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Article • May 15, 1994 • from PLN May, 1994
Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Crime
Petty Drug Criminals Fill BOP by Attorney General Janet Reno ordered a study to determine if the growing use of mandatory minimum sentences was causing overcrowding in the federal prison system. The study, produced by former Deputy Attorney General Philip Heyman, the BOP and selected U.S. Attorneys, found that 16,316 …
Article • May 15, 1994 • from PLN May, 1994
Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Crime
Ask the Media if Crime pays, Then Who's Footing the Bill? by Dan Pens Ask The Media if Crime Pays, Then Who's Footing the Bill? By Dan Pens A recent survey by the Center for Media and Public Affairs shows that the three major networks aired more than twice as …
Algerian Prison Break by On March 10, 1994, guerrilla fighters of the Islamic front attacked the Tazult prison in the rugged Aures mountains of Algeria. Four guards were wounded and seven kidnapped during the attack which lead to at least 400 prisoners escaping. During the attack one guard and five …
Article • May 15, 1994 • from PLN May, 1994
FL Reforms Sentencing Law by Florida has built 10,729 new prison beds in the past five years yet has been unable to keep up with its growing prison population. In May of 1993 the Florida legislature passed the Safe Streets Initiative which has the goal of reducing prison overcrowding to …
Article • April 15, 1994 • from PLN April, 1994
British Govt Rolls Back Civil Rights by As part of the political and economic crisis racking all the capitalist countries the British government has recently passed it's version of a crime bill. Home Secretary Michael Howard says the bill is the most comprehensive attack on "crime" in three decades. This …
Okay to Disclose Informant's Identity by David Sterling is a federal prisoner. He is also an informant. During the course of disciplinary proceedings against his cellmate, Lawrence Pekoske, Sterling provided information to Bureau of Prisons (BOP) officials under a promise of confidentiality. Pekoske filed a request to examine his prison …
Article • March 15, 1994 • from PLN March, 1994
A Tomb in Columbia by Raul Zibecchi By Raul Zibecchi [The following article appeared in the December 10, 1993, edition of the Uruguayan weekly Brecha . It was translated and edited by PLN Editor Paul Wright. Given the fact that tens of thousands of Americans languish in prison as casualties …
Article • February 15, 1994 • from PLN February, 1994
California DOC Starts Use of Electric Fence by On November 8, 1993, guards threw the switch on an electric fence surrounding the maximum security prison at Calipatria, CA. The $1.5 million fence stands 13 feet high, erected in a no man's land between two 12 foot fences topped with razor …
Article • February 15, 1994 • from PLN February, 1994
Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Crime
Class Differences in Crime Control by Ed Mead By Ed Mead The other day a prisoner at a women's prison wrote and asked me how we, as revolutionaries, would handle crime problems differently than the existing government is now doing. The biggest difference would be both a social and an …
Article • January 15, 1994 • from PLN January, 1994
Visitor Cannot Withdraw Consent to Search Once Search Has Begun by Visitor Cannot Withdraw Consent To Search Once Search Has Begun This prison case comes to us via a suppression of evidence hearing in a federal drug prosecution. Arthur Spriggs went to visit a prisoner at the Lorton Reformatory, a …
Article • January 15, 1994 • from PLN January, 1994
"Tough On Crime" Law Increases Michigan Crime Rates by Despite the increased use of prison as a criminal sanction, nearly every category of violent crime rose from 1981 to 1991. In the past decade, Michigan's legislature has passed many "tough on crime" laws and quadrupled the state's corrections budget, according …
Article • January 15, 1994 • from PLN January, 1994
Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Crime
Weed and Seed: The Fortress Culture by Christian Parenti America's inner cities are being militarized. And Operation Weed and Seed, initiated in 1991 by the Bush administration in order to subordinate social spending to the agenda of the Justice Department, lies at the heart of the assault. Michael Zinzun of …
A Bunch of Scumbags by Adrian Lomax By Adrian Lomax Awhile back a friend wrote in her letter to me that, as she was writing, her son walked into the room and asked what she was doing. Upon hearing her answer, the son said, "Those guys in prison are a …
Article • December 15, 1993 • from PLN December, 1993
Nearly Third of All Prison Deaths Due to AIDS by More than half the prison inmates nationwide who died from AIDS in 1991 were in New York and New Jersey, where widespread drug abuse has caused much of the disease's spread, a government study said. Two thirds of the prisoner …
Damages Awarded to Paraplegic Prisoner by Robert Hicks was a pretrial detainee in the Jefferson County jail in Kentucky. He attempted to escape by climbing out of a window, his rope broke and he was severely injured in the resulting fall. After a stay in the local hospital he was …
Cop's Perjury Conviction Upheld by Normally PLN does not report on criminal cases but we thought this one might interest our readers. R.B. Springer was a Houston policeman. A Texas grand jury questioned him about numerous complaints of brutality and choking of prisoners and suspects. Springer denied any knowledge or …
Article • November 15, 1993 • from PLN November, 1993
Republicans Introduce Crime Bill by Paul Wright By Paul Wright In last month's issue of PLN , I reported on President Clinton's crime bill, which he unveiled at an August 11, 1993, press conference. It turns out that a week before this, with considerably less fanfare, Senate Minority Leader Robert …
Article • November 15, 1993 • from PLN November, 1993
700 Moroccan Prisoners Escape by Close to 700 Prisoners of the Utita prison, about 60 miles east of the Moroccan capital of Rabat, escaped on May 22, 1993. The escape took place after the prisoners rioted and burned down virtually the entire prison. The 1,600 prisoners rioted when one of …
Article • November 15, 1993 • from PLN November, 1993
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Crime
The Politics of Imprisonment by Ed Mead By Ed Mead Peoples' fear of being victimized by crime has steadily risen over the past couple of decades. This has been particularly true for women, the elderly, and minority communities. While there has always been a substantial amount of crime in the …
Article • October 15, 1993 • from PLN October, 1993
Clinton Unveils "Anti-Crime" Package by Paul Wright By Paul Wright On August 11, 1993, president Clinton revealed his proposed new "anti crime" legislation. A few months ago I wrote an article in PLN concerning Clinton's campaign promises as they affected prisoners. It appears that things are worse than expected. With …
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