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Article • February 15, 1991 • from PLN February, 1991
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews
No Blood For Oil by Paul Wright By Paul Wright As we go to press with this issue of PLN the United States is preparing to attack Iraq in the Persian Gulf. There's a large number of veterans from past imperialist adventures still in prison throughout the United States today. …
Article • February 15, 1991 • from PLN February, 1991
Filed under: Editorials, Media, Censorship
From The Editor by Paul Wright By Paul Wright Welcome to the tenth issue of PLN . As our readers may recall issues 6, 7 and 8 of Vol. 1 of PLN had been censored by prisoncrats at the Washington Corrections Center in Shelton, WA. The excuse they had given …
Article • January 15, 1991 • from PLN January, 1991
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Crime
Prisons - An Expensive Stone Wall by This monolithic "solution" is becoming more and more costly to society. Yet, in spite of its expense and its dubious role in crime control and prevention, the prison response is being used with increasing frequency. In the last decade, the prison population doubled …
Article • January 15, 1991 • from PLN January, 1991
Four Out of Ten Get the Slammer by Four Out Of Ten Get The Slammer A Bureau of Justice Statistics study tracked 536,000 felony offenders in 12 states in 1967. The study found that out of every 10 people arrested on felony charges, eight were prosecuted, six were convicted of …
Article • January 15, 1991 • from PLN January, 1991
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Reviews
Reviews by Paul Wright By Paul Wright Sentencing Guidelines Commission Meetings. The SGC meets about every month or so to review how the SRA is working, its effects on prison and jail populations in the state of Washington, what recommendations to make to the legislature, trends in prison population due …
Article • January 15, 1991 • from PLN January, 1991
Editorial by Ed Mead Editorial Comments by Ed Mead Welcome to issue #1 of the second volume of our little newsletter. With the new year you will notice that we have added a more polished look to the paper. In the past Paul and I would type up the paper …
Article • December 15, 1990 • from PLN December, 1990
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Crime
Could Sending People to Prison Actually Cause Crime? by Ed Mead Could Sending People To Prison Actually Cause Crime? By Ed Mead According to the U.S. Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), the nation's state and federal prison population increased by 42,862 prisoners, or six percent, during the first …
Article • December 15, 1990 • from PLN December, 1990
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews
Thinking About Women by David Gilbert By David Gilbert On the streets I had women on my mind all the time, but that was nothing compared to being in prison. On many nights I lie in my cell just thinking about women - missing loved ones, remembering times together, and …
Article • December 15, 1990 • from PLN December, 1990
Filed under: Editorials, Media, Censorship
From the Editor by Paul Wright From The Editor By Paul Wright Welcome to issue #8 of PLN. If your mailing label says "last issue" this means that you have not made any donations to PLN or assisted us in production. (Note: this applies only to US readers). We do …
Article • December 15, 1990 • from PLN December, 1990
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews
Letters From Readers by Letters form our readers are encouraged. Words in brackets [like this] reflect material added by the editors in order to better clarify a subject. Names of writers will not be published unless specific authorization is given to do so. We not only welcome the input of …
Article • November 15, 1990 • from PLN November, 1990
Free Supreme Court Opinions by The new term for the U.S. supreme court started on October 1, 1990. The Court offers free copies of its decisions for each term to interested parties. This applies only to decisions in this term, there is a limit of 5 decisions per request, be …
Article • November 15, 1990 • from PLN November, 1990
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews
Lines in the Sand by Paul Wright By Paul A. Wright As we go to press several hundred thousand American soldiers are waiting in the desert of Saudi Arabia. I expect that before too long they will be attacking Iraq or Iraqi troops in Kuwait. It cannot be said that …
Article • November 15, 1990 • from PLN November, 1990
Fully Informed Jury Amendment by FULLY INFORMED JURY AMENDMENT FIJA is a national group which seeks to put laws on the books in all 50 states which will inform juries that they have the right to return not guilty verdicts if the ends of justice would not be served by …
Article • November 15, 1990 • from PLN November, 1990
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Reviews
Reviews by Paul Wright By Paul Wright Clash This is a 40-page English language publication put out by the European Autonomous movement. This first issue has a long article on the hunger-strike by GRAPO prisoners in Spain, persecution and history of the Kurdish Workers Party in West Germany and their …
Article • November 15, 1990 • from PLN November, 1990
Editorial Comments by Ed Mead EDITORIAL COMMENTS Welcome to issue #7 of the Prisoners' Legal News. As I write this issue, #6 has not yet been mailed out to readers, and #5 has just been banned from the Washington State Penitentiary at Walla Walla. The warden there said "the article, …
Article • October 15, 1990 • from PLN October, 1990
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews
Expression by V Martinez By V. Martinez When the prison gates slam behind an inmate, he does not lose his human qualities. His mind does not become closed to ideas. His intellect does not cease to feed on free and open interchange of opinions. His yearning for self-respect does not …
Article • October 15, 1990 • from PLN October, 1990
Government Spending for Civil, Criminal Justice Reached $61 Billion in 1988 by Government Spending For Civil, Criminal Justice Reached $61 Billion In 1988 Federal, state and local governments spent $61 billion for civil and criminal justice in 1988, a 34 percent increase since 1985, the U.S. Justice Department's Bureau of …
Article • October 15, 1990 • from PLN October, 1990
Prisoners on Purpose by Prisoners On Purpose "A Peacemakers Guide to Jails and Prisons" is put out by Nukewatch. It deals with the experience of nuclear resisters (these are people who engage in civil disobedience/civil resistance to nuclear weapons and power, by blockades, hammering missiles, etc.) who have been imprisoned …
Article • October 15, 1990 • from PLN October, 1990
Prison Resources by Paul Wright As you read through PLN you'll notice that few if any of our articles are reprints from other publications. We think it's better to be original than to duplicate the efforts of others and we have only 10 pages to get our message out. Whenever …
Article • October 15, 1990 • from PLN October, 1990
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Crime
It Costs Too Much and It Does Not Work by Ed Mead It Costs Too Much And It Does Not Work By Ed Mead We need to prove it! According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), during the period between the end of 1988 and the end of 1989, …
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