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Article • February 15, 1991 • from PLN February, 1991
Mothers in Prison by Mothers In Prison [The following article about Mothers in Prison was excepted from the "Pacific" section of the December 2, 1990, issue of the Seattle Times/P-1, and then edited further to meet the informational needs of Prisoners' Legal News readers.] Lori and Raynette are both inmates …
Article • February 15, 1991 • from PLN February, 1991
New York Report Matches National Study Results by A study released in October of 1990 found that nearly one out of every four young black men in New York state is under the control of the criminal justice system on any given day. The results of the joint study by …
Article • February 15, 1991 • from PLN February, 1991
Response To "Tread Carefully" by Paul Wright Response To "Tread Carefully" By Paul Wright In Issue #1, Vol. 2, of PLN we had an article by Mark LaRue titled "Tread Carefully With Sex Offenders." In it Mark discusses, among other things, SSB-6259. This bill in the state senate, which passed …
Article • February 15, 1991 • from PLN February, 1991
Women Prisoner's Hunger Strike in Texas by Ana Lucia Gelabert Women Prisoner's Hunger Strike In Texas By Ana Lucia Gelabert Gatesville, Texas, November 28, 1990. At 12 midnight tonight at least eight women prisoners at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Mountain View unit will begin an indefinite hunger strike …
Article • February 15, 1991 • from PLN February, 1991
Clallam Bay Prisoner Brutalized by Paul Wright By Paul Wright On December 17, 1990, at about 6:35 in the evening several prisoners got into a fight in the F-Unit (Close Custody) rotunda area. Eventually guards carted the participants of that fight off to the "hole." At about 7:10 that evening …
Article • January 15, 1991 • from PLN January, 1991
The Price of Resistance - Is It Worth It? by John Perotti By John Perotti A comrade and brother, Ed Mead, recently wrote his opinion and analysis of the definition of POW and the continuing controversy of "Freedom Now." In it he raised the issue of how political prisoners traditionally …
Article • January 15, 1991 • from PLN January, 1991
Who's in Prison in America by Who's In Prison In America? The overwhelming answer: young black males. Why? Racial and economic biases which are integral to the U.S. prison system. At this time, one of four black men, aged 20-29 (23%) are subject to the criminal justice system. The figure …
Article • January 15, 1991 • from PLN January, 1991
Foreign Letter by I see the continuing of PLN; the paper is fairly legible. It seems, the malignity of the rulers in Walla Walla and Monroe with their quest to delay, restrict or even destroy the PLN are banned. In any case there are some news lately which are of …
Article • January 15, 1991 • from PLN January, 1991
A Lesson To Be Learned From The Soviets by In Soviet prisons for women, inmate mothers give birth in the maternity ward and see their children daily in the child care center until they are two years old. Soviet officials are considering raising this age to three years old. Since …
Article • January 15, 1991 • from PLN January, 1991
Tread Carefully With Sex Offenders by Mark LaRue Tread Carefully with Sex Offenders By Mark LaRue I have followed Ed Meads' series on the sex offenders and I'd like to respond by offering critical support for what he has said. By that, I mean to say, I see no reason …
Article • December 15, 1990 • from PLN December, 1990
Chileans Still in Prison by Chileans Still In Prison Last December many thought that the elections that brought the formal end to the military dictatorship of General Agusto Pinochet (installed in a 1973 CIA assisted coup against the elected government of Salvador Allende) would curtail the massive human rights abuses …
Article • November 15, 1990 • from PLN November, 1990
Klan Papers Get into Texas Prisons but PLN is Banned by Michael Lowe, exalted Cyclops of the Waco Ku Klux Klan, is trying to reach some 13,500 white prisoners inside the Texas prison system. And Texas prison officials are allowing the KKK publications into their prisons. Well get prisoners out …
Article • October 15, 1990 • from PLN October, 1990
Free Tim Anderson by Tim Anderson is an Australian political activist. In 1978 he and two others were convicted of planting a bomb that killed a cop and two bystanders. They were convicted and spent 7 years in prison. After extensive inquiries the government decided that Tim and the others …
Article • October 15, 1990 • from PLN October, 1990
Prisoners on Purpose by Prisoners On Purpose "A Peacemakers Guide to Jails and Prisons" is put out by Nukewatch. It deals with the experience of nuclear resisters (these are people who engage in civil disobedience/civil resistance to nuclear weapons and power, by blockades, hammering missiles, etc.) who have been imprisoned …
Article • October 15, 1990 • from PLN October, 1990
Women in Prison by Women In Prison This is the topic covered in two parts by the publication "New Directions for Women" in the March/April and May/June, 1990 issues. The number of women in prison is about 7% and rapidly growing due to mandatory sentences, harsher laws, etc. All too …
Article • September 15, 1990 • from PLN September, 1990
Why Racism? by Jon George By Jon George This is addressed to you in prison, whether you are a white supremacist or a black supremacist, or have any other racist sympathies. What is racism? Racism is a belief that your own race is superior and that all other races are …
Article • September 15, 1990 • from PLN September, 1990
Response to the Article "Why Racism" by Gregory Carey By Gregory "Mandela" Carey Let me answer your article in this manner to enlighten you. First, understand that America is a very racist country. Despite all the laws against discrimination, a person's race is of prime importance to himself and to …
Article • August 15, 1990 • from PLN August, 1990
Where Now for the Sex Offender? by Ed Mead This is the third and final part of our series on sex offenders. The first two installements ("Them Today, Us Tomorrow" and "We Are All Prisoners") were critical of non-sex offenders for discriminating against people on the basis of offense. In …
Article • August 15, 1990 • from PLN August, 1990
In Defense of the Struggle Against Sexism by Ed Mead In Defense Of The Struggle Against Sexism With this issue of the PLN I conclude my three part series on sex offenders. And while I am writing this before the first installment of the series has been mailed out to …
Article • August 15, 1990 • from PLN August, 1990
Prisoners in Struggle by Paul Wright PRISONERS IN STRUGGLE By: Paul Wright We have recently received information about the following prisoners in West Germany the US and England who are being persecuted because of their political beliefs. To help, I have a packet of pre-typed letters addressed to the authorities …
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