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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 …
Article • September 15, 1998 • from PLN September, 1998
Filed under: Reviews, Court Access
Connecticut Prisoner Rights by Paul Wright Connecticut Prisoner Rights is a brand new 232 page book produced by the Connecticut Civil Liberties Union and the Jerome Frank Legal Services Organization of Yale Law School. A group effort by Peter Stern and numerous other law students and attorneys, the end result …
Article • September 15, 1998 • from PLN September, 1998
Filed under: Reviews, Court Access
Briefs of Leading Cases in Corrections by Paul Wright Briefs of Leading Cases in Corrections is a 268 page book by Rolando Del Carmen, Susan Ritter and Betsy Witt, which gives a summary and synopsis of 113 United States supreme court cases dealing with prisons, jails, probation, parole, the death …
Article • September 15, 1998 • from PLN September, 1998
Filed under: Reviews, Organizing
The Razor Wire by Paul Wright The Razor Wire is a 24 page bi-monthly tabloid published by the November Coalition. Its focus is on federal drug policy issues, specifically mandatory minimums and sentencing issues. A grassroots movement, the November Coalition encompasses prisoners, their families, as well as academics and other …
Article • September 15, 1998 • from PLN September, 1998
From the Editor by Paul Wright PLN 's book, The Celling of America , (TCOA) continues to do well. The first print run of 3,000 copies was sold out by June, less than three months after its official release date of March 1, 1998. All publications that have reviewed TCOA …
Article • August 15, 1998 • from PLN August, 1998
The Tough-On-Crime Myth: Real Solutions to Cut Crime by Daniel Burton-Rose American penal reform movements have a long and distinguished history: that of middle-class activists working to check the excesses of the centralized state against the underclass. Some of the reformers had good hearts, some didn't. Either way, they're responsible …
Article • August 15, 1998 • from PLN August, 1998
The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison: Ideology, Class and Criminal Justice by Daniel Burton-Rose Jeffrey Reiman's book is an excellent antidote to The Real War on Crime and The Tough on Crime Myth. First published in 1979 and now in its fifth revised edition, The Rich Get …
Article • August 15, 1998 • from PLN August, 1998
The Real War on Crime: The Report of the National Criminal Justice Commission (Book Review) by Daniel Burton-Rose by Steven R. Donziger, Editor Harper Perennial, 1996, $15.00 by Daniel Burton-Rose The Tough-On-Crime Myth: Real Solutions to Cut Crime, by Peter T. Elikann Insight Books, 1996, $24.95 The Rich Get Richer …
Article • August 15, 1998 • from PLN August, 1998
From the Editor by Dan Pens Greetings and welcome to the 100th consecutive monthly publication of PLN . Who knew when Paul Wright and Ed Mead put out the first rough and tumble issue of PLN in May 1990, that it would flourish and prosper for 100 months? Certainly not …
Article • July 15, 1998 • from PLN July, 1998
Filed under: Reviews, Organizing
DARK NIGHT Field Notes by Dan Pens DARK NIGHT field notes DARK NIGHT field notes is a most excellent quarterly magazine chronicling progressive struggle. Why I had never been exposed to this zine before, I don't know. Issue #11 (its focus on prison struggle) found its way to my desk, …
Article • July 15, 1998 • from PLN July, 1998
Prisoner 'Stress Response Syndrome' Described by Dan Pens The Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) and related court rulings have raised imposing obstacles to prison civil rights litigation, effectively gutting class action claims against overcrowding and other conditions of confinement. Increasingly, courts require a showing of how such conditions are violating …
Article • July 15, 1998 • from PLN July, 1998
From the Editor by Paul Wright We would like to thank Youth Emergency Services in Texas for awarding PLN a $1,000 grant with which to do sample mailings. We would also like to thank an East coast prisoner, who prefers to stay anonymous, for his donation of $500 so we …
Human Rights Watch Condemns Indiana Control Units by Daniel Burton-Rose In October, 1997 the international human rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) released Cold Storage: Super-Maximum Security Confinement in Indiana , a report on the Maximum Control Facility at Westville and the Secured Housing Unit at the Wabash Valley Correctional …
Article • June 15, 1998 • from PLN June, 1998
Descent Into Madness: An Inmate's Experience in the New Mexico State Prison Riot by Daniel Burton-Rose by Mike Rolland, 1997 If the 1971 rebellion at Attica typified the internal cohesion, strength, and political awareness of the U.S. prison movement in the late 60s and early 70s, the 1980 riot at …
Pro Se Tips and Tactics: Limiting the Burdens of Pro Se Inmate Litigation by John Midgley Review of Limiting The Burdens Of Pro Se Inmate Litigation: A Technical Assistance Manual For Courts, Correctional Officials, And Attorneys General , by Lynn S. Branham (American Bar Association, 1997). Given all the anti-prisoner …
Article • June 15, 1998 • from PLN June, 1998
Prisons and Aids: A Public Health Challenge by Daniel Burton-Rose Prisons and AIDS: A Public Health Challenge by Ronald Braithwaite, Theodore Hammett and Robert Mayberry Prisons and AIDS is a well-informed, highly statistical overview of the issues surrounding HIV/AIDS in prisons and jails. The book focuses on education programs and …
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