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Article • October 15, 1991 • from PLN October, 1991
From The Editor by Paul Wright By Paul Wright Welcome to another issue of PLN . Longtime readers of PLN may recall that PLN was banned by the Texas DOC in July of 1990 as they claimed we were not a "publisher." We appealed the decision and it was upheld …
Article • September 15, 1991 • from PLN September, 1991
Group Cites Shift from Education to Prisons by Group Cites Shift From Education To Prisons The criminal justice system is "stealing" dollars away from public education, according to a study by the national Center on Institutions and Alternatives (NCIA), an Alexandria, Virginia-based criminal justice research organization. "We're trading textbooks for …
Article • September 15, 1991 • from PLN September, 1991
Filed under: Resources, Organizing
Families Against Mandatory Minimums by FAMM is a nationwide organization of citizens working for the repeal of statutory mandatory minimum sentences. Its members consist of prisoners, their families and loved ones, lawyers and civil rights activists. Mandatory minimum sentences are sentences which must be served with no possibility of parole …
Article • September 15, 1991 • from PLN September, 1991
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews
Why Do Legal Work? by F L Dwight Correctional Center is served educationally by Lewis University, " A Christian Brothers University." Lewis University offers courses entitled Paralegal I and II (16 weeks each), which I have decided to take. According to Lewis University, "the primary purpose of this course is …
Article • September 15, 1991 • from PLN September, 1991
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews
The Class Implications of Prisoner Rights Litigation by Ed Mead The Class Implications Of Prisoner Rights Litigation Compiled by Ed Mead Today the most reactionary and violent faction of the ruling class controls the government. These right-wing conservatives ignore the root causes of crime and instead seek to scapegoat prisoners …
Article • September 15, 1991 • from PLN September, 1991
Editorial by Ed Mead Editorial Comments By Ed Mead Welcome to yet another edition of the PLN. In this issue I have an article on the class implications of prisoner rights litigation. It was written in response to one of many letters we get from readers asking about the politics …
Article • August 15, 1991 • from PLN August, 1991
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Reviews
Reviews by PWA-RAG is a quarterly newsletter edited and published by prisoner James Magner. The title is an abbreviation for "Prisoners With AIDS-Rights Advocacy Group." Its primary purpose is to advocate for the rights of prisoners with AIDS, AIDS related Complex (ARC) and that are HIV positive. They offer educational …
Article • August 15, 1991 • from PLN August, 1991
From The Editor by Paul Wright By Paul Wright Welcome to another issue of PLN . As I write this, I just saw on the news that Thurgood Marshall, the first and only black person to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court, is resigning due to age and health reasons. …
Article • July 15, 1991 • from PLN July, 1991
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews
Pig Park Update by Recently a PLN reader reported that a park for employees of the Washington State penitentiary (WSP) was being built only for employees. The park opened on March 18, 1991, as an "employee park" as a 4-acre area adjacent to the highway and east of the penitentiary, …
Article • July 15, 1991 • from PLN July, 1991
Editorial by Ed Mead Editorial Comments By Ed Mead First of all, I would like to share the situation and some of the thoughts of a former Palestinian prisoner, a man who was only recently released after having served l7 years in Israeli prisons. His name is Ali Mohammed Jiddah, …
Article • July 15, 1991 • from PLN July, 1991
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews
Letters From Readers by Approaching Agreement I think [the letter from] "name withheld, TRCC" had a good point about stigmatizing sex offenders. I find it painfully ironic that the people in our society most victimized by stigmatization (i.e. prisoners) sometimes do the same thing to other inmates. If you include …
Article • June 15, 1991 • from PLN June, 1991
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Reviews
Reviews by World View is the quarterly publication of the Political Prisoners Rights Campaign. The spring 1991 issue is 16 81/2x11 pages and contains articles on western military intervention in the USSR; a response to Amnesty International criticizing that organization for a pro US/UK bias (for example, Al. has not …
Article • June 15, 1991 • from PLN June, 1991
Filed under: Editorials, Media, Censorship
From The Editor by Paul Wright By Paul Wright Welcome to another issue of PLN. As I write this I don't know how successful our plea for donations in the last PLN was. Hopefully everyone who hadn't donated yet was overcome with a spirit of generosity. In an attempt to …
Article • May 15, 1991 • from PLN May, 1991
Local Deities, A Book Review by Ed Mead By Ed Mead I've just finished reading a very good novel. And because the experience was so enjoyable, I would like to share a taste of it in the hopes that you, too, will read this book. The novel is Local Deities, …
Article • May 15, 1991 • from PLN May, 1991
Filed under: Resources, Organizing
The Black Panthers Are Back by Paul Wright By Paul Wright The Black Panther Party (BPP) was originally formed in 1966 by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. Its goal was to organize and serve the black community in the U.S., sometimes called the survival programs. This included breakfast programs for …
Article • May 15, 1991 • from PLN May, 1991
Editorial by Ed Mead Editorial Comments By Ed Mead The main production run of the Prisoners' Legal News is a mere 300 copies. The printing and mailing costs for last issue was a very low $173 ($63 for printing, $85 for postage, and $25 for various other expenses like phone …
Article • April 15, 1991 • from PLN April, 1991
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews
Shelton Changes by F D I am a 25-year-old inmate serving time in Washington State Correction Center at Shelton. Since my incarceration here at Shelton I have watched expensive reconstruction projects occurring rapidly, such as Birch and Spruce Halls turned into more R-units, more fencing and razor wire, as well …
Article • April 15, 1991 • from PLN April, 1991
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews
Years of Change by B Roland Blankenship By B. Roland Blankenship One thing every old convict asks himself at one time or another is: Is prison change better than the old way of doing time? Backing up to the days of slave labor when a simple complaint could buy you …
Article • April 15, 1991 • from PLN April, 1991
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews
To a Bureaucrat by Anthony McIntyre To A Bureaucrat You are as irrelevant to my future as I am to yours. I have no power over you and I seek none. But, you are unhappy to be likewise. You pretend to have influence with the big people enabling you to …
Article • April 15, 1991 • from PLN April, 1991
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Reviews
Reviews by RESISTANCE - Documents and analysis of the illegal front. Is an irregular tabloid that has news and analysis of militant autonomist, anti-imperialist, national liberation, and anti-nuclear struggle in the advanced capitalist countries. The latest issue has articles about native struggle in Canada, a discussion paper on patriarchy from …
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