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SPECIAL
T7K ^oo <^y
PRISONERS NEWS
V0Lo 1 NO. 1
PUBLISHED BY THE NATIONAL LAWERS GUILD (H,Y.CHAPTER)
AND THE PRISON JUSTICE COMMITTEE
INT. INSTITUUT
SOC. GESCHIEDENIS
AMSTERDAM
Clinton
Conditions
Condemed
One would think that by this time there
would be no doubt in anyone's mind that
conditions in New York State prisons are
intolerable and that they must be improved
immediately and immensely if future Atticas
are to be avoided. It would be a big mistake,
however, to believe that the current furor over
prisons has immediately benefited the
prisoners. For in spite of expressions of horror
by public figures and the press, the fact is that a
primary result of Attica has been savage
retaliation against prisoners by guards and
officials in prisons around the state.
cont p.2
Midnight Special will be published monthly
as a joint venture of the Prison Justice
Committee and the National Lawyers Guild,
New York Chapter.
Our primary aim is to disseminate to
prisoners legal information which will be of
direct help in securing and expanding prisoner
rights. For instance, this issue reprints in toto
the current Corrections Department regulations
governing access to literature—a regulation
which is widely disregarded in day to day
prison administration. Future issues will reprint
other significant regulations and verbatim
excerpts of important judicial opinions. We will
also be publishing various legal forms which can
be adopted for individual situations. We intend
to publish forms for habeas corpus, coram
nobis and federal civil rights actions, together
with instructions on where and how to file such
papers.
Our second aim is to publish information of
what is happening inside prisons from a
prisoner's point of view. Primary attention will
be given to news of prisoners petitioning,
litigating or otherwise winning rights in various
prisons.
We have a small staff and little money, and
we can provide no legal representation on any
matter. Help us out, send in news stories, tell us
what you think we should publish, and pass this
copy on to a friend.
Object Description
| Title | Midnight special |
| Place of publication | New York, New York |
| Publisher | National Lawyers Guild, New York Chapter; Prison Justice Committee |
| Publication date | 1971-1972 |
| Language | English |
| Country | United States |
| Digital Format | XML |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2016 |
| Rights | Copyright belongs to the individuals who created them or the organizations for which they worked. We share them here strictly for non-profit educational purposes. If you believe that you possess copyright to material included here, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. Under the fair use provisions of the U.S. copyright law, teachers and students are free to reproduce any document for nonprofit classroom use. Commercial use of copyright-protected material is generally prohibited. |
| Owner | The International Institute of Social History Library Collections; Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Type | Text; Image |
| Digital identifier | giNewsletter829000 |
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| Title | p. 1 |
| Language | English |
| Digital Format | JPEG2000 |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2016 |
| Rights | Copyright belongs to the individuals who created them or the organizations for which they worked. We share them here strictly for non-profit educational purposes. If you believe that you possess copyright to material included here, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. Under the fair use provisions of the U.S. copyright law, teachers and students are free to reproduce any document for nonprofit classroom use. Commercial use of copyright-protected material is generally prohibited. |
| Owner | The International Institute of Social History Library Collections; Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Full text | SPECIAL T7K ^oo <^y PRISONERS NEWS V0Lo 1 NO. 1 PUBLISHED BY THE NATIONAL LAWERS GUILD (H,Y.CHAPTER) AND THE PRISON JUSTICE COMMITTEE INT. INSTITUUT SOC. GESCHIEDENIS AMSTERDAM Clinton Conditions Condemed One would think that by this time there would be no doubt in anyone's mind that conditions in New York State prisons are intolerable and that they must be improved immediately and immensely if future Atticas are to be avoided. It would be a big mistake, however, to believe that the current furor over prisons has immediately benefited the prisoners. For in spite of expressions of horror by public figures and the press, the fact is that a primary result of Attica has been savage retaliation against prisoners by guards and officials in prisons around the state. cont p.2 Midnight Special will be published monthly as a joint venture of the Prison Justice Committee and the National Lawyers Guild, New York Chapter. Our primary aim is to disseminate to prisoners legal information which will be of direct help in securing and expanding prisoner rights. For instance, this issue reprints in toto the current Corrections Department regulations governing access to literature—a regulation which is widely disregarded in day to day prison administration. Future issues will reprint other significant regulations and verbatim excerpts of important judicial opinions. We will also be publishing various legal forms which can be adopted for individual situations. We intend to publish forms for habeas corpus, coram nobis and federal civil rights actions, together with instructions on where and how to file such papers. Our second aim is to publish information of what is happening inside prisons from a prisoner's point of view. Primary attention will be given to news of prisoners petitioning, litigating or otherwise winning rights in various prisons. We have a small staff and little money, and we can provide no legal representation on any matter. Help us out, send in news stories, tell us what you think we should publish, and pass this copy on to a friend. |
| Type | Text; Image |
| Digital identifier | giNewsletter829001 |