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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 …
Article • June 15, 1998 • from PLN June, 1998
Bob Bensing, Hero, Dies Suddenly by The world lost a hero in the struggle for human rights on February 3, 1998. Southern Center for Human Rights lawyer Bob Bensing, 42, was returning to Atlanta, GA, from Valdosta State Prison after meeting with two prisoner plaintiffs. His car reportedly hydroplaned and …
Article • June 15, 1998 • from PLN June, 1998
Filed under: Resources, Organizing
Attention Veteran Prisoner Activists by Celling of America co-editor Daniel Burton-Rose is working on a book about prisoner activism in the 1960s and 70s. Daniel is seeking contacts with veterans from that period. Rememberances of involvement in work stoppages, anti-racist organizing, prisoner unions, etc. are especially welcome. Send letters to: …
Article • June 15, 1998 • from PLN June, 1998
From the Editor by Dan Pens Once again, I come to you with greetings, good cheer, and to beg for money. This time, however, I'll show you the PLN budget in black and white. But before I do that, let me give you the bottom line and let you know …
Article • May 15, 1998 • from PLN May, 1998
From the Editor by Paul Wright Welcome to the eighth anniversary issue of PLN . This issue marks eight continuous years of monthly publishing, and in August we'll publish our 100th issue. This is an enormous accomplishment when one considers that the bulk of prison and alternative publications measure their …
Article • April 15, 1998 • from PLN April, 1998
In Memory - Reverends Ernest Bromley and Maurice McCrackin by John Perotti On December 18, 1997, Reverend Ernest Bromley passed away. Less than two weeks later, on December 30, 1997, Bromley's partner, comrade, and Brother, Reverend Maurice McKrackin ("Rev Mac" to all) followed him. Both had a long painful fight …
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