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From the Editor
Loaded on April 8, 2015
by Paul Wright
published in Prison Legal News
April, 2015, page 18
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Editorials.
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United States of America.
From the Editor
by Paul Wright
In 25 years of publishing Prison Legal News, we have reported a number of recurring themes where the only specifics that change are the names, dates and locations. But the broader issues – prison slavery, government corruption, guards raping prisoners, brutality, medical neglect, ...
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