Paul Wright
Editor at Prison Legal News
Managing editor of @prisonlegalnews and executive director of the Human Rights Defense Center. Opinions are my own.
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2 weeks ago |
prisonlegalnews.org | Paul Wright
Share: Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on G+ Share with email by Paul Wright This issue of PLN marks our 35th anniversary of publishing. Our first 8 issues were hand typed in two different maximum-security prison cells in Washington and sent to an outside volunteer to put together, photocopy and mail to 75 potential subscribers. Our start up budget was $300 for six months.
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2 weeks ago |
prisonlegalnews.org | Paul Wright
Share: Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on G+ Share with email by Paul Wright After reporting on prisons and jails for 35 years now, I have learned that these are the least transparent of American institutions. It is not much exaggeration to say that among American news consumers, they know more about what is happening in North Korea or the Middle East than they do about their local or statewide detention facilities.
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1 month ago |
prisonlegalnews.org | Paul Wright
Share: Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on G+ Share with email by Paul Wright This month’s cover story explores the increasing use of tablets in prisons and jails around the country by the same prison telecom monopolies that have controlled the prison phone “market” for the past 35 years. PLN has been reporting on tablets for a number of years now, since they were first introduced and we are seeing their steady expansion.
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2 months ago |
theindustryoutlook.com | Rakesh Kumar |MTS India |Paul Wright |PDS Limited
The Indian government is unlikely to lift the investment restrictions on Chinese companies, even in the face of growing demands from the domestic industry to relax foreign direct investment regulations. The warning sign raised by US President Donald Trump's regarding tariffs and the rising threat of Chinese companies and their exports will be diverted to other Asian markets, including India.
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2 months ago |
johnmenadue.com | Paul Wright
_When are we going to get justice? Ned Jampinjinpa Hargreaves, Warlpiri elder_If justice is blind, then it is blind to the inconsistencies of its own application. The cynicism from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander friends and colleagues used to be angry now it is bitter.
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