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Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright This year marks the 25th anniversaries of both the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) and the Anti Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) which were both signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1996. We have been reporting extensively …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright The good news seems to be that COVID-19 rates in prisons and jails, like the rest of the country, appear to be decreasing as vaccination rates increase. Visiting is being restored in many states and there seems to be some return …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews
From a Picture Grew Thousands of Words by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon When Minnesota state prisoner C. Fausto Cabrera was transferred to the Rush City Correctional Facility (RCCF), he came across a photo by acclaimed photographer Alec Soth on a book cover of a poetry collection. It was of …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: Resources, Advocacy
Resources for Understanding Today’s Prison System by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Izzie Ramirez, reporter for Vice, wrote a summary of the many resources available to anyone wishing to learn about the U.S. prison system. The article, published Jan. 22, 2021, discusses the varied inequalities of the prison industrial complex …
Article • June 1, 2021 • from PLN June, 2021
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright The past year and a half has consumed news coverage with the coronavirus pandemic. Since March of last year Prison Legal News has shifted its news coverage to COVID-19 and its impact on prisoners and the criminal justice system. With the …
Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright This issue of Prison Legal News marks our 31st anniversary since we first began publishing in May, 1990. During that time period we have witnessed many changes in the criminal justice system, pretty much all of them negative for prisoners and …
Article • May 1, 2021 • from PLN May, 2021
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews
Amid Widespread Calls for Abolition, Mariame Kaba Sheds Light With Latest Book by Juliette LaMarr by Juliette LaMarr Mariame Kaba has released a book in response to the rise in abolitionist thinking in the last year, per a February 23, 2021 article for NBC News. Last summer, as thousands gathered …
Article • April 1, 2021 • from PLN April, 2021
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright This month’s cover story is on jail suicides, with a particular focus on Massachusetts. Sadly, this is a topic we have covered extensively over the past 30 years. Despite extensive study and research on the causes of suicide, rates generally increased …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright Since our inception, the Human Rights Defense Center, the publisher of Prison Legal News, has opposed the death penalty. The saying that capital punishment means that those without the capital get the punishment well illustrates the inherent unfairness of how the …
Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright For decades, prisoncrats have claimed that if they were given an opportunity to rectify complaints by prisoners there would be no need for litigation. Everyone involved knows that is a lie. Since the passage of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) in 1996, prisoners …
Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright Welcome to the first issue of PLN for 2021. This month’s cover story dissects the myth of the “Texas Criminal Justice Reform Miracle.” One of the oddities of the American police state is that only in the U.S., which cages more …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright Welcome to the last issue of PLN for 2020. It has been an eventful year that no one expected or planned for in January. Two companies, Pfizer and Moderna, have announced vaccines for COVID-19 claiming effectiveness rates of over 90%. So far, we have …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright Welcome to the 30th anniversary issue of Prison Legal News. As the cover story notes, this was slated to run in the May 2020 issue but that got pushed back due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Initially we had planned to skip …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright This month’s cover story reports on Delancey Street, the Bay Area Foundation that has gained fame for its programs that rehabilitate prisoners. Its success has allowed it to grow into a large operation with facilities in six cities. Readers can make …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Filed under: Reviews
Interview: Jodie Sinclair on Her New Book, “Love Behind Bars” by Ken Silverstein by Ken Silverstein Jodie Sinclair is the co-author of two nationally published non-fiction books and the author of a recently released memoir about her 25-year fight to free her husband from prison after a wrongful conviction, “Love …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Filed under: Editorials, COVID-19
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright COVID-19 has not gone away; indeed it seems to be worsening in prisons and jails around the country. But this month’s cover story on prisons in Iceland serves as a reminder that not all countries have, or want, a police state …
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright As summer wears on, the pandemic continues to take its toll behind bars. Our cover story reports the latest developments on COVID-19 in prisons and jails. Thanks to all the prisoner readers who are sending us reports and updates about coronavirus …
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
Interview: Jessica Sandoval of Unlock the Box on Solitary Confinement by Ken Silverstein by Ken Silverstein Unlock the Box supports education and advocacy efforts on the national, state, and local levels to advance the goal of ending solitary confinement in the United States. The coalition defines solitary confinement for adults …
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
Filed under: Reviews, Databases
Book Review: The Habeas Citebook: Prosecutorial Misconduct Is an Invaluable Resource for Challenging Prosecutorial Misconduct by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell I have to admit that the idea of a citebook in the age of searchable databases was a little lost on me. “Who needs a citebook these days,” I …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright With COVID-19 still dominating prison and jail related news, it is worth keeping in mind that detention conditions did not miraculously improve because of a pandemic. Rather, already bad conditions have gotten steadily worse, inadequate and negligent medical care systems have …
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