Paul Wright is a Washington state prisoner, jailhouse lawyer, political activist and journalist. Paul is the co-founder of Prison Legal News, a monthly magazine published since 1990 that is prisoner written, edited and published. His last book was The Celling of America. Tara Herivel is a prisoners' rights activist and lawyer who has written for Prison Legal News and other progressive periodicals in the Seattle area.

Section [...] Warehousing of America's PoorThe Accused Gets What the System Doesn't Pay For-Stephen BrightAbsolute Power, Absolute Corruption-Ron OwenCapital Crimes-George WinslowColor Bind-Paul StreetDrug Policy as Social Control-Noam ChomskyVictims' Rights' as a Stalkinghorse for State Repression-Paul WrightSection [...] Million Swept AwaySwept Away-Nell BernsteinAn American Seduction: Portrait of a Prison Town-Joelle FraserThe Politics of Boot Camp-Christian ParentiSecrecy, Power, Indefinite Detention-Mark DowTrapped by the System: Parole in America-Kelly VirellaRelocation Blues-Nell BernsteinSection IIIMaking a Buck off the Prisoner's BackBoeing Makes Slave Labor Fly-Paul WrightThe Politics of Prison Labor: a Union Perspective-Gordon LaferWork Strike Suppressed and Sabotaged in Ohio-Daniel Burton-RosePrison Jobs and Free World Unemployment-Adrian LomaxSection IVThe Private Prison IndustryBailing Out Private Jails-Judith GreeneJuvenile Crime Pays-Alex FriedmannUniversity Professor Shills for Private Prison Industry-Alex FriedmannCampus Activism Defeats Multinational's Prison Profiteering-Kevin PranisJuveniles Held Hostage-Alex FriedmannSection VMalign Neglect: Prison MedicineThe New Bedlam-Willie WiselyWreaking Medical Mayhem on Washington Prisoners-Tara HerivelHepatitis C: A Silent Epidemic Strikes U.S. Prisons-Silja TalviDying for Profits-Ron YoungPrisoners with HIV Deprived of Proper Medical Care-Anne Marie CusacFDOC Hazardous to Prisoners' Health-Mark Sherwood & Bob PoseyBill Clinton's Blood Trails-Jeffrey St. ClairSection VI Rape, Racism and RepressionCowboys and Prisoners-Willie WiselyThe Restraint Chair Anne?Marie CusacDeliberate Indifference-Joanne Mariner and Human Rights Watch Corcoran-Willie WiselyGuarding Their Silence-Christian ParentiOur Sisters' Keepers-Daniel Burton RoseNot Part of my Sentence-Silja TalviMake it Hard for Them-Mark DowAnatomy of a Whitewash-Mumia Abu?JamalSentenced to the Backwaters of Greene County, P.A.-Mumia Abu?JamalSection VII The Bars to Prison LitigationPrison Litigation Over the Decades-John MidgleyBarring the Federal Courthouses to Prisoners-Matt ClarkeLimits of the Law-Mumia Abu?Jamal