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Article • April 15, 2000 • from PLN April, 2000
Texas Prison Rocked by Guard Killing, Riot by A guard at the McConnell Unit prison in Beeville, Texas, was fatally stabbed a week before Christmas, 1999. Three days later 80 convicts escaped from their ad-seg cells and took control of the unit for three and a half hours before riot …
Article • April 15, 2000 • from PLN April, 2000
Two Die during Latest Angola Escape Attempt by Two Die During Latest Angola Escape Attempt by Dan Pens A guard and a prisoner were killed December 28, 1999 at Louisiana's maximum security penitentiary at Angola during a bungled escape attempt that ended after a two hour hostage standoff. The guard, …
Article • April 15, 2000 • from PLN April, 2000
Eleven Guards Injured in CA Ruckus by Eleven guards were treated for injuries resulting from a November 22, 1999 incident at the High Desert State Prison in Susanville, California prison authorities said. One guard had two teeth knocked out, The Sacramento Bee reported, during an attack by about 60 prisoners …
Turkish Political Prisoners Massacred by On September 26, 1999, eleven political prisoners in a Turkish prison were massacred by police. The victims were imprisoned members of the People's Revolutionary Liberation Front Party (DHKP-C) and the Communist Party of Turkey-Marxist-Leninist (TKP-ML). Both organizations are currently waging people's wars to overthrow the …
Article • April 15, 2000 • from PLN April, 2000
Notes from the Unrepenitentiary by Marilyn Buck Thinking About Dying and Living at the End of the 2nd Western World Millennium by Marilyn Buck Because I'm a Federal prisoner in California, I hear more about what goes on in California state prisons than in other states. Fortunately there exists a …
Brief • March 21, 2000
Almodovar v. Snyder, IL, Complaint, Ad Seg Hearings Gang Renunciation, 2000 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT SANGAMON COUNTY, ILLINOIS JOHNNY ALMODOVAR, HERNANDEZ BAILEY-EL, PABLO BARRARA, ISIAH BELL, ARYULES BIVENS, NED BROOKS, CORNELIUS BURNS, ROOSEVELT BURRELL, GARY CLARK, SHAWN COATES, MAURICE COLEMAN, KENNARD COMBS, RICHARD FLOOD, LARRY …
New Folsom Year Long Lockdown by Willie Wisely by W. Wisely Northern California Mexican prisoners have been locked down since November 21, 1998, at New Folsom Prison's C Facility. The lockdown began when Northern and Southern California Mexican prisoners, long time enemies, fought on the yard. Ken Hurdle, an ombudsman …
Article • February 15, 2000 • from PLN February, 2000
Florida State Prison Halloween Melee by According to a report in The Orlando Sentinel, six Florida State Prison guards were injured during a Halloween incident at Florida State Prison. The disturbance began when FSP prisoner William Stiles set his mattress on fire. Other prisoners complained of respiratory problems because of …
Nine Florida Guards Injured in Scuffle by Heightened tensions between prisoners and guards stemming from the July beating death of Frank Valdes at the hands of Florida State Prison guards may have contributed to a September clash between prisoners and guards at the Union Correctional Center in Raiford. According to …
Wackenhut's Woes: Guard Killed in New Mexico Riot; Prisoners Exiled to Virginia Supermax by Alex Friedmann Previously, PLN has reported problems at the Lea County Corr. Facility in Hobbs, New Mexico, one of two prisons in the state operated by Wackenhut Corrections Corp. Violent incidents at the Hobbs facility have …
Riots Rock CCA Prison in Oklahoma by In Nov. 1998 Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) opened the Diamondback Corr. Facility in Watonga, OK and filled it with prisoners from Indiana and Hawaii. According to a prisoner housed at the facility there was a great deal of tension between the two …
Article • November 15, 1999 • from PLN November, 1999
Filed under: Organizing, Hunger Strikes
California Visits Reinstated after Food Boycott (Letter) by D.R. D.R., Vacaville, CA. On December 17, 1998, an attempted homicide occurred in building 7 of Facility II of the Solano State Prison in Vacaville, California. The incident involved two white prisoners who were celled together. All white prisoners were immediately placed …
Article • September 15, 1999 • from PLN September, 1999
The Way the Wind Blew: A History of the Weather Underground, by Ron Jacobs (Review) by Paul Wright Verso. 216 pages. $17 Reviewed by Paul Wright The United States is unique among modern nations in that its government has never experienced a serious revolutionary challenge. Opposition movements in the U.S. …
New Mexico Riot Rooted in Religious Rights by On April 6, 1999, up to 400 prisoners at the Wackenhut-oper- ated Lea County Correctional Facility in Hobbs, New Mexico, rioted and ransacked the prison's kitchen and dining areas. Thirteen guards, including two state employees, and one prisoner were injured in the …
Article • August 15, 1999 • from PLN August, 1999
Filed under: Organizing
Prison-Industrial Complex Conferences Are Spreading the Word by Hans Sherrer Awareness of the devastatingly negative impact of the politically driven criminal justice system on American society continues to grow. On the week-end of April 10th, there were two conferences in the U. S. dedicated to exposing its normally hidden aspects …
Wisconsin Prisoners Stage Food Protest by On January 18 and 19, 1999, Wisconsin prisoners housed at a private prison in Sayre, Oklahoma, refused to show up at the prison's chow hall for meals. John Wisener, chief of security at the North Fork Correctional Center, said that only 75-80 of the …
Article • July 15, 1999 • from PLN July, 1999
Florida Prison Erupts by On March 17, 1998, shortly after Hendry Correctional Institution (HCI) began feeding the prisoners supper, a melee broke out on the yard in front of the chowhall. Within moments, several guards, including the shift supervisor, were lying unconscious in the dirt. The seeds of discord were …
Washington Prisoners Damage Colorado Private Prison by Amajor prisoner uprising rolled through a for-profit prison at Olney Springs, Colorado, for six hours, causing extensive damage. State prison SWAT teams were called in from as far as 200 miles away to regain control of the prison. The incident took place Friday, …
Washington Prisoners Brutalized in Colorado Private Prison by Waldo Waldron-Ramsey [Editor's Note: The corporate media in Colorado and Washington alike reported on the uprising by Washington prisoners at the Olney Springs prison. They uniformly parroted the line by prison officials that the prisoners had revolted because they were unhappy at …
The Lucasville Trials by Staughton Lynd [Editors' note: The identity of persons who provided information to the author confidentially has been withheld. ] On April 21, 1993, 407 prisoners who for eleven days had occupied the L cell block at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility (SOCF) in Lucasville, Ohio, surrendered …
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