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Article • May 15, 1997 • from PLN May, 1997
Matter of Fact by [Editor's Note: all of this month's facts were gleaned from one source: "Intended and Unintended Consequences: State Racial Disparities in Imprisonment," a January, 1997, report of The Sentencing Project. Copies of this 25-page report are available for $8 from: The Sentencing Project; 918 F St., NW, …
Article • May 15, 1997 • from PLN May, 1997
Democracy, Racism and Disenfranchisement by One in seven black men are currently or permanently prevented from voting because they are imprisoned or are ex-felons, according to a report released in January, 1997, by the Sentencing Project in Washington DC. There are an estimated 10.4 million voting age black men in …
Article • May 15, 1997 • from PLN May, 1997
Notes from the Unrepenitentiary: " Schooling the generations in the politics of prison" by Laura Whitehorn Twentieth century prison conditions are like the conditions of slavery. Plantation owners prevented rebellion by denying the humanity of the Africans they enslaved; prisoners are dehumanized in San Quentin, Parchman Farm, and prisons all …
Article • May 15, 1997 • from PLN May, 1997
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Reviews
Reviews by Prison Connections is a 12 page quarterly "newsletter of prison activism in New England." Each issue reports news and information relating to prison issues in the New England states. Recent issues have discussed jail conditions, education cutbacks, rallies protesting DOC policies in MA, the lack of DOC accountability, …
Article • April 15, 1997 • from PLN April, 1997
A Native American Resource by The Traditional Native American Tobacco Seed Bank and Education Program (TNAT) at the University of New Mexico has three objectives: 1.) Collecting, preserving, growing and distributing the seeds of the many traditional Native American types of tobacco; 2.) Educating Native Americans about the dangers of …
Article • April 15, 1997 • from PLN April, 1997
Filed under: Reviews, Resources, Court Access
FJC Prisoner Litigation Guide by The Federal Judicial Center, a branch of the federal judiciary, has published a 172 page book, "Resource Guide for Managing Prisoner Civil Rights Litigation." The book is written for judges and court personnel who receive, process and rule on prison suits. The book pays special …
Article • February 15, 1997 • from PLN February, 1997
Filed under: Reviews, Sentencing, Probation
Corrections in the Community (book) by by Edward Latessa and Harry Allen is a 473 page college textbook giving an overview of criminal sanctions other than prison, such as probation, home detention, community services, etc. The authors' underlying theme is that prisons generally do more harm than good and efforts …
Article • February 15, 1997 • from PLN February, 1997
Prison Health Report Issued by The National Institute of Justice, a branch of the Department of Justice, has published a 125 page booklet titled "Managing Prison Health Care and Costs." The book provides an overview of rising prison health care costs with national examples of various cost containment strategies. The …
Article • February 15, 1997 • from PLN February, 1997
Filed under: Reviews, Court Access
Book Review: Constitutional Rights of Prisoners by Fifth edition, is an 804 page book by law professor John Palmer. The book examines the history, evolution and current state of prisoner rights, with extensive case citations. Organized into thirteen chapters Palmer examines the use of force; right to visitation, association, mail …
Article • February 15, 1997 • from PLN January, 1997
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Reviews
Publications of Interest by Punch and Jurists is a six page weekly newsletter which reports federal criminal rulings of significance. Aimed at defense attorneys and criminal practitioners, Punch and Jurists puts the latest court rulings into the overall context of ever diminishing rights for defendants. Well written and comprehensive, this …
Article • February 15, 1997 • from PLN January, 1997
Filed under: Reviews, Court Access
Prisoner Litigation in the US Courts by This is a 311 page book by federal District of Columbia district court judge Charles Richey. The book is aimed primarily at federal court judges who must deal with pro se prisoner litigation. It also gives an excellent explanation of procedural and constitutional …
Article • February 15, 1997 • from PLN February, 1997
World Criminal Justice Systems: A Survey by by Richard Terrill is a 472 page book examining the criminal justice systems of France, England, Sweden, Russia and Japan. In that respect the title is misleading as all five countries are industrialized bourgeois democracies that have more in common with each other …
Article • February 15, 1997 • from PLN February, 1997
Women's Prison Book Project by The Women's Prison Book Project (WPBP) is a group of volunteers organizing to provide women in prison with free reading materials covering a wide range of topics from legal and education materials to politics, history, and women's health. There are other prison book projects, but …
Article • December 15, 1996 • from PLN December, 1996
Black Prison Movements by Review by Daniel Burton-Rose This impressive offering from the Network of Black Organizers (NOBO) provides coverage of many of the issues confronting Black and New Afrikan prisoners and their outside communities. A large portion of the writings are by political prisoners and POWs past and present, …
Article • November 15, 1996 • from PLN November, 1996
Criminal Injustice: Confronting the Prison Crisis by Daniel Burton-Rose Review by Daniel Burton Rose This collection is an excellent primer on many of the issues and struggles currently being waged by prisoners and their supporters. Previously distributed in prison activist circles as With the Power of Justice in our Eyes, …
Less than Lethal Force Liability by The April, 1995, issue of the Creighton Law Review contains and extremely informative article titled Less Than Lethal Force Weaponry: Law Enforcement and Correctional Agency Civil Law Liability for the Use of Excessive Force, by Neal Miller. While much of the article's focus is …
Article • October 15, 1996 • from PLN October, 1996
Smoke and Mirrors by Review by George Everett Smoke & Mirrors has less to do with drugs than it does with the true casualties of the long-fought War on Drugs -- the many civil liberties that all of us have lost, especially in the last decade, as federal policy has …
Article • August 15, 1996 • from PLN August, 1996
Discovery and Proof in Police Misconduct by Allan Parmelee Book Review Review by Allan Parmelee Litigating any issue against a police or prison official is tough based on the many loopholes built into the system for their benefit. Discovery & Proof in Police Misconduct Cases (D&PPMC) by Stephen Ryals, shows …
Article • August 15, 1996 • from PLN August, 1996
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Reviews
Publications Review by Paul Wright Periodically we like to inform our readers of other publications out there that are informative and helpful to those interested in prison issues. On the last page of each issue we plug those publications that are of interest to a national audience and focus on …
Article • July 15, 1996 • from PLN July, 1996
Filed under: Reviews, Visiting
Visiting in Prison (Video) by Double Justice: a Documentary Film About Race and the Death Penalty This is a 19 minute video tape produced by the ACLU's Capital Punishment Project. The film places the legal imposition of the death penalty in the US in the historical context of American slavery …
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