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Article • April 15, 1995 • from PLN April, 1995
Filed under: Editorials, Organizing
From The Editor by Paul Wright From the Editor By Paul Wright Welcome to another issue of PLN. Recently the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) Prison Law Project (PLP) held elections in order to elect five prisoners to its steering committee board. I was nominated for one of the slots and …
Article • March 15, 1995 • from PLN March, 1995
Editorial by Dan Pens This is the best part about being an editor. Every other month I get to sit down and write whatever comes to mind. And I know itll be read by over a thousand people. Hey! Wait a second... whatta ya flipping that page for? Oh well, …
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 • February 15, 1995 • from PLN February, 1995
From The Editor by Paul Wright From the Editor by Paul Wright Welcome to another issue of PLN. In the September issue I asked what readers thought of our News in Brief column and whether we should keep it or eliminate it. About 20 readers responded and all want to …
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 • January 15, 1995 • from PLN January, 1995
From The Editor by Dan Pens by Dan Pens Keeping these twenty pages filled and mailed out to 1,200 readers is no small task. Each month I mail out about 50 letters, 75 post cards and a dozen or so invoices to PLN subscribers. I generate most of the "routine" …
Article • December 15, 1994 • from PLN December, 1994
From the Editor by Paul Wright By Paul Wright Welcome to another issue of PLN. Everyone at PLN would like to extend our thanks to the Peradam Foundation for their generous grant to PLN of $3,900 which will enable us to buy computer equipment necessary for the magazine' s production. …
Article • November 15, 1994 • from PLN November, 1994
A Prison a Week by According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics Bulletin, Prisoners in 1993, the nationwide 7.4% growth rate of state and federal prison populations in 1993 translates to 1,254 additional prisoners each week. This rate of growth can only be supported by building one 1,254 bed prison …
Article • November 15, 1994 • from PLN November, 1994
Scared Witless by The fear in her voice reverberated throughout talk-radio land. The elderly woman was among a parade of callers who passionately supported the caning of 18-year-old Michael Fay, who'd pled guilty to vandalism in Singapore. When the host asked why such a brutal punishment was appropriate, she replied …
Article • November 15, 1994 • from PLN November, 1994
The London Hanged: Crime and Civil Society in the 18th Century (Book Review) by Sandy Judd by Peter Linebaugh (Cambridge University Press, 1992) Review by Sandy Judd A title like The London Hanged might make a person think this is another book about death--an 18th century version of those true …
Article • October 15, 1994 • from PLN October, 1994
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Reviews
Reviews by AntiShyster is a bi-monthly 48 page magazine "dedicated to raising hell for lawyers." It presents a critical examination of the American legal system, both civil and criminal. Recent articles have included non-lawyers running for judicial offices, tax laws, listing of public corruption cases by the office holder convicted, …
Article • October 15, 1994 • from PLN October, 1994
From The Editor by Dan Pens From the Editor by Dan Pens Greetings to PLN readers from the new co-editor. I have worked with Ed and Paul since nearly the very beginning, helping to type articles, writing, editing, and proof reading (an odious chore). I originally came on board when …
Article • September 15, 1994 • from PLN September, 1994
Filed under: Reviews, Organizing
The "Correcting Corrections" Project Distributes Prison Video Documentaries by Community activists in Madison, Wisconsin have joined together to develop the Correcting Corrections Project. Correcting Corrections combines art and journalism to create a series of educational videos, to organize community meetings, to arrange for radio and cable television broadcasts, and to …
Article • September 15, 1994 • from PLN September, 1994
From The Editor by Paul Wright From the Editor By Paul Wright Welcome to another issue of PLN. In the March, 1994, issue of PLN we started the News in Brief column which carries little tidbits we think readers might be interested in but which either don't merit an article …
Article • August 15, 1994 • from PLN August, 1994
The Scandal of Prison "Management" by Jill Brotman By Jill Brotman Throughout the AFSC's decades of prison work it has encouraged reconciliation and nonviolent alternatives to conflict. But Massachusetts Governor William Weld has declared that a stay in prison should replicate a tour of the circles of hell. Current prison …
Article • August 15, 1994 • from PLN August, 1994
The Global Prison (Book Review) by David Gilbert The Human Rights Watch Global report On Prisons Edited by Aryeh Neier 303 pp. 1993. New York: Human Rights Watch. $20.00 (pb). Review by David Gilbert The Brazilian Military Police's wanton murder of 111 prisoners involved in a disturbance is just one …
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 • August 15, 1994 • from PLN August, 1994
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Reviews
Reviews by Paul Wright By Paul Wright North Coast XPress is a magazine for people who care about Constitutional issues, U.S. foreign policy, the criminal "justice" system, labor news, animal rights, global and domestic economics, the environment and other topics that the mainstream media won't touch. Each issue has prisoner …
Article • August 15, 1994 • from PLN August, 1994
From The Editor by Paul Wright From the Editor By Paul Wright Welcome to another issue of PLN. As we reported last month, the ACLU has filed suit against the Washington state parole board over their no-contact parole condition on Ed Mead, PLN's former coeditor, which terminated his involvement with …
How to Win Disciplinary Hearings (Book Review) by Mark Cook How To Win Disciplinary Hearings (Book Review) Reviewed by Mark Cook HTW is a manual for federal prisoners written by former federal prisoner Allan Parmelee. This gives the manual integrity from the git go but keep in mind that the …
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