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Article • September 15, 1993 • from PLN September, 1993
Death Squads and Prison Protests in Ecuador by According to a note sent to the police in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on April 12, 1993, a death squad called the "Anti-Crime Clean Up Squad" has claimed responsibility for the death of six common criminals and promised the shooting of another seven. The …
Article • July 15, 1993 • from PLN July, 1993
Prison Riot in Argentina by One prisoner was killed and several were injured by gunfire and several others managed to escape from Batan prison outside Mar de Plata, Argentina, when a riot erupted after a Feb. 8, 1993, break out attempt. According to differing reports, either 23 or 18 of …
German Prison Destroyed by Many people in Germany had good reason to celebrate in March. Early on Saturday, March 27, a series of explosions destroyed most of a newly completed high-tech prison that was to be put to use in May, 1993. The prison in Weiterstadt, close to Frankfurt, took …
Article • June 15, 1993 • from PLN June, 1993
SOCF Chronology by Chryztof Knecht [Editor's Note: (May 1, 1993) What follows is a chronology of events as they unfolded at Lucasville, Ohio, during the April uprising at that facility. It was written by a Lucasville segregation prisoner who wasn't an actual part of the riot, but who was close …
Article • May 15, 1993 • from PLN May, 1993
Bombed-out German Prison to be Razed and then Rebuilt by Darmstadt, Germany - Bombs set off by guerrillas on March 26th at a new prison in Darmstadt caused such extensive damage that it will have to be razed, a justice official said. There were no injuries. The federal prosecutor's office …
Article • May 15, 1993 • from PLN May, 1993
MANCI: The Aftermath by John Perotti By John Perotti In June, 1992, MANCI guard Thomas Davis was stabbed in the back shoulder. Prisoner Roy Slider was accused of the stabbing. Davis died at a Mansfield hospital the next day. This began a series of retaliatory transfers and total lockdown of …
Article • April 15, 1993 • from PLN April, 1993
Article Clarification Revisited by RK by R.K., McNeil Island, WA In response to J.D., Lompoc CA, "Article Clarification" Vol. 3 #12, December 1992: I understand J.D. being pissed off about 80% of the population not taking part in the strike. But when I think back to all the strikes I …
Article • April 15, 1993 • from PLN April, 1993
Peruvian Political Prisoners Mistreated by Paul Wright In past issues of PLN we have reported on events in Peru affecting the political prisoners of the Communist Party of Peru (PCP). In May of 1992 the Peruvian government stormed the Canto Grande maximum security prison killing and wounding dozens of PCP …
Article • April 15, 1993 • from PLN April, 1993
Prison Riot Crushed in Venezuela by On January 12, 1993, Venezuelan police used tear gas to quell a riot in Fort Tiuna of about a hundred soldiers and civilians, who were tried for rebellion for their participation in a November 27, 1992, coup attempt. The riot was crushed with tear …
Crisis in the French Gulag by Jean-Marc Rouillan As you may know, the French prison system is one of the worst in Western Europe; its conditions and facilities of confinement are the same as those of bloody Turkey! In the 1980's things only worsened. Each year there are more prisoners …
Article • December 15, 1992 • from PLN December, 1992
Article Clarification by J.D., Lompoc, CA Received your August issue and as good as ever, but one story had me a little uncomfortable. The article about the Lompoc Prison Strike...the source Out of Time (3543 18th St. San Francisco, CA) [ PLN , vol. 3, #8 August] The United States …
Article • December 15, 1992 • from PLN December, 1992
Texas Death Row Prisoners on Hunger Strike by Texas Death Row Prisoners On Hunger Strike Since July 19, 1992, more that 50 condemned prisoners on Texas's death row commenced a chain hunger strike. They are fasting in pairs for three days at a time, consuming only liquids, when the strike …
Article • November 15, 1992 • from PLN November, 1992
Resistance at Lexington by Laura Whitehorn On August 12-14, the first sustained act of resistance by women prisoners in the u.s. federal prison system in 20 years took place. On Wednesday night, August 12, there was an argument between two prisoners in the central yard area ("Central Park") at about …
Outside Strip Search Constitutes Excessive Force by Michael Cornwell is an Ohio state prisoner. In February, 1987, while in prison in Mansfield, he participated in a sit down strike with 76 other prisoners protesting a cutback in recreation time. Dahlberg, the prison warden, ordered guards to use force to terminate …
Article • October 15, 1992 • from PLN October, 1992
Uprising at Military Prison by Carolyn Dock By Carolyn Dock Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas- On May 11, 1992, the military prisoners at the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks (USDB) at Ft. Leavenworth [Editors Note: the USDB is a separate prison from the federal prison also located in Leavenworth.] revolted in protest against the …
Guard Killed - MANCI Madness by John Perotti By John Perotti MANSFIELD, OHIO - On June 27, 1992, a black guard named Davis was beaten and stabbed. A white prisoner named Roy Slieber was picked up for the assault, beaten and shipped to the J1 SuperMax control unit in Lucasville, …
Article • August 15, 1992 • from PLN August, 1992
Wisconsin Lockdown by Adrian Lomax In the middle of May, 1992, the Wisconsin DOC distributed a new set of property rules to all prisoners. It contained a lot of new restrictions but the most significant is that the total amount of property a prisoner may possess must fit into a …
Article • August 15, 1992 • from PLN August, 1992
Lompoc Prison Strike by Immediately following the Los Angeles uprising, prisoners at FCI (Federal Correctional Institution) Lompoc, North of LA, joined in a prison wide general strike for 3 days. Prison officials were greatly threatened by the unity of the prisoners: hundreds of men were put in the hole and …
Article • August 15, 1992 • from PLN August, 1992
Prison Chief Gains Right to Counter-Sue Cons for Riot Damage by Prison Chief Gains Right to Counter-sue Cons for Riot Damage Pennsylvania Corrections Commissioner Joseph D. Lehman has been granted standing by a federal district court to litigate against inmates for extensive property damages caused by rioting at the Camp …
Article • July 15, 1992 • from PLN July, 1992
Suit Being Filed Over CBCC Conditions by JD Enquist On April 1, 1992, Troy Talbot, a prisoner here at the Clallam Bay IMU [Intensive Management Unit], was taken to the shower handcuffed and on a doggie leash. Prison guards had left the supply closet in the shower unlocked and Troy …
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