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Article • February 15, 1991 • from PLN February, 1991
Florida DOC Officials Harass Women by A recent investigation by Florida DOC investigator Clayton Lambert of complaints of sexual harassment made by several female employees against Martin Correctional Institution (MCI) warden David Farcas and Southeast Florida DOC director William Rouse. The six women claimed that Rouse and Farcas made sexual …
Article • February 15, 1991 • from PLN February, 1991
Filed under: Sentencing, Parole
Habitual Criminal Case Update by You may recall that last year the Legislature passed SHE 1457 (now in RCW 9.95.013) which directed the Board to review all habitual criminal minimum terms and to apply SRA guideline ranges to them. You may also know that - as usual - the Board …
Article • February 15, 1991 • from PLN February, 1991
Clallam Bay Prisoner Brutalized by Paul Wright By Paul Wright On December 17, 1990, at about 6:35 in the evening several prisoners got into a fight in the F-Unit (Close Custody) rotunda area. Eventually guards carted the participants of that fight off to the "hole." At about 7:10 that evening …
Article • February 15, 1991 • from PLN February, 1991
Filed under: Editorials, Media, Censorship
From The Editor by Paul Wright By Paul Wright Welcome to the tenth issue of PLN . As our readers may recall issues 6, 7 and 8 of Vol. 1 of PLN had been censored by prisoncrats at the Washington Corrections Center in Shelton, WA. The excuse they had given …
Article • February 15, 1991 • from PLN February, 1991
Filed under: Work, Prison Labor
Exception to Slave Labor by D.H. Washington Exception To Slave Labor I would like to commend the staff of PLN (issue #8) because, in my opinion, it is the best issue yet. I was impressed with the listing of competent authorities for the facts and figures presented in the articles. …
Article • January 15, 1991 • from PLN January, 1991
Rejection Process by Last Thursday I got a rejection slip in the mail for PLN #7! The reasons listed were: 1) the mail contains threats of physical harm against any person or threat of criminal activity - then in quotes "chewing policeman's hand off', 5) The mail concerns plans for …
Article • January 15, 1991 • from PLN January, 1991
The Price of Resistance - Is It Worth It? by John Perotti By John Perotti A comrade and brother, Ed Mead, recently wrote his opinion and analysis of the definition of POW and the continuing controversy of "Freedom Now." In it he raised the issue of how political prisoners traditionally …
Article • January 15, 1991 • from PLN January, 1991
Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Crime
Money Down the Drain by Money Down The Drain A special American Bar Association committee has concluded that the millions of dollars Americans pour into hiring more police, expanding the justice system and building more jails may by money down the drain because punishment is not an effective deterrent. What …
Article • January 15, 1991 • from PLN January, 1991
Filed under: Mental Health
Psychiatry Can't Predict Violent Behavior by In a 1982 amicus brief to the U.S. Court, the American Psychiatric Association concluded: "...that the unreliability of psychiatric predictions of future dangerousness is by now an established fact within the profession...The large body of research in this area indicates that, even under the …
Article • January 15, 1991 • from PLN January, 1991
Non-Stenographic Depositions by Paul Wright By Paul Wright The most crucial part or process of a civil rights suit is the discovery process. In prison suits the defendants, i.e. prison officials, have almost sole possession of the evidence that you will need to prove your claims. Many prisoners do not …
Article • January 15, 1991 • from PLN January, 1991
Filed under: Classification, Furloughs
Furlough Facts by Ed Mead By Ed Mead Whatever you decide to do with your life you should try to do it well - be a professional. I'm a professional prisoner. I do time. I've got 15 years in and figure to retire in another 5, maybe sooner if I …
Article • January 15, 1991 • from PLN January, 1991
Filed under: Sentencing, Parole
Attention ISRB Prisoners by If you have a "technical violation" and have received an "excessive sentence" and/or have been max'd out, or if you have been taken before the ISRB for an 0.100 hearing and have had your minimum term extended, send copies of your reasons and decisions to: Ms. …
Article • January 15, 1991 • from PLN January, 1991
Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Crime
Breeder Reactors by Dick Freeman Breeder Reactors? Latest PLN just arrived - excellent issue - you should know that your piece on prison cost was even more correct than you let on. That prisons are, in effect, breeder reactors where young men come in and, by treatment, are turned into …
Article • January 15, 1991 • from PLN January, 1991
Who's in Prison in America by Who's In Prison In America? The overwhelming answer: young black males. Why? Racial and economic biases which are integral to the U.S. prison system. At this time, one of four black men, aged 20-29 (23%) are subject to the criminal justice system. The figure …
Article • January 15, 1991 • from PLN January, 1991
Foreign Letter by I see the continuing of PLN; the paper is fairly legible. It seems, the malignity of the rulers in Walla Walla and Monroe with their quest to delay, restrict or even destroy the PLN are banned. In any case there are some news lately which are of …
Article • January 15, 1991 • from PLN January, 1991
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Crime
Prisons - An Expensive Stone Wall by This monolithic "solution" is becoming more and more costly to society. Yet, in spite of its expense and its dubious role in crime control and prevention, the prison response is being used with increasing frequency. In the last decade, the prison population doubled …
Article • January 15, 1991 • from PLN January, 1991
Book Request System Inadequate by Many jurisdictions try to meet their constitutional obligation to provide segregated prisoners with adequate access to the courts through some sort of law book request system. This means the locked-down prisoner must send a written request to the prison law library asking for specific volumes …
Article • January 15, 1991 • from PLN January, 1991
Prison Cells, Only $30 a Night! by Prison Cells, Only $30 A Night! Although the government spends over $30 billion per year on the prison system, some states have laws giving counties the authority to charge prisoners for the privilege of being locked up and deprived of their civil rights …
Convict Entitled To Have Officer Called As Witness At Hearing, And To Have Independent Evaluation Of Informant's Allegations by Convict Entitled To Have Officer Called As Witness At Hearing, And To Have Independent Evaluation Of Informant's Allegations A prisoner at Sing Sing filed a federal civil rights suit challenging the …
Article • January 15, 1991 • from PLN January, 1991
Filed under: Organizing, Parole
Prison/Community Alliance by An organization, the Prison/Community Alliance will be registering with the State of Washington as a non-profit organization in January. The people involved in this organization have several objectives in mind. The first and most important objective is to be the contact group for the upcoming initiative to …
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