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Article • June 15, 2006 • from PLN June, 2006
From the Editor by Paul Wright This months cover story highlights abuse in the Maine prison system which consists mostly of one prison. While a lot of PLNs news and legal coverage focuses on states such as Texas and California and the federal Bureau of Prisons, in large part because …
Article • May 15, 2006 • from PLN May, 2006
From the Editor by by Paul Wright This issue marks the 16th anniversary of the founding of Prison Legal News. Since PLNs first issue was published on May 1, 1990 we have now published 192 issues. This is a significant accomplishment since most magazines in general measure their existence in …
Report Details Suicide and Homicide Rates in Prisons, Jails by Michael Rigby Even though suicide and homicide rates among prisoners have been falling since the 1980s, thousands still die in U.S. prisons and jails every year. During 2001 and 2002, 5,824 state prisoners died in custody, according to a Bureau …
Article • May 15, 2006 • from PLN May, 2006
Nearly 7 Million Under Correctional Supervision In U.S. by Michael Rigby At yearend 2004, nearly 7 million adults were in prison, on parole, or on probation in the U.S.--2.5 million more than in 1990--according to a study by the Bureau of Justice Statistics released on November 2, 2005. Put another …
Article • April 15, 2006 • from PLN April, 2006
From the Editor by Paul Wright Welcome to another issue of PLN. Readers may have noticed that we have kicked off PLNs annual subscription madness campaign where we allow folks to purchase multiple gift subscriptions for people who are not current PLN subscribers. This is a great way to let …
Article • March 15, 2006 • from PLN March, 2006
From the Editor by by Paul Wright Sometimes I am asked what PLN does, besides publish a magazine. The answer is quite a lot and we are going to try to do a better job of letting people know about it. In addition to publishing PLN we also have a …
Article • February 15, 2006 • from PLN February, 2006
2005 Audit of California Parole Board Reveals Ongoing Deficiencies by The California Office of the Inspector General (OIG), the state's official watchdog" agency, conducted an audit of the Board of Prison Terms (BPT) in July 2005 to determine compliance with the OIG's prior recommendations to correct deficiencies and inefficiencies it …
Article • February 15, 2006 • from PLN February, 2006
Prison Reform Revisited: The Unfinished Agenda, Pace University Law Review, Vol. 24, No. 2, Spring 2 by Prison Reform Revisited: The Unfinished Agenda, Pace University Law Review, Vol. 24, No. 2, Spring 2004 (softback, 460 pp.) Reviewed by John E. Dannenberg In October 2003, Pace University Law School hosted a …
From the Editor by Paul Wright In addition to PLN's own censorship litigation for prisoners we also undertake advocacy and support for prisoner rights on behalf of prisoners in other court cases. In the current supreme court term, PLN submitted an amicus brief in Goodman v. Georgia, a case involving …
Article • January 15, 2006 • from PLN January, 2006
From the Editor by Paul Wright By now all subscribers should have received PLN's bi annual reader survey and fundraiser letter. We have not received that many responses back to the survey which may mean everyone is happy with PLN's content the way it is. If you have not yet …
Article • December 15, 2005 • from PLN December, 2005
From the Editor by Paul Wright By now all PLN subscribers should have received our annual fund raiser letter and our reader survey. As you know, subscription and advertising income only cover a fraction of PLN's operating expenses. We operate a very lean operation where all four full time employees …
Article • December 15, 2005 • from PLN December, 2005
2006 Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar by The 2006 Certain Days calendar features 12 full color imagesincluding collages, murals, paintings and moreand over a dozen pages of writing created by and about former and current American political prisoners and prisoners of war. This wall calendar is the fifth …
Article • November 15, 2005 • from PLN November, 2005
From the Editor by by Paul Wright The cover story of this issue about the organizing efforts of design professionals to stop their colleagues from designing and building more prisons is an important example of the organizing that needs to be taking place at all levels to combat the use …
Article • October 15, 2005 • from PLN October, 2005
From the Editor by Paul Wright This issue of PLN sees the addition of Andrea Cavanaugh as a quarterly columnist for the magazine. Andrea is the media coordinator of Stop Prisoner Rape, a non profit advocacy organization in Los Angeles which seeks to eliminate the sexual assault of prisoners. I …
Article • October 15, 2005 • from PLN October, 2005
Report Details General Decline In Death Penalty Statistics For 2003 by Michael Rigby For most of the nation, 2003 was a year of declining death penalty statistics. That year, according to a Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) report, the number of death sentences imposed fell to a 30-year low, while …
Article • October 15, 2005 • from PLN October, 2005
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An Expensive Way to Make Bad People Worse:An Essay On Prison Reform from an Insider's Perspective, by Jens Soering, Lantern Books, 2004, $12, 113 pages by An Expensive Way to Make Bad People Worse:An Essay On Prison Reform from an Insider's Perspective, by Jens Soering, Lantern Books, 2004, $12, 113 …
Article • October 15, 2005
Certain Blood for Uncertain Reasons: Reinstating Capital Punishment in Vermont by by Michael Mello Seventeen winters ago, a man I loved as a father was murdered. A few days before Christmas 1989, a racist coward with a grudge mailed a shoebox- sized bomb to federal appellate Judge Robert S. Vance. …
Article • September 15, 2005 • from PLN September, 2005
From the Editor by by Paul Wright As mentioned in previous issues of PLN, our website has been a major undertaking and now makes available all back issues of PLN in various formats, including all articles in PLN's customized and searchable database as well as the issues in PDF format. …
Article • September 15, 2005 • from PLN September, 2005
Massachusetts DOC Fails to Meet Women's Special Needs by by Michael Rigby The failure of the Massachusetts Department of Corrections (MDOC) to address the special needs of women in prison impedes the effective maintenance of family ties, according to a March 2005 research report by the University of Massachusetts's Center …
Article • August 15, 2005 • from PLN August, 2005
From the Editor by Paul Wright We would like to apologize to readers for the delay in issues between the May and June, 2005 issues. A combination of factors have resulted in issues getting delayed. The first was a trial in Florida against the Florida Department of Corrections over the …
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