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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 …
Article • April 15, 1991 • from PLN April, 1991
Filed under: Editorials, Media, Censorship
From The Editor by Paul Wright By Paul Wright Welcome to another issue of PLN. Next month will mark one full year of publishing PLN. This is our twelfth issue. We started out planning to make it a four to six issue project to see what kind of a response …
Article • March 15, 1991 • from PLN March, 1991
Prison Discipline Study by The Prisoner Rights Union (PRU) in California in 1989 started a survey to determine the prevalence of extreme forms of discipline in the American prison system. To do so they mailed out questionnaires to prisoners in 41 states across the U.S. Based on useable returns from …
Article • March 15, 1991 • from PLN March, 1991
Review: A Saga of Shame by A SAGA OF SHAME is a 20-page tabloid dealing with racial discrimination and the death penalty in the U.S. in its current and historical concerts. A lot of the information has been presented before in other publications and PLN has reported some of the …
Article • March 15, 1991 • from PLN March, 1991
Filed under: Editorials, Media, Censorship
Editorial by Ed Mead Editorial Comments By Ed Mead Here is another edition of our newsletter. We hope that you find it is a good one. The Prison/Community Alliance is going to be working toward getting rid of this state's parole board and will need all of the help that …
Article • March 15, 1991 • from PLN March, 1991
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews
Letters From Readers by Hey - I got issue #2 of PLN tonight. I read the article on sex offenders and thought it was excellent. Not only was I not offended, I agree with you 100%. Look - we all have our prejudices as to what is an "okay" crime …
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