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Article • August 15, 1996 • from PLN August, 1996
Filed under: Resources, Court Access
ABA Wants Pro Se Litigation Info by The Bureau of Justice Assistance has awarded the American Bar Association a grant to develop a technical-assistance manual to limit the burdens of pro se prisoner litigation while maintaining prisoners' constitutional rights. The manual will include an assessment of the burdens which pro …
Article • March 15, 1996 • from PLN March, 1996
Filed under: Reviews, Resources, Organizing
Legal Materials Available by The Prisoners Self Help Legal Clinic (PSHLC) in New Jersey is a volunteer project of the ACLU and is made up of attorneys, former prisoner paralegals, law students, civil rights advocates and other members of the community who assist pro se prisoner litigants. The PSHLC's concept …
Article • March 15, 1996 • from PLN March, 1996
Filed under: Resources, Organizing
National Convocation May 18-22 by The 1996 National Convocation of Jail and Prison Ministry will be held May 18-22, 1996 at the National 4-H Center, 7100 Connecticut Avenue, Chevy Chase, Maryland. The theme of this year's gathering is "Fear and Violence in America: Building Bridges in a Prison Society." Keynote …
Article • February 15, 1996 • from PLN February, 1996
Weight Lifting Info Available on the Internet by Past issues of PLN have reported on the efforts to halt or curtail weight lifting in prison. Strength Tech, Inc., a supplier to the prison weight lifting industry, has created and dedicated an Internet web site to the issue of prison weight …
Irish POWs in the US by Most people are well aware of the fact that the British government holds hundreds of Irish Republican prisoners of war and political prisoners as a result of its efforts to crush the Irish independence movement. Less well know is the fact that Irish republican …
Article • February 15, 1996 • from PLN February, 1996
Peru Political Materials by Since 1980 the Communist Party of Peru (PCP) has led a people's war against the US backed government in that country. Despite the capture of the party's chairman in 1992 the war has continued as the party recovered from the setbacks it suffered that year. PLN …
Article • November 15, 1995 • from PLN November, 1995
Surveys by - Prisoners Convicted by Drugging is conducting a survey to determine the number of criminal defendants who have gone to trial or been tried while they were under the influence of psychotropic drugs. Anyone desiring a questionnaire should write: B. Buechler, 825 Battery St. 1st Fl. San Francisco, …
Article • October 15, 1995 • from PLN October, 1995
Loompanics Unlimited by 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 pushes the …
Article • May 15, 1995 • from PLN May, 1995
Prisoners With Children by The Center for Children of Incarcerated Parents [CCIP] was created to produce documentation on and demonstrate model services for these special children and their families. CCIP has four components which include 17 individual projects. The Information Component conducts research, provides technical assistance and produces publications. One …
Article • April 15, 1995 • from PLN April, 1995
Mumia Speaks by Mumia Abu Jamal is the former Black Panther unjustly convicted of killing a cop in Philadelphia. A journalist and outspoken advocate for the oppressed before and after his conviction, Mumia was sentenced to death. Since he has been on death row he has continued his incisive and …
Article • February 15, 1995 • from PLN February, 1995
Revolutionary Literature at Half-Price by Pathfinder Press prints and sells revolutionary literature on a variety of subjects, including the works of Lenin, Marx, Trotsky, Malcolm X, the American labor movement, Latin America, Africa, and more. As a special program for prisoners, Pathfinder offers all the materials in their catalog at …
Article • January 15, 1995 • from PLN January, 1995
Resource Info Wanted by Reader Mail I am in the process of compiling information for a prison resource directory. Send any info that you feel would be of benefit to prisoners, their families, ex-offenders and those working in the criminal justice arena. Any type of info can be used, i.e. …
Article • August 15, 1994 • from PLN August, 1994
NJ Prisoners' Resource Center by In conjunction with the New Jersey American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) former prisoners have set up a Prisoner's Resource Center (PRC) to provide services and advocacy for both current and former prisoners in New Jersey. Among the services provided for prisoners are: assistance with parole …
Article • June 15, 1994 • from PLN June, 1994
ABC Benefit Tape by The Anarchist Black Cross is composed of different groups around the world whose purpose is to aid and support class struggle prisoners. ABC Manchester has recently put out a pretty good benefit tape to help raise funds for their activities, which include supporting prisoners, putting out …
Article • May 15, 1994 • from PLN May, 1994
Filed under: Resources, Organizing
Justice Watch by Dan Cahill By Dan Cahill Justice Watch (J.W.) is a grass roots organization that supports prisoners, their families, and all who work for humane conditions until such time as prisons no longer mirror a society based on classism and racism. J.W. organizes trips to Ohio and Kentucky …
Article • May 15, 1994 • from PLN May, 1994
Prison Rape Survivors Sought by Stop Prisoner Rape (SPR) is a non-profit organization dedicated to stopping the all too common practice of sexual assaults within prisons and jails. SPR has recently received numerous media requests where television programs, magazines and journalists are seeking prison rape survivors to interview for news …
Article • April 15, 1994 • from PLN April, 1994
Report on Indiana Control Unit Issued by The Coalition Against Indiana Control Units (CAICU) has issued it's report Human Rights Violations and Torture on the Rise at the Maximum Control Complex at Westville, IN: Profile of a Supermax . The report details and documents the conditions of confinement suffered by …
Voices from the Chowchilla Women's Prison by Judy Greenspan Women in prison are entitled to the same community standard of care that people have outside. However, just the opposite is true at the Central California Women's Facility at Chowchilla, California (CCWF). The CCWF is probably the largest women's prison in …
Article • March 15, 1994 • from PLN March, 1994
Filed under: Resources, Juveniles
Someone Wants to Listen to You! by I would like to hear from young inmates (25 years of age and younger) who would like to help me write the story of young people in prison. I wish to learn about your thoughts on friendship, punishment, loyalty, authority, fear, school, family …
Article • March 15, 1994 • from PLN March, 1994
New Book Planned by The Hidden Side of The Criminal Justice System by prisoners, ex-prisoners, their family members and loved ones. Prisoners and ex-prisoners: Who are you? Send us your poetry, art, fiction, or personal history. Prisoners, ex-prisoners, family and loved ones: How "just" is the trial process? What is …
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