Prisonlegalnews.org Website Review

monthly magazine that reports on criminal justice issues and prison and jail-related civil litigation, with an emphasis on prisoners' rights. pln has published continuously since 1990 and covers a wide range of topics that include prison labor, ra*e and se*ual abuse, misconduct by prison and jail staff, prisoners' constitutional rights, racial and socioeconomic disparities in our criminal justice system, medical and mental health care for prisoners, disenfranchisement, rehabilitation and recidivism, prison privatization, prison and jail phone rates, women prisoners, the prison litigation reform act (plra), prison censorship, the death penalty, hiv and hep c, sol*tary in 2013, pln received the first amendment award from the society of professional journalists.  this website includes all of pln's articles published since 1990 plus thousands of other articles, case reports, publications and criminal case law, policing, prosecutorial misconduct and related issues.  to search pln's articles and other content, click search content on the top menu bar. for recent news articles that mention pln and the human rights defense center or quote pln staff, click in the news (which also includes our press releases). for our litigation project, which tracks our first amendment lawsuits, public records cases and other legal actions, click litigation. pln's monthly magazine is a subscription publication. we have thousands of subscribers nationwide, and around 65-70% are incarcerated. we also offer online subscriptions that provide full access to all content on our website (most of our news content is free, but a subscription is required to access some of our legal content). for subscription options and fees, please click on pln also distributes a number of criminal justice, legal and self-help books through our book store. plus we do much more -- for a better return from darkness, a road without a path. lessons on humane and effective punishment from the nordic countries.