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Article • June 15, 2011 • from PLN June, 2011
From the Editor by Paul Wright As this issue of PLN goes to press, the U.S. Supreme Court has just released its opinion in Brown v. Plata affirming the three-judge district court ruling ordering that the State of California must reduce its prison population in order to comply with a …
Article • May 15, 2011 • from PLN May, 2011
Select Legal Topics, by Andrew J. Schatkin, 
University Press of America, 625 pp (Sept. 2009), $69.95 by Matthew Clarke Select Legal Topics, by Andrew J. Schatkin, 
University Press of America, 625 pp (Sept. 2009), $69.95 Book Review by Matt Clarke The overwhelming characteristic of Select Legal Topics: Civil, Criminal, Federal, …
Article • May 15, 2011 • from PLN May, 2011
From the Editor by Paul Wright Welcome to the 21st anniversary issue of Prison Legal News. Since we started publishing 21 years ago, one thing has remained constant: prison and jail officials really don’t like PLN and try their best to censor us. The first three issues of PLN were …
Article • May 15, 2011 • from PLN May, 2011
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Reviews
Texas Tough: The Rise of America’s Prison Empire, by Robert Perkinson, Metropolitan Books/Holt, 484 pp (October 2010), $20.00 paperback by Lance Tapley Book Review by Lance Tapley Why did middle-class liberals, historically in the forefront of compassionate social reform, allow, with nary a peep, the construction of our prison colossus? …
Article • April 15, 2011 • from PLN April, 2011
From the Editor by Paul Wright The gouging of prisoner’s families and friends by prison and jail officials and the telephone industry is a well-known phenomenon but also one that is fairly recent. Telephones were not introduced into prisons and jails until the 1970s (the state of Texas was the …
Article • March 15, 2011 • from PLN March, 2011
From the Editor by Paul Wright On an ongoing basis PLN conducts sample mailings to the mailing lists of other organizations and publications as part of our efforts to reach new potential subscribers who may not be aware of us and to encourage them to subscribe. Occasionally this causes some …
Article • February 15, 2011 • from PLN February, 2011
From the Editor by by Paul Wright As we move into the New Year we are striving to increase our circulation. We mail sample copies of PLN as well as information packs on an almost daily basis. But that is expensive and not as efficient as we would like. No …
Article • February 15, 2011 • from PLN February, 2011
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Reviews
Floodlines: Community and Resistance from Katrina to the Jena Six, by Jordan Flaherty, Haymarket Books, 2010; $16.00, 292 pages by Lewis Wallace Review by Lewis Wallace Parts of the story are familiar. In late August 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast. Floodwaters broke the levees in New Orleans and …
Article • February 15, 2011 • from PLN February, 2011
The Habeas Citebook: lneffective Assistance of Counsel, by Brandon Sample, Prison Legal News Publishing, 2010, pp.212 $49.95 by Mumia Abu-Jamal Reviewed by Mumia Abu Jamal Law books aren’t easy to review. That’s because they are unlike other books, as they are really collections of what others—courts—have written, and are thus …
Article • January 15, 2011 • from PLN January, 2011
From the Editor by Paul Wright Welcome to our first issue of 2011. As we noted in last month’s issue, our second book, The Habeas Citebook: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, was printed and started shipping. We have already received a lot of very positive feedback from readers and reviewers alike. …
Article • December 15, 2010 • from PLN December, 2010
From the Editor by Paul Wright Welcome to the last issue of Prison Legal News for 2010. By now subscribers should have received our annual fundraiser letter requesting donations. Unlike other non-profit organizations, we do not bombard our subscribers with dozens of beg letters a year; we only send out …
Article • November 15, 2010 • from PLN November, 2010
From the Editor by Paul Wright As we near the end of the year we are doing PLN’s annual fundraiser and this one is especially crucial because it is our 20th anniversary. Most publications never publish 10 issues, much less 240. Twenty years is a milestone for any organization and …
Article • October 15, 2010 • from PLN October, 2010
From the Editor by Paul Wright This month’s cover story looks at the ongoing scandal at the nation’s crime labs. The problem is so pervasive – PLN has reported on it extensively over the years – that several books could easily be written on the topic. Yet just as wrongful …
Article • October 15, 2010 • from PLN October, 2010
Governing Through Crime: How the War on Crime Transformed American Democracy and Created a Culture of Fear, by Jonathan Simon (Oxford University Press 2007), 344 pages by Ian Head Review by Ian Head This past spring, a 12-year-old student in Queens, New York was arrested, handcuffed and taken to a …
Article • October 15, 2010 • from PLN October, 2010
Prisoners’ Self-Help Litigation Manual, 4th Edition, by John Boston and Daniel Manville, Oxford University Press, 960 Pages, $39.95 by Paul Wright Reviewed by Paul Wright The Prisoners’ Self-Help Litigation Manual (PSHLM) by Dan Manville first appeared in 1983. It was designed to give prisoners an overview of the legal system, …
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
From the Editor by Paul Wright After 20 years of publishing Prison Legal News I have been asked if it ever gets old or if I get tired of reporting the same news for decades. While there are common themes in prison and jail news over the years (medical neglect …
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, by Michelle Alexander (N.Y., The New Press, 2010). 290 pages. by Mumia Abu-Jamal Book Review by Mumia Abu-Jamal The New Jim Crow offers an unflinching look at the US addiction to imprisonment and comes up with a startling diagnosis: …
Innocence Project Report on Compensation and Reentry Services for Exonerated Prisoners by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The Innocence Project was founded in 1992 by Barry C. Scheck and Peter J. Neufeld at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at New York’s Yeshiva University. Since that time the Innocence …
Article • August 15, 2010 • from PLN August, 2010
From the Editor by Paul Wright This month’s cover story on Plata v. Schwarzenegger is an ample illustration of the political failures that have led to the current state of the criminal justice system around the country. Namely the lack of political will to ensure public safety and to respect …
Article • August 15, 2010 • from PLN August, 2010
“Back to School” is a Guide to Success Following Release from Prison by Gary Hunter Even the most diligent planning does not ensure success. However, it is a proven fact that education significantly enhances one’s chances to succeed. Back to School: A Guide to Continuing Your Education After Prison (the …
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