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Article • June 15, 2002 • from PLN June, 2002
Punch & Jurists: Criminal Law News You Can Use by Paul Wright One reason PLN doesn't expand its coverage into criminal law is because other publications already do a good job covering it and we see little point in duplicating those efforts. Punch and Jurists is, bar none, the best …
Article • May 15, 2002 • from PLN May, 2002
From the Editor by Paul Wright Welcome to PLN 's 12th anniversary issue. PLN first started publishing in 1990 and this marks 12 years and 144 consecutive issues. PLN is the longest publishing independent, prisoner-produced magazine in U.S. history. While we have had our ups and downs over the years …
Article • April 15, 2002 • from PLN April, 2002
From the Editor by Paul Wright In next month's issue we will report the results of our reader survey as well as our matching grant campaign. As this issue goes to press we are still receiving responses to both. A recurring problem for PLN has been some subscribers, especially prisoners, …
Article • April 15, 2002 • from PLN April, 2002
HIV Still a Major Health Threat in Prisons and Jails by Between 1995 and 1999, the death rate from AIDS in prisons and jails plummeted, and the rate of increase of HIV in prisons grew at about one third the rate of increase of the general prison population. That bit …
Article • March 15, 2002 • from PLN March, 2002
From the Editor by Paul Wright March 31, 2002, marks the final date for PLN to raise $15,000 for its matching grant fundraiser campaign .As we go to press, we have raised $10,852, which is still way short of our goal . PLN desperately needs these funds to continue operating …
Article • February 15, 2002 • from PLN February, 2002
From the Editor by Paul Wright This month's cover reports on the Bureau of Prison's (BOP) crackdown on leftist dissident prisoners in the wake of the September 11, 2001, attacks. A number of PLN subscribers, including our own columnist, Marilyn Buck, have been affected by this. We will continue to …
Article • February 15, 2002 • from PLN February, 2002
Mental Health Treatment in State Prisons Falls Short by Among the 1,558 public and private state prisons and community corrections facilities, approximately 191,000 prisoners are mentally ill. Of these prisoners, about one in five does not receive necessary mental health treatment. These numbers come from a report by Allen J. …
Article • January 15, 2002 • from PLN January, 2002
Filed under: Editorials, Mail, Legal Mail
From the Editor by Paul Wright Welcome to the New Year. This will mark PLN's thirteenth year of publishing, and we hope to make significant strides in terms of increasing both PLN 's circulation and its size. We need an additional $500 per month to add four pages to PLN …
Article • December 15, 2001 • from PLN December, 2001
From the Editor by Paul Wright Some readers have recently contacted PLN after letters they sent to our Seattle address were returned to them by the post office marked "undeliverable as addressed." PLN 's address has not changed. Inquiries with the post office have not been very helpful. Postal officials …
Article • November 15, 2001 • from PLN November, 2001
Book Review: Power, Politics, & Crime by Rick Card Book Review: Power, Politics, & Crime by William J. Chambliss, Westview Press, 1999 Review by Rick Card "There is ... a huge chasm," says William Chambliss in his book, Power, Politics, & Crime , "between the reality of crime, the public's …
Article • November 15, 2001 • from PLN November, 2001
From the Editor by Paul Wright The recent attacks of the World Trade Center towers (WTC) in New York City and the Pentagon have filled the news. Largely ignored by the corporate media has been the federal government's treatment of people convicted in previous Muslim terrorist attacks, such as the …
Article • October 15, 2001 • from PLN October, 2001
From the Editor by Paul Wright PLN frequently reports on litigation and news arising from jails. This month's cover story, America's Jails: The Dungeons of the New Millenium , takes a broad look at the problems afflicting American jails: brutality, overcrowding, medical neglect, corruption, sexual assaults, etc. In many respects …
Article • October 15, 2001 • from PLN October, 2001
Filed under: Resources, Organizing
The Prison Activist Resource Center: It's About Sharing Resources and Working Collectively by Marti Hiken The Prison Activist Resource Center: It's about Sharing Resources and Working Collectively "We all need energetic people to spark us," says Vanessa Agard-Jones, the coordinator for the Prison Activist Resource Center (PARC) located in Berkeley/Oakland, …
Article • October 15, 2001 • from PLN October, 2001
The Prison Payoff: The Role of Politics & Private Prisons in the Incarceration Boom by by Brigette Sarabi and Edwin Bender The popularity of the term "prison-industrial complex" in recent years, and especially since the groundbreaking Critical Resistance conference in Berkeley in September 1998, has produced a few critics who …
Article • October 15, 2001 • from PLN October, 2001
Filed under: Reviews, Court Access
California State Prisoner's Handbook by John E Dannenberg by Steven Fama, et. al. Subtitled a "Comprehensive Practice Manual" for California prisoners, the new 3rd edition of the California State Prisoners Handbook easily lives up to its billing. Covering in detail all aspects of California prisoners' interaction with the "correctional experience" …
Article • September 15, 2001 • from PLN September, 2001
Filed under: Editorials, Organizing
From the Editor by Paul Wright September, 2001, marks the 30th anniversary of the modern prisoner rights movement in the United States. In September, 1971, prisoners in Attica, New York, rose up to protest horrendous conditions. The uprising occurred after peaceful means of protest had failed and prisoners refused to …
Article • September 15, 2001 • from PLN September, 2001
Legal Research: How to Find and Understand the Law by Sam Rutherford by Stephen Elias and Susan Levinkind Legal Research does exactly what its title indicates; it explains how to find and understand the law. The book is written in easy to understand language, while imparting a vast amount of …
Article • September 15, 2001 • from PLN September, 2001
Snitch Culture: How Citizens Are Turned into the Eyes and Ears of the State by Hans Sherrer by Jim Redden, Feral House, 2001, 235 pages Snitch Culture is a timely examination of how personal and technological snitching is used by the state and by private organizations, in conjunction with informational …
Article • August 15, 2001 • from PLN August, 2001
PLRA Attorney Fee Cap Analyzed by The Temple Law Review recently published an article useful to any litigants challenging the Prison Litigation Reform Act's (PLRA) cap on attorney fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(d). The Price of Civil Rights: The PLRA's Attorney's Fee Cap Provision as a Violation of Equal …
Article • August 15, 2001 • from PLN August, 2001
From the Editor by by Paul Wright We have recently added several new books to the list of titles PLN is distributing. In coming months we will add more titles to our book list. As PLN 's office situation stabilizes our staff has more time to do things like track …
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