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Title
A model of futility: The PLRA and Wisconsin's Inmate Complaint System
Author
Taliaferro, Robert
Pages
9 pages
Text (O)
Robert Taliaferro, 150555 JCI P.O. Box 233 Black River Falls, WI 54615-0233 A.MODEL OF FUTILITY: The PLRA and Wisconsin's Inmate Complaint System by Robert E. Taliaferro, Jr. Introduction In 1996 Congress passed the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) in response to a few highly publicized--but isolated and over—exaggerated--instances of prisoner abuse of the judicial process. The PLRA was designed as a tool to curb those abuses by making it more diffi- cult for prisoners to seek judicia...
PID
apw:12349215
Date Uploaded
2017-11-03T14:47:30.513Z
Title
Fate of the poor
Author
Newell, Donald A., Jr.
Pages
4 pages
Text (TR_WF)
Fate of the Poor "The first rule of government is to protect the powerless from the powerful."(Code of Hammurabi, 1790-1750 B.C.E.) Too many people (especially juries), would rather believe the lies of the rich or powerful than the truth from the poor or powerless. When people show favoritism to the rich or powerful, they become guilty of the worse kind of prejudice and discrimination. Wrongful convictions and harsh sentences fall heavily upon the poor. "There is far too much l...
PID
apw:12360666
Date Uploaded
2021-02-03T15:41:06.598Z
Title
My only problem is that as we speak I am lying under a toilet
Author
Mister Yemen
Date
2017-07
Pages
4 pages
Text (TR_WF)
To: The American Prison Writing Archive C/O Hamilton College: 198 College Hill Road Clinton, NY 13323-1218 From: Dr. Laverne Ware II AKA "Mister Yemen" Pen Name The Dodge County Detention Facility 216 West Center Street Juneau, WI 53039 RE: Did you in fact, receive my first essay/writing? Dear A.P.W.A: I got a report that you were informed of my query. Only I am confused at the fact that it is July and I wrote you sometime in April!? Please let me know if you did get my letter? Did ...
PID
apw:12350679
Date Uploaded
2018-03-16T14:43:28.705Z
Title
On October 13, 2014 the Wisconsin Department
Author
Marak, Dominic
Date
2014-10-25
Pages
1 page
Text (FT)
 On October 13, 2014 the Wisconsin Department of Corrections announced a new tax on the family and friends of the states prisoners, as wall as the prisoners themselves. The "Canteen Hobby Catalog" program. Because the program is designated as "canteen" the policy mandates that items being sold "will be marked up approximately 10% over cost before any required sales tax is collected" (see DAI policy #309.52.01, highlighted). This mark up is collected by the contr...
PID
apw:12347608
Date Uploaded
2017-08-16T15:26:48.119Z
Title
Slavery in Wisconsin
Author
Marak, Dominic
Pages
1 page
Text (O)
SLAVERY IN WISCONSIN by Dominic Marak State Senator Lena Taylor plans to reintroduce a change to the Wisconsin Constution, which would ban slavery in the state, when the Wisconsin legislature reconvnenes in January 2017. Slavery is permitted in Wisconsin as a punishment for crime under the Wsiconsin and the United States Constitutions. The Wisconsin Department of Corrections told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel inmates "are not required to work," except "as a penalty for violati...
PID
apw:12351625
Date Uploaded
2018-03-17T00:31:44.694Z