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Circus is in Town by by Mr. Wolf Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky wrote, 'The degree of a civilization in society can be judged by entering its prisons and jails." By the events which unfolded in Phoenix, Arizona during September, 1996, it is no doubt evident now to the world at …
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 • December 15, 1996 • from PLN December, 1996
New York Voting Rights Case Vacated by In the January, 1996, issue of PLN we reported Baker v. Cuomo , 58 F.3d 814 (2nd Cir. 1995) where the second circuit court of appeals reversed and remanded a lower court ruling dismissing a lawsuit by New York state prisoners challenging the …
Article • December 15, 1996 • from PLN December, 1996
Botched Escape Sparks Rebellion by [Editor's Note: There is no source PLN is aware of that keeps accurate statistics on the number of prison disturbances/rebellions. It is apparent to many who monitor prison news, including PLN, that the number of rebellions is on the rise. We attempt to cover them …
Article • December 15, 1996 • from PLN December, 1996
Black Prison Movements by Review by Daniel Burton-Rose This impressive offering from the Network of Black Organizers (NOBO) provides coverage of many of the issues confronting Black and New Afrikan prisoners and their outside communities. A large portion of the writings are by political prisoners and POWs past and present, …
Article • December 15, 1996 • from PLN December, 1996
Iowa DOC Shake-Up by Michael Brant The Iowa DOC administration under director Sally Chandler Halford is taking a "get tough" position against prisoners. Up for a tough reconfirmation next year by the senate, the director plans to shake-up the whole system in the wake of recent incidents within the Iowa …
Article • December 15, 1996 • from PLN December, 1996
Hungry for Justice in L.A. Jail by More than 50 detainees at the Men's Central Jail in Los Angeles participated in a hunger strike, protesting a lack of legal reference materials and law library access, in August 1996. The hunger strike appears to have been confined to one section of …
Article • November 15, 1996 • from PLN November, 1996
Notes from the Unrepenitentiary by Laura Whitehorn I've been thinking a lot about Attica, as we pass the 25th anniversary of the rebellion and the massacre. Remembering how the courage of the men of D Yard transformed all our sorrow and anger at the assassination of George Jackson into energy, …
Article • October 15, 1996 • from PLN October, 1996
Attica: Looking Back 25 Years by Jaan Laaman [Editor's Note: Jaan Laaman, Ohio-7 political prisoner, served time at Attica in 1971 and is currently incarcerated at U.S.P. Leavenworth. Due to a shooting and prison lockdown, this 25-year anniversary article is being published a month late. The Attica uprising occurred in …
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 • October 15, 1996 • from PLN October, 1996
Filed under: Editorials, Organizing
From the Editor by Dan Pens Welcome to another edition of PLN. Last month we intended to run Jaan Laaman's article, "Attica - Looking Back 25 Years," which appears on page of this issue. Due to a prison lockdown, Jaan was unable to get the article to us in time …
Prisoner Has Right to Hunger Strike by James Quigley A Florida appellate court has ruled that a prisoner has a right to refuse forced feeding or medical treatment based on an interpretation of the privacy clause of the Florida State constitution. In late 1994 Michael V. Costello, a Florida state …
Article • September 15, 1996 • from PLN September, 1996
CBCC Struggle Ongoing by You printed "CBCC Prisoners Struggle" [in the Jan '96 PLN]. Well, prison authorities didn't like that too much. It was photocopied and passed around. It was hanging in every pod in close-custody, and the [guards] here were going around tearing it down, calling it unauthorized. Here's …
Challenging Evil That Ills This Society by Ed Kinane The September 1995 New York State Prison Strike [The following is reprinted from Peace Newsletter, 3/96.] Musaa has served 13 years of a 20 year sentence in the NYS penal system. He has earned three degrees with an emphasis on political …
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 • July 15, 1996 • from PLN July, 1996
Minnesota Prisoners Strike for Minimum Wage by [The March 21 issue of Workers World reported that "a struggle exposing super-exploitation of prison labor has broken out at the Oak Park Heights Correctional Facility in Minnesota." The following account is excerpted from that article. Readers may note that Minnesota prisoners have …
Article • June 15, 1996 • from PLN June, 1996
Military Prison Locked Down by On March 2, 1996, Pfc. Thomas Enochs, a prison guard, told a prisoner at the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas not to wear a T-shirt on his head. The unidentified prisoner then assaulted Enochs, who set off a body alarm to summon other …
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.] …
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