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Informationen zum Autor Paul Wright is a Washington state prisoner, jailhouse lawyer, political activist and journalist. Paul is the co-founder of Prison Legal News , a monthly magazine published since 1990 that is prisoner written, edited and published. His last book was The Celling of America . Tara Herivel is a prisoners' rights activist and lawyer who has written for Prison Legal News and other progressive periodicals in the Seattle area. Klappentext First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Zusammenfassung Charts the injustices of prison privatization, race and the justice system, the quixotic drug war and the rarely discussed prison AIDS crisis. With fascinating narratives, shocking tales and small stories of hope. Inhaltsverzeichnis Section I.The Warehousing of America's PoorThe Accused Gets What the System Doesn't Pay For-Stephen BrightAbsolute Power, Absolute Corruption-Ron OwenCapital Crimes-George WinslowColor Bind-Paul StreetDrug Policy as Social Control-Noam ChomskyVictims' Rights' as a Stalkinghorse for State Repression-Paul WrightSection II.Two Million Swept AwaySwept Away-Nell BernsteinAn American Seduction: Portrait of a Prison Town-Joelle FraserThe Politics of Boot Camp-Christian ParentiSecrecy, Power, Indefinite Detention-Mark DowTrapped by the System: Parole in America-Kelly VirellaRelocation Blues-Nell BernsteinSection IIIMaking a Buck off the Prisoner's BackBoeing Makes Slave Labor Fly-Paul WrightThe Politics of Prison Labor: a Union Perspective-Gordon LaferWork Strike Suppressed and Sabotaged in Ohio-Daniel Burton-RosePrison Jobs and Free World Unemployment-Adrian LomaxSection IVThe Private Prison IndustryBailing Out Private Jails-Judith GreeneJuvenile Crime Pays-Alex FriedmannUniversity Professor Shills for Private Prison Industry-Alex FriedmannCampus Activism Defeats Multinational's Prison Profiteering-Kevin PranisJuveniles Held Hostage-Alex FriedmannSection VMalign Neglect: Prison MedicineThe New Bedlam-Willie WiselyWreaking Medical Mayhem on Washington Prisoners-Tara HerivelHepatitis C: A Silent Epidemic Strikes U.S. Prisons-Silja TalviDying for Profits-Ron YoungPrisoners with HIV Deprived of Proper Medical Care-Anne Marie CusacFDOC Hazardous to Prisoners' Health-Mark Sherwood & Bob PoseyBill Clinton's Blood Trails-Jeffrey St. ClairSection VI Rape, Racism and RepressionCowboys and Prisoners-Willie WiselyThe Restraint Chair Anne?Marie CusacDeliberate Indifference-Joanne Mariner and Human Rights Watch Corcoran-Willie WiselyGuarding Their Silence-Christian ParentiOur Sisters' Keepers-Daniel Burton RoseNot Part of my Sentence-Silja TalviMake it Hard for Them-Mark DowAnatomy of a Whitewash-Mumia Abu?JamalSentenced to the Backwaters of Greene County, P.A.-Mumia Abu?JamalSection VI...
