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Article • July 15, 1997 • from PLN July, 1997
Prisoners of Colonialism: The Struggle for Justice in Puerto Rico by Daniel Burton-Rose Review by Daniel Burton-Rose This work by Ronald Fernandez provides a history of Puerto Rico's efforts to free itself from the imperial rule of the United States, from the time it was "won" from the Spanish in …
Article • July 15, 1997 • from PLN July, 1997
PLRA Doesn't Apply to Immigration Detainees by The court of appeals for the fifth circuit held that the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) does not apply to immigration detainees. Anthony Ojo was convicted of a drug offense, sentenced to five years in prison and after completing that sentence the Immigration …
Article • March 15, 1997 • from PLN March, 1997
Ten Years Is Enough; Belgian POWs Seek Freedom by In 1984 and 1985 the Communist Fighting Cells (CCC) attacked imperialist and capitalist interests in Belgium. Among the targets attacked were banks (including the Bank of America), NATO headquarters, the federation of big employers, energy companies, etc. On December 16, 1985, …
Article • February 15, 1997 • from PLN February, 1997
Notes from the Unrepenitentiary by Laura Whitehorn In the last months of 1996, the court system in Israel legalized torture. Preventing "terrorist attacks" makes it necessary, the courts ruled, to use physical torture to extract information from Arab "suspects." Fifty years ago the nazis used similar rationales to justify the …
Article • February 15, 1997 • from PLN February, 1997
World Criminal Justice Systems: A Survey by by Richard Terrill is a 472 page book examining the criminal justice systems of France, England, Sweden, Russia and Japan. In that respect the title is misleading as all five countries are industrialized bourgeois democracies that have more in common with each other …
Brief • January 17, 1997
Filed under: Immigration
Flores v. Reno, Settlement, CA, Unaccompanied Minors, 1997 8/12/96 CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS & CONSTITUTIONAL LA W Carlos Holguin Peter A. Schey 256 South Occidental Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90057 (213) 388-8693 NATIONAL CENTER FOR YOUTH LA W Alice Bussiere James Morales 114 Sansome Street, Suite 905 San Francisco, CA …
Twelve Political Prisoners Gave their Lives in a Death Fast in Turkey by When Aygun Ugur, an imprisoned militant from the outlawed Turkish Communist Party/Marxist-Leninist (TKP/ML), died on the 63rd day of a hungerstrike, Turkey was shocked. In a nation which is continually rocked by political crises and rebellion, this …
Article • October 15, 1996 • from PLN October, 1996
Unrest in South American Prisons by Brazil On February 3, 1996, a specialized military police unit killed two prisoners and wounded another in a Sao Paulo police station after putting down a rebellion by 127 prisoners protesting a lack of water at the facility. "It's not normal" to shoot protesting …
Article • September 15, 1996 • from PLN September, 1996
Thanks from Thailand by Jackie Sample Dear PLN Readers -- It's been over a year since we wrote. We received many thoughtful and kind responses from PLN readers--and we have wonderful news to share with you. Because of everyone's efforts on behalf of Americans incarcerated in Bangkok, the one kilo …
Article • August 15, 1996 • from PLN August, 1996
Canadian Prisoners Regain Voting Rights by Michael Klug On December 27, 1995, Canadian prisoners won another round in an on-going legal battle for their fundamental right to vote in Canadian federal elections. A Canadian federal court declared unconstitutional the latest federal ban on prisoner voting. The Canadian government plans to …
Canada's Prison Chief Resigns by The head of Canada's prison service resigned immediately after a report was released April 1, 1996, about the abuse of female prisoners at the Kingston Prison for Women in April of 1994. "I have come to the conclusion that a change in leadership would be …
Article • August 15, 1996 • from PLN August, 1996
Brig Fire Sparks Political Debate by Dan Pens On March 29, 1996, several "illegal aliens" allegedly used electrical wire to ignite toilet paper, sheets and mattresses at a military brig at Miramar Naval Air Station in California. The resulting fire, and especially the smoke, created havoc. Panicked prisoners began to …
Article • August 15, 1996 • from PLN August, 1996
Supreme Court Reverses Court Access Case by Paul Wright In the June, 1995, issue of PLN we reported Casey v. Lewis, 43 F.3d 1261 (9th Cir. 1994) in which a unanimous panel of the ninth circuit court of appeals affirmed most of a lower court ruling designed to ensure Arizona …
Article • June 15, 1996 • from PLN June, 1996
Report on Japanese Prisons Released by Human Rights Watch Asia has recently released a booklet titled Prison Conditions in Japan. The 93 page booklet gives a detailed overview of the Japanese prison system. Organized by topic the booklet includes a summary with chapters covering police detention, physical conditions, communication between …
Tenth Anniversary of Peru Prison Massacres by [The following article is excerpted from the book Gloria al Día de Heroísmo, which is an account of the uprising and massacre of Peruvian political prisoners and Prisoners of War on June 19, 1986. This year marks the tenth anniversary of the uprising.] …
Article • June 15, 1996 • from PLN June, 1996
Indian Journalist/Ex-Prisoner Denied Travel by M.N. Ravunni is the secretary of the Central Propaganda Committee of the Communist Party of Kerala in India. He is also the chief editor of the magazine Munnanipo-rali. In July, 1995, Mr. Ravunni applied for a passport to visit other countries, including the U.S. and …
Article • June 15, 1996 • from PLN June, 1996
Japanese Justice: The Police Detention and Prison Systems by Gary P Leupp by Gary P. Leupp Japanese justice officials boast of their extraordinarily high rate of conviction (99.94% in 1994). They imply that this rate results from efficient police work and careful judicial proceedings. When a high profile case (such …
Illinois DOC Violates Court Access Rights by A federal district court in Illinois held that the Illinois DOC violates the rights of segregated prisoners by requiring them to rely on a "runner system" in order to do legal research and litigate their claims. In a lengthy post trial ruling examining …
Article • May 15, 1996 • from PLN May, 1996
Spain and Belgium Abolish the Death Penalty by As the U.S. increases the number of people it murders each year the trend in favor of state-sanctioned murder is ebbing elsewhere. Fifty-five countries around the world have abolished the death penalty for all crimes, fifteen others have abolished it for social …
Article • April 15, 1996 • from PLN April, 1996
Peruvian POWs Rescued by [Editor's Note: Since 1980 the Communist Party of Peru (PCP) has waged a people's war in an effort to overthrow the US supported regime in Peru. That struggle suffered a major setback in 1992 when the party's chairman, Abimael Guzman, and several members of the central …
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