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Article • April 15, 1999 • from PLN April, 1999
From the Editor by Paul Wright In January the Washington prison system implemented new mail censorship rules. This is in line with the national trend by prisons and jails who seek to cut off the flow of information to prisoners and also keep outsiders as ignorant as possible of what …
Article • March 15, 1999 • from PLN March, 1999
Book Review: Acres of Skin: Human Experiments at Holmesburg Prison by Daniel Burton-Rose Allen M. Hornblum Routledge, 297 pgs., $25.00 by Daniel Burton-Rose The ignominious story of U.S. medical experimentation on prisoners is rarely one that makes the history books. Tests using prisoners as human guinea pigs included World War …
Article • March 15, 1999 • from PLN March, 1999
Book Review: Sensible Justice: Alternatives to Prison by Daniel Burton-Rose David C. Anderson The New Press, 182 pgs., $25.00 The programs David C. Anderson lauds in Sensible Justice are everything that alternatives to prison should not be. They stress the punitive over what could reintegrate an offender into society; the …
Article • March 15, 1999 • from PLN March, 1999
From the Editor by Dan Pens Yesterday evening I was walking down the breezeway. A fellow prisoner waved and said, "Hi Dan, how'ya doing?" Without pause I answered, "Well, I'm still standing. Still takin' punches. I guess that's something." That's what being a prisoner involved in The Struggle feels like …
Human Rights Report Details Women in Prison by A recent report from the group Human Rights Watch, titled Nowhere to Hide: Retaliation Against Women in Michigan State Prisons , charges both that Michigan holds female prisoners in horrid conditions and that women who challenge these conditions are subject to retaliation …
Article • February 15, 1999 • from PLN February, 1999
Book Review: Breaking the Walls of Silence by Laura Whitehorn Book review by Laura Whitehorn Breaking The Walls Of Silence: AIDS and Women in a New Youk State Maximum Security Prison was written by the members of the ACE Program (AIDS Counseling and Education) of Bedford Hills Women's Prison. It …
Article • February 15, 1999 • from PLN February, 1999
From the Editor by Paul Wright Since PLN began publishing in 1990 we have had to confront prison censors that have sought to prevent prisoners from receiving PLN . We have usually been able to resolve these problems administratively. In those cases where letters or phone calls prove fruitless we …
Article • January 15, 1999 • from PLN January, 1999
From the Editor by Dan Pens Greetings and welcome to a new year of PLN . Our longevity is a proud accomplishment and one that would not be possible without the continuing support of you our readers. I thank each of you who responded to PLN 's recent fundraiser mailing. …
Article • December 15, 1998 • from PLN December, 1998
From the Editor by Paul Wright By now PLN subscribers should have received a fund raiser letter from PLN . We are requesting donations from our readers in order to upgrade PLN 's aging computer equipment. Two PLN supporters have recently donated up to date software, including a state of …
Article • December 15, 1998 • from PLN December, 1998
Filed under: Reviews, Media, Prisoner Media
Prison Writing in 20th-Century America (Book Review) by Daniel Burton-Rose H. Bruce Franklin,Editor, Penguin, 1998 by Daniel Burton-Rose Closing a conversation about how hideous and abysmal prisons are these days, the great ex-con sociologist John Irwin remarked to me with a muted note of pleasure which I found somewhat unethical …
Article • December 15, 1998 • from PLN December, 1998
Updated AIDS Bibliography Published by The ACLU National Prison Project has announced the publication of its 1998 AIDS in Prison Bibliography. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics report HIV in Prisons and Jails, 1995 , the overall rate of AIDS cases among prisoners was more than six times the …
Article • November 15, 1998 • from PLN November, 1998
Restorative Justice Booklet Available by Dan Pens Review by Dan Pens Long time readers of PLN know that I have an interest in Restorative Justice. I have reviewed and recommended several publications on the topic. I bring your attention now to a very well-produced and affordable booklet that offers an …
Article • October 15, 1998 • from PLN October, 1998
Filed under: Reviews, Media
Book Review: Project Censored: The News That Didn't Make the News by Paul Wright Washington on $10 Million a Day: How Lobbyists Plunder the Nation by Ken Silverstein. Common Courage Press Project Censored: The News That Didn't Make the News, by Peter Phillips and Project Censored. Seven Stories Press. Prison …
Article • October 15, 1998 • from PLN October, 1998
From the Editor by Dan Pens Not too long ago I viewed two one-hour Nightline prime-time specials back-to-back. The first hour featured non-stop spin control about the day's Tomahawk cruise missile attacks on "terrorist camps" in Afghanistan and (most mind-boggling of all!) a pharmaceutical factory in Sudan. Just weeks before, …
Article • October 15, 1998 • from PLN October, 1998
Loompanics Unlimited by Paul Wright Loompanics modestly bills itself as "the best book catalog in the world." If it's not the best it is certainly the most diverse, having all the books you've heard about but probably haven't seen in the neighborhood bookstore. Loompanics is a publisher and vendor that …
Amnesty International Seeks Human Rights Abuse Info by Amnesty International Seeks Human Rights Abuse Info Amnesty International (A.I.) is working on a comprehensive report on human rights in the United States, inclusive of prisons, jails, and immigration detention centers. The primary purpose of this report is to document where there …
Article • September 15, 1998 • from PLN September, 1998
Filed under: Reviews, Court Access
Criminal Law by Paul Wright Criminal Law is an 809 page book designed for criminal justice personnel, judges, prosecutors, police, etc. The book is extremely useful for anyone seeking a basic understanding of substantive criminal law. It does not deal with criminal procedure. With extensive state and federal case citations …
Article • September 15, 1998 • from PLN September, 1998
Allan Ellis' Federal Prison Guidebook by Paul Wright Allan Ellis' Federal Prison Guidebook is a 312 page book that gives a detailed rundown of federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) facilities. Alan Ellis is a California attorney who specializes in the pre-sentence and post conviction representation of federal prisoners. He is …
An End to Silence by Paul Wright An End to Silence: Women Prisoners' Handbook on Identifying and Addressing Sexual Misconduct is a 67 page booklet published by the National Women's Law Center. The booklet is designed for women prisoners, their advocates, prison officials and attorneys. It contains chapters on recognizing …
Article • September 15, 1998 • from PLN September, 1998
Cigarette Health Hazards by Paul Wright Cigarette Health Hazards: The January 14, 1998, Volume 279, No. 2, issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) contains an article on the risks of cigarette smoke in increasing the risk of heart disease. Title "Cigarette Smoking and Progression of Athero …
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