Skip navigation

Search

424 results
Page 21 of 22. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 ... 17 18 19 20 21 22 | Next »

Article • April 15, 1992 • from PLN April, 1992
PLN Reader Sends ACLU Finger by Recently the PLN received a letter from Kataza Taifa, imprisoned at the Westville Control Unit in Indiana. It included a copy of the following letter he has sent to the Indiana branch of the American Civil Liberties Union: "Dear ACLU Board Members, Since for …
'Partial Victory' In Attica Prisoners' Case by From: Workers World Newspaper A bitterly divided jury returned a mixed verdict Feb. 4 in the lawsuit by former inmates at Attica Prison against four former New York state officials. The suit by the Attica Defense Committee grew out of the bloody, murderous …
Article • February 15, 1992 • from PLN February, 1992
CBCC IMU Hungerstrike by Did you happened to hear about the 2-1/2 day hungerstrike? They brought 10 of us here from WSP (Walla Walla) IMU to supply bodies to justify opening an IMU at CBCC. We got here and F unit isn't even prepared to accept IMU prisoners. 8 out …
Article • October 15, 1991 • from PLN October, 1991
Remembering Attica Correction by Beryl Sanders by Beryl P. Sanders, Community-Help Foundation Unlimited I think I should first make a few points clear before I start. This article is to make a couple of corrections because this much needed newsletter gets into the hands of many readers. For fear that …
Article • September 15, 1991 • from PLN September, 1991
Remembering Attica: Twenty Years Later by Ed Mead By Ed Mead On September 13, 1978, prisoners at Walla Walla celebrated Attica Day by holding a sparsely attended memorial talent show in the prison's auditorium. On September 13, 1979, the Washington Coalition Against Prisons (WaCAP) braved heavy rain to stage a …
Article • June 15, 1991 • from PLN June, 1991
Aftermath MANCI Control Unit & Perotti Update by Numerous organizations inquired into the beatings of six prisoners in the AC Control Unit at Mansfield, Ohio prison by 35 guards. The Cleveland ACLU has requested a written explanation and investigation into the matter. A civil rights complaint was filed by a …
Update of Canadian Women Prisoners by Paul Wright Update Of Canadian Women Prisoners By Paul Wright In our last issue of PLN (See "Oppression and Resistance at Canada's Prison for Women" page 7) we reported on events at the Prison for Women (P4W) in Kingston, Ontario, in which some 20 …
Article • January 15, 1991 • from PLN January, 1991
Failure to Disassociate Noninfractable by A prisoner sought judicial review of a disciplinary hearing finding him guilty of advocating, creating, engaging in or promoting a disturbance. There was indeed a disturbance, the court found, but a violation of the rule is only shown by an inmate engaging in "some affirmative …
Article • October 15, 1990 • from PLN October, 1990
Russian Prisoners Revolting by Russian prisoners gave up after a riot in the Dnepropetrovsk prison in the USSR's Ukraine. The surrender took place on June 19, ending a rebellion that left the prison in smoking ruins and four prisoners dead. Of the four dead, one hanged himself, another overdosed on …
Article • October 15, 1990 • from PLN October, 1990
Private Gulags in England by Mike Vukasinovic Private Gulags In England By Mike Vukasinovic Following the de-nationalized policies of the Tory government of the UK, plans are afoot to privatize new remand centers and the escort of prisoners to and from court. This announcement comes as a prison officer's revolt …
Article • June 15, 1990 • from PLN June, 1990
Filed under: Prison Rebellion, Media
Clallam Bay Disturbance Update by Paul Wright Paul Wright As reported in the last issue of the PLN, there were 32 prisoners shipped from Clallam Bay to the Intensive Management Unit (IMU) at Shelton. The mainstream media reported that prison officials had told them there was a "brawl" between one …
$241,000 Damages Upheld in Beating by $241,000 DAMAGES UPHELD IN BEATING A prisoner riot broke out when thirty prisoners forced their way into an area where they fought guards who were trying to remove a drunken prisoner. During the fight, one guard was fatally stabbed and several others wounded. When …
Article • May 15, 1990 • from PLN May, 1990
Prison Revolt in England by Prisoners in the horribly overcrowded Strangeways prison in Manchester, England rose in revolt on 1 April, 1990 protesting the conditions that had 1,660 men in a prison built in 1868 for 970 men. The prison does not have plumbing in the cells and the prisoners …
Hungerstrike in Spain by Since November 30, 1989, 42 political prisoners in Spain, mainly members of GRAPO (October 1st Revolutionary Anti-Fascist Groups) have been on hunger strikes demanding their release from isolation and control units and an end to the campaign of repression against them, which includes dispersion through the …
Article • May 15, 1990 • from PLN May, 1990
Mark LaRue Gets 14 More Years by MARK LARUE GETS 14 MORE YEARS After spending more than five years in Walla Walla's segregation unit as a result of his political work on the inside, Mark LaRue was subjected to an involuntary out-of-state transfer. He was then bounced from one jurisdiction …
Whitley v. Albers, OR, Certiorari Syllabus, Prison Riot, 1985 OCTOBER TERM, 1985 Syllabus 475 U. S. WHITLEY, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT, OREGON STATE PENITENTIARY, ET AL. v. ALBERS CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT No. 84-1077. Argued December 10, 1985-Decided March 4, 1986 …
Brief • October 27, 1975
Gov and AG Joint Statement, Special Attica Investigation, Meyer Report Vol. 1, Prison Riot, 1975 Meyerc STATE OF E~CUTIVE ~~W v~l ..t- YORK CHAMBER HUGH L. CAREY, GOVERNOR Robert Laird, Press Secretary 518 474 8418 212 - 977 - 2716 FOR RELEASE: IMMED IA'l'E , MONDAY OCTOBER 27, 1975 JOINT …
Brief • April 22, 1975
Gov and AG Joint Statement, Special Attica Investigation, Meyer Report Vol. 2-3, Prison Riot, 1975 F. Factors Involved in Publication Publication of this report is governed in the first instance by Executive Law §63(8) which provides in its last sentence: ·~Any officer participating in such inquiry and any person examined …
Publication
CO CCA Riot After Action Report COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AFTER ACTION REPORT Inmate Riot: Crowley County Correctional Facility July 20, 2004 October 1, 2004 After Action Report Inmate Riot: July 20, 2004 Crowley County Correctional Facility Prepared by: Nolin Renfrow, Director of Prisons Cherrie Greco, Legislative Liaison Anna Cooper, …
Publication
Project Nia Attica Uprising 101 a Short Primer 2011 ATTICA PRISON UPRISING 101: A SHORT PRIMER By Mariame Kaba, Project NIA with contributions by Lewis Wallace and illustrations by Katy Groves Design and Layout by Caitlin Seidler September 2011 2 Attica Prison Uprising 101: A Short Primer A NOTE FROM …
Page 21 of 22. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 ... 17 18 19 20 21 22 | Next »