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Article • April 15, 2009 • from PLN April, 2009
From the Editor by Paul Wright I generally don’t write about books in my monthly editorial but this is an unusual month. PLN’s first book, the long awaited and much anticipated Prisoners’ Guerrilla Handbook to Correspondence Programs in the US and Canada has been printed and is now being shipped. …
Article • April 15, 2009 • from PLN April, 2009
Let Freedom Ring: A Collection of Documents from the Movements to Free U.S. Political Prisoners, by Matt Meyer by Ian Head Let Freedom Ring: A Collection of Documents from the Movements to Free U.S. Political Prisoners, by Matt Meyer Book Review by Ian Head In October, 2008, activist and (disbarred) …
Article • March 15, 2009 • from PLN March, 2009
From the Editor by Paul Wright Readers will have received the January and February, 2009 issues of PLN later than usual because we had a problem with our mailing list database. The problem has been resolved and we are now moving back towards our regular publishing schedule. We apologize for …
Article • March 15, 2009 • from PLN March, 2009
Prisoners’ Guerrilla Handbook to Correspondence Programs in the U.S. and Canada, 3rd Edition, by Jon Marc Taylor and Susan Schwartzkopf by Paul Wright Prisoners’ Guerrilla Handbook to Correspondence Programs in the U.S. and Canada, 3rd Edition, by Jon Marc Taylor and Susan Schwartzkopf Published by Prison Legal News, ISBN 978-0-9819385-0-9; …
Article • March 15, 2009 • from PLN March, 2009
In the Shadow of San Quentin: An Interview with Prison Law Office Director Donald Specter by Todd Matthews In the Shadow of San Quentin: An Interview with Prison Law Office Director Donald Specter by Todd Matthews If any one of the dozen attorneys working at the Prison Law Office ever …
Article • March 15, 2009
Prison Nation by David C Fathi By David C. Fathi It's become a depressingly predictable event. Every few months, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), a branch of the US Department of Justice, releases new figures showing that the US prison and jail population has grown yet again and has …
Article • February 15, 2009 • from PLN February, 2009
From the Editor by Paul Wright This is the first issue of PLN published during the Barak Obama presidency. Hopefully we will see change for the better. Even before he took office Obama and Biden were making good on their promises to provide billions of dollars to local police departments …
Article • February 15, 2009 • from PLN February, 2009
Writ Writer: One Man's Journey for Justice by David Preston Writ Writer: One Man’s Journey for Justice?A co-production of Passage Productions and the Independent Television Service ?(ITVS), in association with Latino Public Broadcasting Directed by Susanne Mason; 2008, 60 Minutes, $34.98 (personal use) http://www.writwritermovie.com/index.html Reviewed by David Preston De profundis …
Article • January 15, 2009
A true story that Oprah won't touch by By ALLEN M. HORNBLUM Though I long ago jettisoned the notion of hearing from Oprah, Eddie Anthony continues to wait for the big call from Chicago. Unlike me, he's a dreamer and holds out hope that Ms. Winfrey will recognize the power …
Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 2009
From the Editor by Paul Wright Welcome to the first issue of PLN for 2009. For the new year we are introducing a new quarterly column in PLN called Prison Health and Self Care by Dr. Michael Cohen. Dr. Cohen is a doctor who has extensive experience working with prisoners …
Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 2009
Welcome to Fun Day: Crime and Punishment in the United States by Marie Gottschalk Doing Time Together: Love and Family in the Shadow of the Prison. By Megan Comfort. University of Chicago Press. 256 pp. $55.00 cloth. $22.00 paper. Race, Incarceration, and American Values. By Glenn C. Loury with Pamela …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
From the Editor by Paul Wright With the election past there has been a change in the faces of government and the election of Barak Obama is a historic occasion in US history with the election of a black man to the presidency for the first time. Whether there is …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
An Execution in the Family: One Son’s Journey, by Robert Meeropol; St. Martin’s Griffin, 273 pages, $14.95 by David Preston An Execution in the Family: One Son’s Journey, by Robert Meeropol; St. Martin’s Griffin, 273 pages, $14.95 Reviewed by David Preston The Rosenberg case: for most Baby Boomers it is …
Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008
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Self-Help Legal Guides, Publisher, Rosemary Steele; 104 pages, Softbound by David Reutter Self-Help Legal Guides, Publisher, Rosemary Steele; 104 pages, Softbound Reviewed by David M. Reutter Every prisoner has a legal problem. Solving that problem is very difficult, especially if the prisoner is in confinement. With the goal of creating …
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
From the Editor by Paul Wright Each day the news brings more headlines about the turmoil in financial markets and the collapse of speculative financial devices that were apparently too complex for their buyers to understand (we can all recall the junk bonds of the 1980s), the financial bail out …
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
An Interview with Randall Berg, Executive Director of the Florida Justice Institute by Todd Matthews An Interview with Randall Berg, Executive Director of the Florida Justice Institute by Todd Matthews With approximately 100,000 people in Florida’s prisons, and another 66,000 in its county jails, Florida has joined the ranks of …
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
Privatized Medical Care in Mississippi Prisons: Another Wexford Failure by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A report submitted to Mississippi’s legislature found serious deficiencies in the delivery of medical care to prisoners in the Mississippi Dept. of Corrections (MDOC). The December 11, 2007 report was issued by the Joint …
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
Justice Policy Institute Brief Links Crime, Wages and Unemployment by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On October 1, 2007, the Justice Policy Institute (JPI), a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, published a research brief linking crime rates to wages and unemployment levels. In general terms, JPI found that higher crime rates …
Article • November 15, 2008 • from PLN November, 2008
Snitch: Informants, Cooperators & the Corruption of Justice, by Ethan Brown Public Affairs Publishing, 273 pages, $25.95 by David Preston Snitch: Informants, Cooperators & the Corruption of Justice, by Ethan Brown Public Affairs Publishing, 273 pages, $25.95 Reviewed by David Preston “Snitch” – the word is one of the most …
Article • October 15, 2008 • from PLN October, 2008
From the Editor by Paul Wright This issue’s cover story on the rights and treatment of gay and lesbian prisoners stems from the dearth of such coverage everywhere else. In February of this year I was a speaker on a panel in Manhattan on the rights of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual …
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