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Article • November 15, 1991 • from PLN November, 1991
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Reviews
Reviews by AUTONOMI is an English language magazine published in Denmark with an autonomous and anti-imperialist outlook. The latest issue, number 6, has articles on political prisoners in the U.S., an update on the trial of members of the Communist Workers Group in Denmark who were convicted of committing various …
Article • October 15, 1991 • from PLN October, 1991
Filed under: Reviews, Sentencing, Probation
Community Service Sentencing Found Effective by Requiring criminal offenders to perform a certain number of hours of community service is a sentencing option that can be administered effectively and which appears to produce recidivism rates no worse than those produced by terms of incarceration, according to a study by Malcolm …
Article • October 15, 1991 • from PLN October, 1991
In Total Resistance by In Total Resistance is the newest (1991) abridged and revised edition of the writing and poetry of Leonard Peltier (Native American prisoner of war), Standing Deer and Bobby Garcia and others. It has updates on the efforts to secure Leonard's release from prison as well as …
Article • October 15, 1991 • from PLN October, 1991
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Reviews
Help Yourself Legal Information by Paul Wright By Paul Wright Part of the purpose of PLN is to try to help prisoners help themselves when it comes to using the courts to extend democracy to all and to vindicate our civil rights. We pretty much concentrate on federal court rulings …
Article • September 15, 1991 • from PLN September, 1991
Group Cites Shift from Education to Prisons by Group Cites Shift From Education To Prisons The criminal justice system is "stealing" dollars away from public education, according to a study by the national Center on Institutions and Alternatives (NCIA), an Alexandria, Virginia-based criminal justice research organization. "We're trading textbooks for …
Article • August 15, 1991 • from PLN August, 1991
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Reviews
Reviews by PWA-RAG is a quarterly newsletter edited and published by prisoner James Magner. The title is an abbreviation for "Prisoners With AIDS-Rights Advocacy Group." Its primary purpose is to advocate for the rights of prisoners with AIDS, AIDS related Complex (ARC) and that are HIV positive. They offer educational …
Article • June 15, 1991 • from PLN June, 1991
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Reviews
Reviews by World View is the quarterly publication of the Political Prisoners Rights Campaign. The spring 1991 issue is 16 81/2x11 pages and contains articles on western military intervention in the USSR; a response to Amnesty International criticizing that organization for a pro US/UK bias (for example, Al. has not …
Article • May 15, 1991 • from PLN May, 1991
Local Deities, A Book Review by Ed Mead By Ed Mead I've just finished reading a very good novel. And because the experience was so enjoyable, I would like to share a taste of it in the hopes that you, too, will read this book. The novel is Local Deities, …
Article • April 15, 1991 • from PLN April, 1991
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Reviews
Reviews by RESISTANCE - Documents and analysis of the illegal front. Is an irregular tabloid that has news and analysis of militant autonomist, anti-imperialist, national liberation, and anti-nuclear struggle in the advanced capitalist countries. The latest issue has articles about native struggle in Canada, a discussion paper on patriarchy from …
Article • March 15, 1991 • from PLN March, 1991
Prison Discipline Study by The Prisoner Rights Union (PRU) in California in 1989 started a survey to determine the prevalence of extreme forms of discipline in the American prison system. To do so they mailed out questionnaires to prisoners in 41 states across the U.S. Based on useable returns from …
Article • March 15, 1991 • from PLN March, 1991
Review: A Saga of Shame by A SAGA OF SHAME is a 20-page tabloid dealing with racial discrimination and the death penalty in the U.S. in its current and historical concerts. A lot of the information has been presented before in other publications and PLN has reported some of the …
Article • January 15, 1991 • from PLN January, 1991
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Reviews
Reviews by Paul Wright By Paul Wright Sentencing Guidelines Commission Meetings. The SGC meets about every month or so to review how the SRA is working, its effects on prison and jail populations in the state of Washington, what recommendations to make to the legislature, trends in prison population due …
Article • November 15, 1990 • from PLN November, 1990
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Reviews
Reviews by Paul Wright By Paul Wright Clash This is a 40-page English language publication put out by the European Autonomous movement. This first issue has a long article on the hunger-strike by GRAPO prisoners in Spain, persecution and history of the Kurdish Workers Party in West Germany and their …
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 • August 15, 1990 • from PLN August, 1990
Filed under: Reviews, Military, Veterans
Storm Warning by Paul Wright By Paul Wright This is a bi-monthly magazine put out by the Vietnam Veterans Against the War (anti-imperialist). There are a disproportionate number of veterans in the gulags in this country, as most prisoners have noticed by now. Storm Warning (SW) is free to prisoners; …
Article • July 15, 1990 • from PLN July, 1990
"Captive Voice" by "Captive Voice" This is the title of a quarterly magazine written entirely by Irish republican prisoners of war being held in Ireland, England, the US and Europe. The "CV" contains poetry, short stories, political analysis and the latest updates on prison related campaigns and issues. It is …
Article • July 15, 1990 • from PLN July, 1990
"The Prison Issue" by Is put out by the folks at new studies on the left, 1484 Wicklow St., Boulder, Co. 80303. It is a "magazine" 216 pages long. There really isn't a whole lot to say about it, it's great!!! This issue contains a number of thoughtful and provocative …
Article • July 15, 1990 • from PLN July, 1990
The Fortress Economy: The Economic Role of the US Prison System by The Fortress Economy: The Economic Role of the U.S. Prison System is the title of a brand new 29 page booklet by the American Friends Service Committee (Quakers). It's an excellent book and I highly recommend it. The …
Article • June 15, 1990 • from PLN June, 1990
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Reviews
Book on Washington Prisons by "Impacts of Washington State's Correctional Institutions on Communities" is the title of a study available at no cost from the Washington State Institute for Public Policy. The study was commissioned b the state legislature in 1988. The main purpose seems to have been to find …
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