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Article • September 15, 1992 • from PLN September, 1992
Prisons Cost More Than Harvard by A recent William Raspberry article on alternatives to imprisonment pointed out the folly of continuing to waste tax dollars on a system (imprisonment) that is ineffective, does not deter crime, and could inadvertently provide impetus to a problem that is already epidemic. Raspberry's position …
Article • September 15, 1992 • from PLN September, 1992
Behind the Walls: Prison Radio Show to Start by Behind The Walls: Prison Radio Show To Start To bring prison news to millions of potential listeners every week, MIM (Maoist International Movement) is starting a weekly radio program called Behind the Walls . The program will include some of the …
Article • September 15, 1992 • from PLN September, 1992
Filed under: Resources, Organizing
New Jersey Prisoners Support Network by Prisoners, ex prisoners, friends and family members of prisoners and community activists in New Jersey have begun forming a Prisoner Support Network. So far two meetings have been held to discuss ways to end various forms of repression and discrimination in the New Jersey …
Article • September 15, 1992 • from PLN September, 1992
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Voting
On the Upcoming Presidential Elections by Ed Mead During the next several months the mass media will be pulling the wool over the eyes of working people in America. They will be doing this by using Gulf War type saturation coverage of the elections. In many ways it is all …
Article • September 15, 1992 • from PLN September, 1992
Editorial by Ed Mead Editorial Comments By Ed Mead First of all, readers should have noticed that we printed fourteen pages of the PLN last month, four more than our usual number. The reason for this bonus was due to an unexpected increase in contributions from prisoners and family members. …
NCCHC Asks Congress to Improve Prison Health Care by NCCHC Asks Congress To Improve Prison Health Care Carl C. Bell, M.D., chairman of the National Commission on Correctional Health Care's (NCCHC) Board of Directors, in testifying to a congressional subcommittee, stated that "...the Federal Government must act to improve health …
Article • August 15, 1992 • from PLN August, 1992
1991 Prison Population Up 6.2% by The population of state and federal prisons (not counting jails) rose 6.2 percent last year, reaching a new record high of more than 823,000, according to a study by the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). The increase amounted to a need for 900 …
Article • August 15, 1992 • from PLN August, 1992
ABA Says Use of Prisons Not Effective Way to Fight Crime by ABA Says Use Of Prisons Not Effective Way To Fight Crime The increasing reliance in the U.S. on the use of incarceration as a criminal sanction is a costly and ineffective way to combat crime, according to a …
Article • August 15, 1992 • from PLN August, 1992
Prison Costs More than Harvard by Ralph Hakim Walker Prison Costs More Than Harvard By Ralph 'Hakim' Walker An April 4, 1992 William Raspberry article on alternatives to imprisonment pointed out the folly of continuing to waste tax dollars on a system (imprisonment) that is ineffective, does not deter crime, …
Article • August 15, 1992 • from PLN August, 1992
Filed under: Editorials, Organizing
From The Editor by Paul Wright Welcome to another issue of PLN. Please check your mailing label. If it says "Aug. 92" this means this is your next to last issue and unless we receive a donation you will be dropped from the mailing list. When your label says "final …
Article • July 15, 1992 • from PLN July, 1992
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews
The Pen is Mightier Than The Sword by John Adams By John Adams I'm a prisoner at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla; Washington. I've been incarcerated for more than a decade. In 1984, 1 began studying the law while fighting for my life after stabbing another inmate to …
Article • July 15, 1992 • from PLN July, 1992
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews
Toward an Understanding of Today's Economic Terms by Ed Mead By Ed Mead We all hear so much about economic indicators these days, but do any of us really understand anything about them, or what they mean? How important are terms like the Consumer Price Index, Balance of Trade figures, …
Article • July 15, 1992 • from PLN July, 1992
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews
We Are Making Progress by Barbara Dority A year ago, when the HOW board voted to make a donation to Prisoner's Legal News, we wrote to tell you how crucial we believe prison reform is in our country today and how excited we were about your ground breaking work. We …
Article • July 15, 1992 • from PLN July, 1992
No Room for Police State in America! by America is again being set adrift upon shifting sand, just when our economy is so fragile. And so the Police State enters its battle cry, "Let's get tough on crime!" Then we watch the prime time results. Anarchy momentarily explodes, then the …
Article • July 15, 1992 • from PLN July, 1992
Fully Informed Jury Project by G J I wanted to write and say your newsletter is alright! I like being able to see the newest decisions that are coming down, to see how much more rights we are loosing, and losing them we are. I have something your readers might …
Article • July 15, 1992 • from PLN July, 1992
Editorial by Ed Mead Editorial Comments By Ed Mead Welcome to another issue of the newsletter. I've been so busy putting out a special issue of the PLN for prison law libraries across the country that I have not had much time to write my comments for this month. We …
Article • June 15, 1992 • from PLN June, 1992
Hand Me Downs by Dan Pens By Dan Pens I was only five. My mind didn't belong entirely to me yet. So much of it belonged to the world, especially to whomever I was with, and double-especially to adults, and triple especially to Grandpa 'cause he knew everything. He was …
Article • June 15, 1992 • from PLN June, 1992
Filed under: Editorials, Media, Censorship
From The Editor by Paul Wright By Paul Wright Welcome to another issue of the PLN. We encourage our readers to submit articles and information about happenings in their areas so we can publish them in the paper. However, what some folks have done recently is send us bundles of …
Article • June 15, 1992 • from PLN June, 1992
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Reviews
Publications to Read by Ed Mead Publications To Read By Ed Mead You can't expect to understand the world and its political processes unless you have accurate information on these subjects. The Middle East, for example, is an important area of concern to the people of this nation - we've …
Article • June 15, 1992 • from PLN June, 1992
Prisoner Litigant and Prison Law Library Secondary Resource List by Robert Pierce By Robert Pierce In the field of law, books that deal with an overall view of a topic, those that are used in teaching law, or that are encyclopedic in nature, are known as secondary resource materials. These …
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