Prison news service - No. 30
Creators: name: :Unav
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Prison administration
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subject: Prisoners--Legal status, laws, etc.
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1077155
subject: Political prisoners
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1069636
subject: Anarchism
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/808387
subject: Anarchism--Periodicals
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/808394
subject: Prisons
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1077326
subject: Anarchists
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/808401
subject: Prisoners
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1077103
subject: Prison periodicals
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1077063
subject: Authority
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/821653
subject: Prisoners' writings, American
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1077272
subject: Political prisoners' writings
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1069664
subject: Prisoners--Social conditions
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1077200
subject: Marion Penitentiary (Ill.)
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/611366
subject: Prisoners' writings
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1077268
subject: Correctional institutions
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/880178

description: The Prison News Network (PNS) focuses on political trials, repressive abuses of imprisonment and the resistance to such oppression. It was joined with another existing prison periodical called Marionette made by prisoners for prisoners and the general public to spread awareness of the conditions prisons, Marion Penitentiary, Illinois in particular.
description: PNS editor: Bulldozer Collective. Article topics include: Los Angeles Police Dept. responsible for the beating of Rodney King ("Agencies of repression expose naked face". by Bill Dunne) -- John Perotti ends hunger strike at Marion after 45 days ("Perotti hungerstrike over") -- U.S. Supreme Court continues its attack on civil liberties ("Judicial aristocracy slithers right", by Bill Dunne) -- Continuing debate on Freedom Now!, following last issue of PNS's FN supplement ("FN supplement commentary", by Bill Dunne) -- Counter-demonstration against fascist rally in Denver to celebrate Hitler's birthday decried as violent by mainstream press ("Plenty left to speak up", by Jennie Vanderwall) -- Legal attacks against poll tax opponents in Britain continue ("British poll tax prisoners", by Bulldozer) -- A short history of the Black Panther Party (BPP) and a call to a new generation to remember those who fought for them ("Lessons from antiquity", by Mumia abu-Jamal) -- "Angola prisoners need support' -- Discussion of whether Michael Stotts, the organizer/editor of Behind the walls is an informer, manipulator and agent of the state ("Michael Stotts, uncovered?", by Larry Giddings) -- Activists calling themselves Direct Action (Ann Hansen, Brent Taylor, Gerry Hannah, Doug Stewart, Julie Belmas), charged in the bombing of a B.C. Hydro sub-station, the bombing of a Litton Industries factory outside of Toronto, and the fire bombing of three outlets of a video chain specializing in violent pornography have been released from prison ("Vancouver 5 released", by Bulldozer) -- Imperialist war in Iraq only benefits the armaments industry ("From behind the wire: view of the Gulf War", by Raymond Luc Levasseur) (Note: p. 6-7 is a double-page spread). Marionette, No. 52, January-February 1991. Editor: Bill Dunne. Article topics include: Contaminated water supply at USP Marion ("Water wiggles") -- Sekou Odinga sent to USP Marion for his radical political activism and known associates ("Political repression") -- USP Marion warden John Clark reassigned to serve as Bureau of Prisons Assistant Director for Community correction and Detention programs in Washington D.C.; new warden is C. Allen Turner ("Another one bites") -- Guards suspected of leaving knife in recreation yard ("Gambling with prisoners lives") -- "Courts used in Canada against the Native struggle", by Jim Campbell.