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Paul Wright

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2011

    Prisons Charge Inmates Criminal Rates to Use the Phone, Newspaper Charges

    ​In the age of Skype, long-distance calling rates have declined so remarkably that it now costs mere pennies a minute to hear the voice of loved ones around the country, and indeed around the world. Unless, that is, you're a prisoner.

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2010

    Department of Corrections Orders Lockdowns to Save Money, But Will It End Up Spending More Instead?

    ​The state Department of Corrections is conducting a lockdown today at eight prisons, something it intends to do for one day each month until next June in an effort to save money on labor costs. Inmates must stay in their cells except during meal times, obviating the need for some employees, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2010

    Prison Health Care Sparks New Concerns After One Monroe Inmate Dies And Another Lies Unconscious

    ​Inmates at the Monroe Correctional Complex are worried once again about the quality of medical care in the prison after one man died a few weeks ago and another, at last report, lay near death. The incidents follow years of inadequate care, according to Paul Wright, editor of Prison Legal New ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2010

    Nick Kasemehas: Conning Even the Cons

    The dashing jewel thief​Paul Wright is among those writing in to share their fond memories of career con man Nick Kasamehas, SW's cover boy last week. Wright, editor of Prison Legal News, did time at Monroe with Kasemehas in the 1990s. "We worked as janitors in the gym together," says Wright. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2010

    Paul Wright's Prison Magazine Consolidates, Moves East

    ​Another Seattle law-related publication is folding its tent, but, unlike Washington Law & Politics at least, Prison Legal News will continue to publish elsewhere. In a cost-saving move, the current April edition is the first produced solely from the East coast. Edited by onetime Washington ... More >>

  • News

    April 15, 2009

    Outing the Lethal Injectors

    Prison Legal News editor Paul Wright is looking to publish the names of executioners in Walla Walla.

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2009

    Behind Those Death Row Resignations

    The March 31 resignations of a four-member execution team at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla appeared to have been provoked by the likelihood their identities would surface in a court battle over the constitutionality of injections. News reports indicated the four anonymous voluntee ... More >>

  • News

    January 14, 2009

    Khaki Jumpsuits Are the New Black

    Washington's prisons may add insult to injury by stopping Bugle Boy, Ralph Lauren, and Levi at the gate.

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2009

    Cost-cutting Prisons Say It's Back to Uniforms

    The economic crisis has prompted just about every government agency to cut costs both big and small. There's so much going on that we obviously don't know the half of it, and the process is just beginning as Gov. Christine Gregoire presents her stark budget to the Legislature. State Department of C ... More >>

  • News

    July 9, 2008

    Don't Know What to Get for the Convict on Your List?

    Consult Prison Legal News.

  • News

    February 13, 2008

    Mr. Sunshine Is Leaving Prisoners in the Dark

    Attorney General Rob McKenna is quietly trying to limit prisoner record requests.

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2008

    Mr. Sunshine's Dark Side

    Attorney General Rob McKenna is quietly trying to limit prisoner record requests.

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2007

    More Jail Yadda Yadda?

    Attorney General Rob McKenna is quietly trying to limit prisoner record requests.

  • News

    August 15, 2007

    When Did Used Books Become Contraband?

    Thanks to a controversial “approved vendor system,” state prisons are slowing the flow of books behind bars.

  • News

    April 25, 2007

    This Prison Dentist Yanked More Than a Molar

    And he may not be done yet.

  • News

    March 1, 2006

    The 'Jewish' Con

    Incarcerated gang members and murderers here and elsewhere are abusing freedom of religion to get special treatment.

  • News

    December 28, 2005

    Frog March 2005!

    Election messes; secret gulags; monorail meltdowns; flaming hair; Bill, Melinda, and Bono; horse sex; Deep Throat; FEMA failures: It's been a heckuva year.

  • News

    December 26, 2001

    Prison coffee

    Starbucks admits its contractor uses prison labor.

  • News

    February 14, 2001

    Prison shell game

    Governor Gary Locke wants to close all the prisons' law libraries.

  • News

    March 10, 1999

    White Guard Black Guard

    Racial tension in Washington State prisons isn't limited to the inmates. Some guards allege that the Department of Corrections is a 'White Regime' that tolerates racism — even Neo Nazis — within its ranks.

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