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Publication • February 12, 2016
Filed under: Advocacy
11. Propaganda for War, ICCPR Coalition Report REPORT ON FAILURE OF COMPLIANCE WITH ARTICLE 20 PROHIBITING PROPAGANDA FOR WAR prepared for the UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHT COMMITTEE Eighty-seventh session for its review of the Second and Third Periodic Report of the United States of America under the International Covenant of …
Publication • February 12, 2016
Speaking Truth to Power - Testimonies from prisoners in US, Prison Watch Program, 2014 Speaking Truth to Power A collection of testimonies from prisoners in United States prisons, documenting uses of physical, chemical, and no-touch torture, among other human rights abuses Sent to: Human Rights Task Forces on the Convention …
Publication • February 12, 2016
Torture in US Prisons, American Friends Service Committee, 2011 Torture in United States Prisons Evidence of Human Rights Violations 2nd Edition American Friends Service Committee New York Metropolitan Region Healing Justice Program Edited by: Bonnie Kerness Coordinator, Prison Watch Editorial Assistant: Beth Breslaw Intern, Prison Watch Contents Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………………………………3 Isolation …
Publication • February 12, 2016
Filed under: Advocacy, Overcrowding, Water
Resolution Oppositing Expansion of La Salle Co RDF, Encinal Economic Development Corporation, 2005 Encinal Economic Development Corporation Resolution # 08-22-05 August 22, 2005 A RESOLUTION OPPOSING THE EXPANSION OF THE LA SALLE COUNTY REGIONAL DETENTION FACILITY OR THE CREATION OF ANY OTHER PRISON OR DETENTION FACILITY IN OR NEAR ENCINAL …
Publication • February 12, 2016
Solitary Confinement - Resource Materials, Stop Solitary & ACLU SOLITARY CONFINEMENT: RESOURCE MATERIALS Solitary Confinement and Supermax Prisons: General              A Critical Look at Supermax Prisons (Sept. 2005), Daniel P. Mears, Corrections Compendium, vol. 30, no. 5, pp. …
Publication • February 11, 2016
Filed under: Advocacy, Prison Reform
Transforming Prisons, Restoring Lives, CCTF, 2016 Transforming Prisons, Restoring Lives Final Recommendations of the Charles Colson Task Force on Federal Corrections January 2016 ABOUT THE CHARLES COLSON TASK FORCE ON FEDERAL CORRECTIONS The Task Force was established by Congressional mandate in 2014 as a nine-person, bipartisan, blue ribbon panel charged …
Publication • February 11, 2016
Filed under: Advocacy, Prison Reform
Prisoner Human Rights Advocacy, Quigley & Godchaux, 2015 LEGAL STUDIES RESEARCH PAPER SERIES PAPER NUMBER 2015-12 Prisoner Human Rights Advocacy Professor William P. Quigley (Co-author, with Sara Godchaux) 16 Loy. J. Pub. Int. L. 359 (2015) This paper can be freely downloaded from the Social Science Research Network at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2702550 …
Publication • February 11, 2016
Filed under: Advocacy, Prison Reform, Police
Rigged Justice 2016 - How Weak Enforcement Lets Corporate Offenders Off Easy, US Senate, 2016 Rigged Justice: 2016 How Weak Enforcement Lets Corporate Offenders Off Easy January 2016 Prepared by the Office of Senator Elizabeth Warren CONTENTS I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................1 II. INTRODUCTION...........................................................4 III. RIGGED JUSTICE: 2015 CASES................................5 A. Financial …
Article • February 3, 2016
Pennsylvania State Security Firm Drops Terrorist Tag for Environmental Activists by Derek Gilna Pennsylvania State Security Firm Drops Terrorist Tag for Environmental Activists   by Derek Gilna   Domestic covert surveillance of peaceful political activists by law enforcement is not a new thing, although the newest manifestation of this practice …
Article • February 2, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016
Filed under: Advocacy, Prison Reform
From Jailer to Jailed: Former NYPD Boss Urges Prison Reform by Christopher Zoukis “It’s time for America to stop destroying lives, professions, and children. It’s time for a real national bipartisan movement to make our criminal justice system what it is supposed to be.” So declared former New York City …
Sex Offenders Rally to Fight Discriminatory Laws by Mark Wilson Advocates for reforming laws restricting where registered sex offenders can live, and for challenging sex offender registries, have vowed to continue the fight despite facing roadblocks, which organizers admit make it difficult to eliminate the discriminatory treatment that many sex …
Article • February 2, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016
From the Editor by Paul Wright For the past 26 years PLN has reported on conditions within the Florida Department of Corrections that have generally ranged from horrible to abysmal in a system long characterized by medical neglect, brutality, corruption and murder by prison officials, and long-time indifference or outright …
Article • August 28, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Illinois University Faculty Member and PLN Contributor Fights for His Job after Opposing New County Jail by Joe Watson Illinois University Faculty Member and PLN Contributor Fights for His Job after Opposing New County Jail by Joe Watson In 2013, James Kilgore’s activism against a proposed new jail in Champaign, …
Article • May 6, 2015 • from PLN May, 2015
Twenty-Five Years of Prison Legal News by Paul Wright The first issue of Prisoners’ Legal News (PLN) was published in May 1990. It was hand-typed, photocopied and ten pages long, and mailed to 75 potential subscribers with a budget of $50. The first three issues were banned in all Washington …
HRDC Litigation Project Update – 25th Anniversary Edition by Lance Weber HRDC Litigation Project Update – 25th Anniversary Edition by Lance Weber After 25 years of publishing Prison Legal News and nearly as many years of litigation over PLN’s right to send its magazine and books to prisoners, the right …
Article • March 5, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
Filed under: Advocacy, Death Penalty
Former Virginia Executioner Now an Anti-Death Penalty Activist by Former Virginia Executioner Now an Anti-Death Penalty Activist Once Virginia’s chief executioner, Jerry Givens put 62 people to death over a 17-year period from 1982 to 1999. Then he had an epiphany that pushed him to use his experience to advocate …
Article • February 28, 2015
CI: Faith, Inc. and Criminal Justice Reform by Kay Whitlock CI: Faith, Inc. and Criminal Justice Reform Criminal InJustice† is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Criminal InJustice …
Article • February 28, 2015
Confidence Men and "Prison Reform" by Kay Whitlock Confidence Men and "Prison Reform" By Kay Whitlock, Critical Mass Progress | Op-Ed Smoke and Mirrors is a new series that dives into the details of "bipartisan prison reform" to reveal the right-wing, neoliberal carceral sleight of hand that's really at work. …
Article • January 10, 2015 • from PLN January, 2015
“Ban the Box” Campaigns Seek to End Discrimination Against Formerly Incarcerated College Applicants by Victoria Law “Ban the Box” Campaigns Seek to End Discrimination Against Formerly Incarcerated College Applicants by Victoria Law "Selene” had been out of prison for one month when she applied to Dutchess Community College and Ulster …
Article • November 8, 2014 • from PLN November, 2014
Norris Henderson: A Profile of Commitment to Criminal Justice Reform by Gary Hunter Norris Henderson: A Profile of Commitment to Criminal Justice Reform by Gary Hunter In 1977, Norris Henderson arrived at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, more commonly known, then and now, as just Angola. With the weight …
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