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Article • November 15, 1996 • from PLN November, 1996
From the Editor by Paul Wright Welcome to another issue of PLN. As the holiday season approaches readers might want to consider purchasing gift subscriptions of PLN for friends and relatives. PLN continues to be reader supported and increasing our circulation is the only way we can significantly reduce our …
Article • October 15, 1996 • from PLN October, 1996
Filed under: Editorials, Organizing
From the Editor by Dan Pens Welcome to another edition of PLN. Last month we intended to run Jaan Laaman's article, "Attica - Looking Back 25 Years," which appears on page of this issue. Due to a prison lockdown, Jaan was unable to get the article to us in time …
Article • September 15, 1996 • from PLN September, 1996
From the Editor by Paul Wright By now you should have noticed that we have a new mailing address and new subscription rates. While all mail sent to our Florida address will be processed for the next few months you will get faster results by sending all correspondence, donations, etc., …
Article • August 15, 1996 • from PLN August, 1996
From the Editor by Dan Pens Last month Paul announced our (much regretted) impending rate increase. A year ago we raised our Institutional rate from $35 to $50/yr, but our individual rate remained at $12/yr. This year, as of September 1, we are raising the individual rate. We are also …
Article • July 15, 1996 • from PLN July, 1996
From the Editor by Paul Wright In recent issues Dan and I have mentioned that we were seeking funding to pay a staff person until PLN was able to cover a staff salary on its own. So far we haven't had much luck at getting any grants in the amount …
Article • June 15, 1996 • from PLN June, 1996
From the Editor by Dan Pens I welcome you to the 74th consecutive monthly issue of PLN. When we first published in 1990, the state of Washington attempted to deny delivery of PLN to every prisoner in the state. PLN made it clear that we'd challenge the ban in court, …
Article • May 15, 1996 • from PLN May, 1996
From the Editor by Paul Wright This issue marks PLN's sixth year of publishing and 72 consecutive issues. For anyone familiar with alternative publications in general and prison publications in particular this is a significant milestone. Ed Mead and I started PLN on a trial basis in 1990, we decided …
Article • April 15, 1996 • from PLN April, 1996
From the Editor by Dan Pens We want to thank the Southern Poverty Law Center for awarding a $5,000 grant to PLN. We still need $30,000 over the next two years to fund what amounts to a full-time staff position. The $5,000 grant from SPLC will give us breathing room …
Article • March 15, 1996 • from PLN March, 1996
Filed under: Editorials, Organizing
From the Editor by Paul Wright In my October editorial I asked readers what they would like to see more of in PLN as well as any suggestions on how we could improve our content. One of the respondents, Richard Barker, said he would like to see more case law. …
Article • February 15, 1996 • from PLN February, 1996
From the Editor by Dan Pens PLN has reached the point where we need at least one full time staff person on the outside. The amount of work that needs to be done is beginning to overwhelm our volunteers. The trouble with the idea that we pay someone is simple: …
Article • January 15, 1996 • from PLN January, 1996
From the Editor by Paul Wright Welcome to another issue of PLN . Readers who have been with us for awhile may recall that Ed Mead and I have a suit pending against the Washington State Indeterminate Sentence Review Board (ISRB), AKA the parole board. Ed was the co-editor of …
Article • December 15, 1995 • from PLN December, 1995
From the Editor by Dan Pens Welcome to another edition of PLN. We have published continuously for five and a half years now. A lot of people write and ask the same question, "Gee, how did you guys do it?" The answer is simple, hard work and persistence. It's pretty …
Article • November 15, 1995 • from PLN November, 1995
From the Editor by Dan Pens Thanksgiving can be a tough holiday to celebrate inside a prison cage. This will be my fifteenth. The first few were mostly about self-pity. As I became more politically conscious, however, Thanksgiving took on a different meaning. It traditionally commemorates starving European conquerors giving …
Article • October 15, 1995 • from PLN October, 1995
Editorial by Paul Wright Welcome to another issue of PLN. Some of you may have noticed some changes in last month's issue of PLN. We have recently undergone some of the biggest transitions in PLN's history. First, if the format looked a little different that is because we have begun …
Article • September 15, 1995 • from PLN September, 1995
Editorial by Dan Pens Welcome to another issue of Prison Legal News. This issue marks another step in our evolution. For the past year Paul and I have struggled to edit the content of the newsletter, trying as much as possible to keep the fluff out in order to make …
Article • August 15, 1995 • from PLN August, 1995
From The Editor by Paul Wright From the Editor By Paul Wright Welcome to another issue of PLN. Readers may recall that in the July, 1994, issue we ran an article concerning the suit filed by Ed Mead (PLN's former co-editor) and myself against the Washington state parole board. After …
Article • July 15, 1995 • from PLN July, 1995
From The Editor by Dan Pens From the Editor by Dan Pens Paul says I can only have a thousand words; we have backlog of articles and cases waiting for space. So I'll get right to it. We recently started including a Adrop card in every issue. Sorry if they …
Article • June 15, 1995 • from PLN June, 1995
From The Editor by Paul Wright From the Editor by Paul Wright Welcome to the 61st issue of PLN. As Dan said in last month's editorials we want to expand PLN to 24 monthly pages in order to deal with a backlog of material. We have expanded from 10 typed …
Article • May 15, 1995 • from PLN May, 1995
Editorial by Dan Pens by Dan Pens Welcome to the special 28-page 5th anniversary issue of PLN. With this issue we begin our sixth year of continuous publishing. Our first issue was ten pages, typewritten, photocopied and mailed 1st class to 75 readers. A lot has happened over five years. …
Article • April 15, 1995 • from PLN April, 1995
Filed under: Editorials, Organizing
From The Editor by Paul Wright From the Editor By Paul Wright Welcome to another issue of PLN. Recently the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) Prison Law Project (PLP) held elections in order to elect five prisoners to its steering committee board. I was nominated for one of the slots and …
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