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Article • August 1, 2025 • from PLN August, 2025
Review: “Reforming the Shadow Carceral State” by In an academic paper published in the November 2024 issue of Theoretical Criminology, researchers Brittany Friedman, Gabriela Kirk-Werner, and April D. Fernandes examined efforts to reform what they termed the “shadow carceral state.” While the carceral state encompasses the criminal legal system—jails, prison, …
Article • January 1, 2024 • from PLN January, 2024
Deaths While Incarcerated Up 18% in Louisiana by A June 2023 report by Loyola University College of Law found that annual deaths behind bars in Louisiana jumped over 18% to an average of 187.5 in the period 2020-21. That’s up from an average of 158.6 between 2015 and 2019. Of …
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
The Gun of Incarceration by Cristian Farias by Cristian Farias New Jersey has been hailed for its approach to decarceration, including a bail reform law that some advocates see as a national model. And yet the state still supervises more than 120,000 of its residents under some form of probation …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
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“Acres of Skin” – Redux by Gregory J. Dober by Gregory J. Dober In December 2022, the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) offered an apology for unethical research conducted on prisoners during the 1960s and 70s led by two of their researchers: Howard Maibach, MD, and William Epstein, …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Filed under: Reviews
Interview: Jodie Sinclair on Her New Book, “Love Behind Bars” by Ken Silverstein by Ken Silverstein Jodie Sinclair is the co-author of two nationally published non-fiction books and the author of a recently released memoir about her 25-year fight to free her husband from prison after a wrongful conviction, “Love …
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
Filed under: Reviews, Databases
Book Review: The Habeas Citebook: Prosecutorial Misconduct Is an Invaluable Resource for Challenging Prosecutorial Misconduct by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell I have to admit that the idea of a citebook in the age of searchable databases was a little lost on me. “Who needs a citebook these days,” I …
Article • September 3, 2018 • from PLN September, 2018
New CNN Film, “American Jail,” Shows How the Poor Get – and Stay – Incarcerated by Steve Horn by Steve Horn On July 1, 2018, the film “American Jail” made its premiere screening before a cable television audience on CNN. Given how seldom criminal justice-related issues – let alone the …
Article • June 5, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
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Solitary: The Inside Story of Supermax Isolation and How We Can Abolish It, by Dr. Terry Allen Kupers (University of California Press, September 2017). 304 pages, $29.95 hardcover by Christopher Zoukis Solitary: The Inside Story of Supermax Isolation and How We Can Abolish It, by Dr. Terry Allen Kupers (University …
Article • May 7, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018
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“Survivors Guide to Prison,” by Matthew Cooke, director (Gravitas Ventures, February 2018); 102 minutes by Steve Horn Movie review by Steve Horn A newly-released film that serves as an informative guide to surviving a stint in a U.S. jail or prison has hit the screens, and is streaming for a …
After Prisons: A Supervisory State? by James Kilgore After Prison? Freedom, Decarceration and Justice Disinvesment By William G. Martin and Joshua Price (eds.) Lexington 2016 Reviewed by James Kilgore, Daily Kos After Prisons? is a remarkable book for several reasons.  First of all, it remains strong from start to finish.  Every …
“Natural Causes Killed Victor: A Death in Solitary,” a folk opera by George Swanson (DVD, 55 minutes) by Lance Tapley Written by George Swanson, a folksinger and Episcopal priest, this unusual folk opera tells how Victor Valdez, a sickly, working-class immigrant from the Dominican Republic, died in 2009 in solitary …
Article • October 3, 2016 • from PLN October, 2016
Filed under: Reviews, Habeas Corpus
Book Review: The Habeas Citebook: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel (2nd Edition) by Christopher Zoukis The Habeas Citebook: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel (2nd Edition), by Brandon Sample and Alissa Hull (PLN Publishing, 2016). 275 pages, $49.95 (softcover) Book review by Christopher Zoukis The much-anticipated second edition of The Habeas Citebook: Ineffective …
Article • August 2, 2016 • from PLN August, 2016
Cell Workout, by L.J. Flanders (LC Books, 2015) by David Reutter 231 pages, $35.00 softcover Book review by David M. Reutter “In prison, people can discover new things and improve themselves in many ways; faith, fitness, a new language, education, skills and qualifications that may lead to job opportunities,” writes …
Police State: How America’s Cops Get Away with Murder (Book Review) by Bill Trine Police State: How America’s Cops Get Away with Murder, by Gerry Spence (St. Martin’s Press, 2015). 338 pages, hard cover. $19.40 Book review by Bill Trine In recent years, the American public has witnessed shocking videos, …
Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015
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Understanding Mass Incarceration: A People’s Guide to the Key Civil Rights Struggle of Our Time, by James Kilgore (The New Press, 2015). 272 pages, $17.95 (paperback) by Russ Immarigeon Understanding Mass Incarceration: A People’s Guide to the Key Civil Rights Struggle of Our Time, by James Kilgore (The New Press, …
Publication • September 21, 2015
DOJ, Office of Inspector General - Status Review, International Prisoner Transfer Program, 2015 Office of the Inspector General U.S. Department of Justice Status Review on the Department’s International Prisoner Transfer Program Evaluation and Inspections Division 15-07 August 2015 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Introduction This is the second Office of the Inspector General …
Article • April 9, 2015 • from PLN April, 2015
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Book Review: Abolishing the Broken U.S. Juvenile Justice System by Hannah K. Gold by Hannah K. Gold By the time I was 7 years old I knew drugs were bad. I didn’t need a parent to sit me down on their knee and tell me this because Saturday morning cartoons were …
Article • April 9, 2015 • from PLN April, 2015
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Locked Down, Locked Out: Why Prison Doesn’t Work and How We Can Do Better, by Maya Schenwar by Gary Hunter Locked Down, Locked Out: Why Prison Doesn’t Work and How We Can Do Better, by Maya Schenwar (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2014). 214 pages, $15.00-$25.00 paperback Book review by Gary Hunter Few …
Article • March 5, 2015 • from PLN March, 2015
Disciplinary Self-Help Litigation Manual, 2d Ed., by Dan Manville by John Dannenberg Disciplinary Self-Help Litigation Manual, 2d Ed., by Dan Manville (PLN Publishing, Dec. 2014). 368 pages, $49.95 paperback Book review by John E. Dannenberg Renowned attorney Dan Manville, co-author of the Prisoners’ Self-Help Litigation Manual, has produced another must-have …
Article • February 4, 2015 • from PLN February, 2015
Book Review: Burning Down the House, by Nell Bernstein (The New Press, June 2014). 384 pages, $26.95 by Hannah K. Gold by Hannah K. Gold By the time I was 7 years old I knew drugs were bad. I didn’t need a parent to sit me down on their knee …
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