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Article • August 15, 1992 • from PLN August, 1992
Criticism of Peru Articles by Iam a Native American transsexual incarcerated in Pelican Bay SMU. I am a jailhouse lawyer and paralegal student, and learned of PLN through fellow jailhouse lawyers here. Thank you for your free subscription as a control unit prisoner. I myself pass the newsletter around to …
DOC Must Provide Involuntarily Committed With Treatment by Robert Cameron was convicted of rape in Massachusetts and because of prior sex offenses was found to be a "sexually dangerous" person and involuntarily committed to a treatment center operated by the Massachusetts DOC and Dept. of Mental Health. Cameron filed suit …
Article • August 15, 1992 • from PLN August, 1992
Blacks Likely to Spend More Time In Jail by Blacks Likely To Spend More Time In Jail Without sentencing guidelines, employed blacks are almost six times as likely as their white counterparts to face jail for drug crimes, a new Florida State University (FSU) study says. The study by FSU …
Article • July 15, 1992 • from PLN July, 1992
42% of DC Young Black Men Said to Be in Justice System by More then 40 percent of the black men age 18 to 35 in the District of Columbia were "firmly in the grip of the criminal justice system" on an average day last year, according to a study …
Article • June 15, 1992 • from PLN June, 1992
Amnesty International Condemns Abuse of Women Cons by From: World Perspectives Amnesty International (AI) has launched an appeal to governments around the world to stop the rape and sexual abuse of women during detention. In a recently published report AI said women all over the world are subjected to sexual …
Article • June 15, 1992 • from PLN June, 1992
Filed under: Gay/Lesbian, Media
Gay/Lesbian Prisoner Anthology Seeks Submissions by Cold Iron , an anthology of writing and art by and about lesbian, gay and queer prisoners, is seeking submissions. Any work that reflects the experiences and concerns of lesbian, gay and queer prisoners, their lovers, families or friends will be considered. "I am …
Article • June 15, 1992 • from PLN June, 1992
Hand Me Downs by Dan Pens By Dan Pens I was only five. My mind didn't belong entirely to me yet. So much of it belonged to the world, especially to whomever I was with, and double-especially to adults, and triple especially to Grandpa 'cause he knew everything. He was …
Article • May 15, 1992 • from PLN May, 1992
Jailhouse Lawyers Win One by On January 14th the U.S. Supreme Court issued a modest victory for jailhouse lawyers and other poor litigants, ruling that a technical problem with filing a legal appeal does not necessarily void a court from considering the case. The court, in a unanimous ruling, said …
Article • May 15, 1992 • from PLN May, 1992
Race Discrimination in Prison Job Assignments Condemned by Race Discrimination In Prison Job Assignments Condemned A black prisoner's allegation that white prisoners were given work assignments without completing any training while he was required to take 90-days of training for an electrician assignment, despite the fact that he was an …
Pregnant Con Miscarries After Taser Attack by Afemale parole violator was told to submit to a strip search, but refused, noting five male officers were present right outside the cell. She stated that she would allow the strip search if she were taken to another cell, outside the view of …
Article • May 15, 1992 • from PLN May, 1992
Community Help Foundation Unlimited by Beryl Sanders Community Help foundation Unlimited By Beryl P. Sanders Director This article is in response to the March 1992 Prisoners' Legal News article, "The continuing Racism Against Black Pre-SRA Offenders," By Leland Jordan. As prisoners advocates and leaders of the African-American community, we have …
Article • April 15, 1992 • from PLN April, 1992
Law Would Let Prison Mothers Keep Kids by A bill has passed the Illinois State House and Senate which will allow female inmates to keep their children with them until the children reach the age of six. The bill is designed to help preserve a positive relationship between mother and …
Article • April 15, 1992 • from PLN April, 1992
Cross Gender Pat Search Policy Upheld by A Washington prison's policy of subjecting fully clothed female inmates to random "pat searches" by male as well as female guards does not violate the first, fourth, or eighth amendments, a majority of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held. The Jan. 10th …
Brief • March 22, 1992
Filed under: Racial Discrimination
Uribe v. Riveland, WA, Complaint, Discrimination, 1992 ...... ~ J. 9.970 t: ~ ~'.'~' ," " J j *"'" " '2-lr ;--: ,'!!• . ' : : IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF 1 THUR~~QNA I LARRY URIBE, 4 vs. 5 6 7 …
Article • March 15, 1992 • from PLN March, 1992
The Continuing Racism Against Black Pre-SRA Offenders by Leland Jordan By Leland Jordan As most readers know, effective in July of 1984, the State of Washington moved from an indeterminate sentencing scheme to a determinate one. It did so in part on the basis of the conclusions reached by numerous …
Article • March 15, 1992 • from PLN March, 1992
People's War in Peru by Paul Wright By Paul Wright In 1980 the Communist Party of Peru (PCP, also known in the media as Sendero Luminoso or Shining Path) launched a popular war of liberation in Peru. The PCP is Maoist in orientation and receives no outside support from any …
Article • February 15, 1992 • from PLN February, 1992
Reply from Germany by Families of Political Prisoners Reply From Germany We are referring to the readers letter from Germany in your issue from November 1991.The writer, D.D., is giving the misleading impression that all RAF prisoners were betraying each other for personal gain. This is applying only to those …
Article • February 15, 1992 • from PLN February, 1992
Occupation Justice: The Israeli Treatment of Palestinians by In February 1985 the Ramallah Military Court inflicted five years' imprisonment upon a 13-year old boy from Dheishe Refugee Camp, in the course of an "instant trial" lasting not more than one afternoon. Following that trial, Jerusalem peace activists Gideon Spiro wrote …
Article • February 15, 1992 • from PLN February, 1992
Plea for Help by Plea For Help Demba Diop is a Mauritanian expatriate confined at the Rheinbach prison in Germany on fabricated charges. Demba is the only black prisoner of the 500 prisoners at Rheinbach. Demba has been an active participant of the FLAM (Forces de Liberation Africaine de Mauritanie) …
Article • January 15, 1992 • from PLN January, 1992
Prison Homophobia Challenged by A prisoner in a state prison filed a federal civil rights lawsuit complaining that he was removed from his job as a prison bakery worker because he is a homosexual. The federal trial court, in determining whether the prisoner should be allowed to proceed with his …
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