, 2003
From the Editor by Paul Wright Welcome to the thirteenth anni-versary issue of PLN. This marks the 157th issue of PLN that we have published since our first issue appeared in May, 1990. In that time period a lot has happened, both with PLN and the prison system we cover. …
Article • April 15, 2003 • from PLN April, 2003
From the Editor by Paul Wright From The Editor by Paul Wright Beginning with this issue of PLN there will be some changes in the law articles. Due to the limited space we have for news and law articles and the ongoing growth in prison and jail related cases being …
Article • March 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2004
From the Editor by Paul Wright From The Editor by Paul Wright The month of September will be the last month that Hans Sherrer, PLN's circulation manager will be with us. After several years working for PLN Hans is moving on to other activities. As PLN's circulation manager, Hans oversaw …
Article • March 15, 2003 • from PLN March, 2003
From the Editor by Paul Wright I am pleased to announce that The Celling of America: An Inside Look at the U.S. Prison Industry, PLN's first book which was published in 1998, is now available in Spanish. El Encarcelamiento de America was published last summer in Spain by Editorial Virus, …
Article • February 15, 2003 • from PLN February, 2003
From the Editor by Paul Wright PLN's new book, Prison Nation: The Warehousing of America's Poor is now available for distribution from PLN as well as other bookstores and outlets. Edited by myself and Seattle attorney Tara Herivel, Prison Nation is the first book to systematically examine the connection between …
Article • January 15, 2003 • from PLN January, 2003
From the Editor by Paul Wright Welcome to the first issue of PLN for 2003. If you have not yet been donated to PLN's annual fund-raiser it is not too late to do so. All donations, large or small, help. Your donations go directly to supporting the work that PLN …
Article • December 15, 2002 • from PLN December, 2002
From the Editor by Paul Wright This is the last issue of PLN for the year. We would like to thank all of our readers for your continued support which makes PLN possible. PLN's office staff notes that many readers send letters to our office that do not have the …
Article • November 15, 2002 • from PLN November, 2002
From the Editor by Paul Wright Subscribers should soon receive PLN's annual fund-raiser mailing. If you can afford to make a donation to help sustain and expand PLN's work, please do so. PLN relies almost exclusively on reader support to continue publishing. Subscriptions account for only a portion of the …
Article • October 15, 2002 • from PLN October, 2002
Filed under: Editorials, Organizing, Voting
From the Editor by Paul Wright The connection between felon disenfranchisement and mass imprisonment is rarely explored. In this month's cover story we discuss the correlation between the two. In many ways, the more things change the more they remain the same. Today's convicts effectively pad voter numbers when legislative …
Article • September 15, 2002 • from PLN September, 2002
From the Editor by Paul Wright Over the years, PLN has conducted a number of sample mailings to potential subscribers. This has always been a good way to expand our circulation, but such mailings are expensive to do. We have long recognized that our best outreach resource is our readership. …
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