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Article • June 15, 1991 • from PLN June, 1991
New Report Cites Higher Rates of HIV Infection Among Inmates by The virus that causes AIDS may be more common among prison and jail inmates, especially women, than previously thought, according to a new study based on testing of nearly 11,000 inmates entering 10 prisons and jails between mid-1988 and …
Prisoner Victims of Guard Assault Win Damages by Prisoner Victims Of Guard Assault Win Damages Ten prisoners in the D.C. jail learned they were being transferred to another facility. A number of the inmates passively resisted the transfer. They alleged that after the transfer, they were beaten by correctional officers. …
Article • June 15, 1991 • from PLN June, 1991
Pro-War Hypocrisy by Paul Wright By Paul Wright In early March of this year I received a T-shirt that said "official WWI souvenir, brought to you by ITT Rockwell, General Electric, et al." With a small U.S. flag with a skull and crossbones on it. Property guard L. Marts denied …
Article • June 15, 1991 • from PLN June, 1991
Human Rights in the U.S. Criminal Justice System by Human Rights In The U.S. Criminal Justice System by Equal Justice U.S.A. In addition to it's current use and expansion of the death penalty, the United States enters the 1990's with the highest rate of incarceration in the world. Over one …
Article • June 15, 1991 • from PLN June, 1991
Court Upholds Collection of Blood Samples for DNA Data Bank by A federal court has affirmed a Virginia policy of collecting DNA samples from incarcerated felons, saving the practice does not violate the inmates' right to privacy or constitute unreasonable search of seizure. The ruling is believed to be the …
Article • June 15, 1991 • from PLN June, 1991
Female Guards Can Pat Search Male Prisoners by Prisoners at a Nebraska state all-male prison brought a civil rights lawsuit complaining that their constitutional right to privacy was violated by pat searches performed by female guards and by female guards observing them nude or partially nude while they showered, used …
Article • June 15, 1991 • from PLN June, 1991
Medical Care by A former federal prisoner with diabetes was awarded $500,000 for failure to prison medical staff to provide proper diagnosis and treatment of foot infection which let to below-the-knee amputation of his right leg. The prisoner brought suit against the U.S. pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act, …
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 • June 15, 1991 • from PLN June, 1991
Which Shell is the Pea Under? Government Crime Statistics Invoke Slight of Hand by The U.S. Justice Department claims a "definite and positive" link between locking people up and violent crime rates in the United States. As more offenders go to prison, the argument goes, violent crime decreases. It seems …
Article • June 15, 1991 • from PLN June, 1991
Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Crime
Biden: Violence Is At a New High by Biden: Violence Is At A New High Last year was "the bloodiest year in the United States history," with the murder toll jumping to an all-time high of 23,200, and rapes, robberies and assaults also reaching record levels, according to a report …
Article • June 15, 1991 • from PLN June, 1991
Filed under: Editorials, Media, Censorship
From The Editor by Paul Wright By Paul Wright Welcome to another issue of PLN. As I write this I don't know how successful our plea for donations in the last PLN was. Hopefully everyone who hadn't donated yet was overcome with a spirit of generosity. In an attempt to …
Article • June 15, 1991 • from PLN June, 1991
Inhumane Living at CCI by Angelo Crimi Inhumane Living At CCI By Angelo Crimi CHILLICOTHE, OHIO - Prisoners at Chillicothe Correctional Institution (CCI) confined in the segregation unit are constantly subjected to cruel and unusual punishment. Prisoners are confined to a building that is over 100 years old and the …
Article • May 15, 1991 • from PLN May, 1991
Filed under: Sentencing, Parole
Why Do We Still Have a Parole Board? by Ed Mead Why Do We Still Have A Parole Board? By Ed Mead Most of us on the inside know that parole supervision of released prisoners is both ineffective and a waste of taxpayers' money. Many of us have also experienced, …
Article • May 15, 1991 • from PLN May, 1991
Filed under: Organizing, Parole
Prison/Community Alliance Update by Martin Roth By Martin Roth The Prison/Community Alliance has received a lot of letters statewide from organizations, as well as individuals, who are interested in and supportive of our stated objectives. Several of these contacts were made as a result of those of you who have …
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 • May 15, 1991 • from PLN May, 1991
Pig Park by N R The sign shop is making a sign that reads: "State of Washington Employee Park. Visitors and Family must be accompanied by an employee of the Washington State Penitentiary or the law enforcement community. Last year, I believe it was, the 40 acre state Game Farm …
Article • May 15, 1991 • from PLN May, 1991
Exposure to Secondary Smoke Found Unlawful by Exposure To Secondary Smoke Found Unlawful The federal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that exposing prisoners to ETS (Environmental Tobacco Smoke) violates the 8th amendments right for prisoners to be free from cruel and unusual punishment. The Court has decided that …
Article • May 15, 1991 • from PLN May, 1991
Medical Care Chilling At Purdy by TE L The Clinic had me pretty stressed out the last couple of days. My arm, where the stitches were, are starting to form blisters, and to me that is not normal. My belief is that it should be healing - not blistering and …
Article • May 15, 1991 • from PLN May, 1991
Filed under: Resources, Organizing
The Black Panthers Are Back by Paul Wright By Paul Wright The Black Panther Party (BPP) was originally formed in 1966 by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. Its goal was to organize and serve the black community in the U.S., sometimes called the survival programs. This included breakfast programs for …
Article • May 15, 1991 • from PLN May, 1991
Still Stuck in the U.S.A. by From: Out Of Time 2/91 The U.S. department of in-justice denied repatriation to Italy for Silvia Baraldini. Silvia is a political prisoner, presently incarcerated in federal prison in Marianna Florida, serving a forty-three year sentence. Charged in 1982 with five acts, she was convicted …
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