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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 …
Article • May 15, 1991 • from PLN May, 1991
Penitentiary Overcrowded by The Seattle Times reports that the Washington State Penitentiary (WSP) at Walla Walla now has 1,970 prisoners and is expected to house about 2,600 by this summer. This is a record of overcrowding at a prison long characterized for its overcrowding. Remodeling is now taking place for …
Article • May 15, 1991 • from PLN May, 1991
DOC "Taxes" Oklahoma Prisoners by Jeff Lea By Jeff Lea This year state lawmakers determined that Oklahoma taxpayers were paying too much state sales tax and would continue to do so in the future. Accordingly, they passed a bill allowing the tax agency to refund $20.00 this year and $40.00 …
Article • May 15, 1991 • from PLN May, 1991
News from Dwight Womens' Prison by F L News From Dwight Womens' Prison By L.F. Geraldine Smith is only the third woman to be sentenced to death in the history of the State of Illinois... the first occurring in the 1800s and the second in the 1930s. There was almost …
Article • May 15, 1991 • from PLN May, 1991
"Rehabilitation" Hoax Unveiled at ISRB Meeting by Dan Pens "Rehabilitation" Hoax Unveiled At ISRB Meeting By Dan Pens Any good confidence-artist can tell you that flawless teamwork is needed to pull off a complicated sting. If the players don't keep their stories straight the "marks" might catch 'em in 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 • May 15, 1991 • from PLN May, 1991
GRAPO Hungerstrike Ends by PLN has reported previously on the progress of the hungerstrike in Spain by some 42 imprisoned members of GRAPO (Anti-Fascist Resistance Groups, First of October) and of the PCE(r) (Communist Party of Spain, reconstituted). The strike began on November 30, 1989, and ended February 2, 1991. …
Article • May 15, 1991 • from PLN May, 1991
A Saga of Shame: The Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal by Equal Justice By Equal Justice U.S.A. Mumia Abu-Jamal is an African American Journalist and advocate for racial and economic justice. He is currently on death row in Pennsylvania. In 1982, Abu-Jamal was convicted of killing a Philadelphia police officer and …
Article • May 15, 1991 • from PLN May, 1991
War Repression by Laura Whitehorn By Laura Whitehorn Revolutionary greetings. Like all progressive people, I've been trying to get news (news, not military advertisements) of the war, and following the anti-war activities around the country that somehow fail to make it onto the TV news. Here at FCI Lexington, you …
Article • May 15, 1991 • from PLN May, 1991
Editorial by Ed Mead Editorial Comments By Ed Mead The main production run of the Prisoners' Legal News is a mere 300 copies. The printing and mailing costs for last issue was a very low $173 ($63 for printing, $85 for postage, and $25 for various other expenses like phone …
Article • April 15, 1991 • from PLN April, 1991
Filed under: Parole, News, State Legislation
Pennsylvania Lawmakers Want to Axe Parole Board by Pennsylvania Lawmakers Want To Axe Parole Board Leaders of the Pennsylvania House and Senate Judiciary Committees said they will introduce legislation this year to strip the Parole Board of most of its authority as a way to reduce prison overcrowding. The lawmakers …
Article • April 15, 1991 • from PLN April, 1991
Filed under: Parole, News, State Legislation
The LBC's Final Report to the Legislature: A Retreat From The Principles of the SRA by Ed Mead By Ed Mead On January 17, 1991, the Legislative Budget Committee (LBC) issued a "proposed final report" on the performance of the Indeterminate Sentence Review Board (ISRB). The LBC assessed the operations …
Article • April 15, 1991 • from PLN April, 1991
Political Prisoners Hunger Strike in France by Jean-Marc Rouillan By Jean Marc Rouillan [Editors note: this article is translated and based on a letter from Jean Marc to one of PLN's editors.] FRESNES, FRANCE The latest struggle here in France is a rolling hunger strike, one of us will not …
Article • April 15, 1991 • from PLN April, 1991
Beating in the MANCI Control Unit by John Perotti Beating In The MANCI Control Unit By John Perroti MANSFIELD, OHIO - On February 8, 1991, in the super-max administrative control unit (AC-Isolation) at the Mansfield Correctional Institution (MANCI) high tech prison, designed after the U.S. Penitentiary at Marion, II, 35 …
Article • April 15, 1991 • from PLN April, 1991
Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Crime
Bush Keeps Crime on Front Burner by Bush Keeps Crime On Front Burner President Bush, who expressed disappointment with the limited crime control bill approved by Congress last year, has signaled that he intends to keep anti-crime initiatives on the national agenda this year, beginning with a national conference that …
Article • April 15, 1991 • from PLN April, 1991
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews
Shelton Changes by F D I am a 25-year-old inmate serving time in Washington State Correction Center at Shelton. Since my incarceration here at Shelton I have watched expensive reconstruction projects occurring rapidly, such as Birch and Spruce Halls turned into more R-units, more fencing and razor wire, as well …
Article • April 15, 1991 • from PLN April, 1991
Panel Blasts BJA for Ending Drug Treatment Projects by Panel Blasts BJA For Ending Drug Treatment Projects A House committee has issued a report alleging that the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), which manages the $492-million drug enforcement grants program, discontinued funding of drug treatment in prisons and jails, and …
Article • April 15, 1991 • from PLN April, 1991
Filed under: Organizing, Hunger Strikes
John Perroti on Hungerstrike by John Perotti John Perroti On Hungerstrike John Perroti and his partner, Linda Leisure, have been on a hunger strike since February 14, 1991. Perroti has been held on a one-man isolation tier supposedly only until MANCI's AC unit opened. His visits have been restricted to …
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