An urgent message from Z magazine

R rhisiart at earthlink.net
Sat Aug 31 14:51:46 PDT 2002


At 01:08 PM 8/31/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>Carrol Cox wrote:
>
>>Have you ever read _Prison Legal News_?

a publication that may help us prepare for our future roles Ashcroft's world?


>I read it, and want to like it, but it seems mainly about legal matters of
>interest to inmates - which is important for sure, but doesn't make the
>most compelling reading.
>
>And, sensitive point: the reason the two editors are in prison is never
>mentioned. But one blew away a drug dealer he was stealing money from and
>the other was a serial rapist who'd assaulted at least nine women. The
>American carceral state is really ugly, but it must be said that the
>imprisonment of these guys isn't an outrage like, say, a small-time coke
>dealer or a guy who steals a loaf of bread who ends up with a life
>sentence under a three strikes law.
>
>Doug



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