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Article • February 15, 2002 • from PLN February, 2002
From the Editor by Paul Wright This month's cover reports on the Bureau of Prison's (BOP) crackdown on leftist dissident prisoners in the wake of the September 11, 2001, attacks. A number of PLN subscribers, including our own columnist, Marilyn Buck, have been affected by this. We will continue to …
Article • January 15, 2002 • from PLN January, 2002
Filed under: Editorials, Mail, Legal Mail
From the Editor by Paul Wright Welcome to the New Year. This will mark PLN's thirteenth year of publishing, and we hope to make significant strides in terms of increasing both PLN 's circulation and its size. We need an additional $500 per month to add four pages to PLN …
Article • December 15, 2001 • from PLN December, 2001
From the Editor by Paul Wright Some readers have recently contacted PLN after letters they sent to our Seattle address were returned to them by the post office marked "undeliverable as addressed." PLN 's address has not changed. Inquiries with the post office have not been very helpful. Postal officials …
Article • November 15, 2001 • from PLN November, 2001
From the Editor by Paul Wright The recent attacks of the World Trade Center towers (WTC) in New York City and the Pentagon have filled the news. Largely ignored by the corporate media has been the federal government's treatment of people convicted in previous Muslim terrorist attacks, such as the …
Article • October 15, 2001 • from PLN October, 2001
From the Editor by Paul Wright PLN frequently reports on litigation and news arising from jails. This month's cover story, America's Jails: The Dungeons of the New Millenium , takes a broad look at the problems afflicting American jails: brutality, overcrowding, medical neglect, corruption, sexual assaults, etc. In many respects …
Article • September 15, 2001 • from PLN September, 2001
Filed under: Editorials, Organizing
From the Editor by Paul Wright September, 2001, marks the 30th anniversary of the modern prisoner rights movement in the United States. In September, 1971, prisoners in Attica, New York, rose up to protest horrendous conditions. The uprising occurred after peaceful means of protest had failed and prisoners refused to …
Article • August 15, 2001 • from PLN August, 2001
From the Editor by by Paul Wright We have recently added several new books to the list of titles PLN is distributing. In coming months we will add more titles to our book list. As PLN 's office situation stabilizes our staff has more time to do things like track …
Article • August 15, 2001 • from PLN August, 2001
Executive Director Note by This is the seventh issue of PLN printed since I became Executive Director. It has been a real challenge getting PLN back on track. To ensure another Fred fiasco does not happen again we have instituted several procedures and safeguards. These measures include: compartmentizing operations, two …
Article • July 15, 2001 • from PLN July, 2001
From the Editor by Paul Wright With this issue of PLN we are back on our normal publishing schedule. Readers should be receiving their copy of PLN around the first of the issue month. A reminder to our prisoner readers, if prison officials censor your PLN subscription please let us …
Article • June 15, 2001 • from PLN June, 2001
From the Editor by Paul Wright Welcome to another issue of PLN. Right now we are still focused on getting our publishing schedule back on track so that readers receive their issue around the beginning of the issue's calender date. We expect to be back on schedule by July. As …
Article • May 15, 2001 • from PLN May, 2001
From the Editor by Paul Wright Welcome to PLN's 132nd consecutive issue. May 2001, marks PLN's eleventh anniversary. In that time period PLN has grown from a 10 page, hand typed, photocopied newsletter to its current magazine format and size. As reported in last month's editorial, things at PLN have …
Article • April 15, 2001 • from PLN April, 2001
From the Editor by Paul Wright From The Editor by Paul Wright Recently PLN has not been publishing on its usual schedule. There have been a number of unforeseen developments lately that have caused this. In October 2000, the behavior of Fred Markham, PLN's office manager at the time, became …
Article • February 15, 2001 • from PLN February, 2001
From the Editor by Paul Wright From The Editor Paul Wright For the past five years, the January issue of PLN has contained our annual index. We decided to discontinue the practice last year because as PLN grew so did the index. It has gotten to the point that an …
Article • January 15, 2001 • from PLN January, 2001
From the Editor by Paul Wright Paul Wright January 15, 2001, marks the end of PLN's matching grant fundraiser. PLN still hasn't reached the full $15,000 grant maximum. If you haven't donated yet to the matching grant fundraiser please do so now. We will report the fundraiser's results in the …
Article • November 15, 2000 • from PLN November, 2000
From the Editor by Paul Wright By Paul Wright PLN recently gained the ability to process credit card orders for books, subscriptions, and donations. PLN's office phone number is on page two of every issue for those who wish to subscribe, renew their subscriptions, purchase books or just make a …
Article • October 15, 2000 • from PLN October, 2000
Filed under: Editorials, Organizing, Voting
From the Editor by Paul Wright Paul Wright Recent issues of PLN have reported on criminal justice news in Texas and the response from Republican presidential candidate, George Bush Jr., to these events. PLN has reported on Bush's supervision of the Texas plantation-like prison system and death machine to duly …
Article • August 15, 2000 • from PLN August, 2000
Filed under: Editorials, Media, Censorship
From the Editor by Paul Wright Remember that effective August 1, 2000, PLN's prisoner subscription rate will be $18 for 12 issues, and $9 for six issues. Prisoner subscriptions will be prorated at $1.50 per issue. Rates for non prisoners will remain the same, as those were raised two years …
Article • July 15, 2000 • from PLN July, 2000
From the Editor by Paul Wright On May 16, 2000, the Prison Activist Resource Center in Berkeley sponsored a fundraiser party for PLN in San Francisco. The hip hop/dance party featured DJ Neta, Bamudhi, Local 1200 DJs, Vine Folks and Emma Said. PLN co-founder Ed Mead spoke at the party …
Article • June 15, 2000 • from PLN June, 2000
From the Editor by Paul Wright By Paul Wright As the article in this issue mentions, PLN contributing writer Mark Cook was recently released from prison after 24 years. We wish Mark the best. Former contributing writer O'Neil Stough was recently released from prison and, unfortunately, did not do very …
Article • May 15, 2000 • from PLN May, 2000
From the Editor by Paul Wright By now the observant reader will have noticed that this issue of Prison Legal News is 48 pages in length rather than 40. PLN recently switched printers which offered a variety of services, including higher quality newsprint and also allows us to expand in …
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