Editor - Lisa | April 22, 2009
By Coyote Sheff
To live, to fight for what you believe in, to fight for what you have coming to you. To overcome adversity, to eliminate all distractions and to remove self-destructive influences from your life. To fight for your freedom.
To survive, to resist, to become stronger under dire circumstances, to revolutionize and politicize your mind [read more...]
Rita | April 21, 2009
A California executive does time in Nevada State Prison–and lives to write a book about it
By Joe Schoenmann
This article was published on 04.04.02 before Howard Skolnik became director of Prison, Skolnik is quoted in this article as assistant director.
Editor’s note: After this [read more...]
Rita | April 19, 2009
Rebuttal to “WHY WE MUST FIX OUR PRISONS“
by Professor Randall G. Shelden, Criminologist
Senator Jim Webb has been an outspoken critic of America’s prison system for some time now. He is not alone; nor is he the first to point out how horrible this system is. His recent piece in Parade “Why We Must Fix [read more...]
MTWT - Chris | April 16, 2009
MTWT first heard about the April 14 Board of Prisons meeting through an article in the LV Sun titled Prison board vote to test governor’s power which states, “The fate of the state’s head of corrections will be voted on at the next meeting of the Board of Prison Commissioners, in an action that will test [read more...]
MTWT - Chris | April 16, 2009
“About a month after being removed from HRP (High Risk Potential) I was informed by the medical department that I have Hepatitis C. I told the doctor that I’ve never done drugs in my entire life, never had homosexual sex, never had a blood transfusion, don’t have a single tattoo and have been locked in [read more...]
MTWT - Chris | April 16, 2009
A plan to study the costs of the death penalty in Nevada, amended to delete an execution moratorium while the study is being completed, won approval on a 30-12 state Assembly vote.
The vote sending AB190 to the Senate for final legislative action was along party lines, with all but two of the 14 Assembly Republicans [read more...]
MTWT - Chris | April 16, 2009
Medical case could expose flaws in system
Inmates at Ely State Prison have won the right to pursue a class action lawsuit against the Nevada Corrections Department, and prison officials should be very worried.
Not just because the suit — which alleges medical care for Ely inmates is so bad it’s deadly — casts a bad light [read more...]
MTWT - Chris | April 15, 2009
By Coyote Sheff
Knowledge is power but for anarchists it’s the essence of life. In a prison cell I sit, hungry for knowledge, but not power. My enemies are powerful, so to stay on my toes I have to be as smart, or smarter, than them.There are a lot of people in [read more...]
Matt | April 14, 2009
Director of Corrections Howard Skolnik said Monday intermediate sanctions for parole and probation violators would help turn lives around and save the state millions.
Senate Bill 398 would create a pilot program providing 400 beds for parole and probation violators who are now simply returned to prison for an average of 18-24 months.
The program would provide [read more...]
Rita | April 13, 2009
NOTE: These are various public comments submitted to the Board of Prisons meeting on April 14, 2009. There are five listed, each one of them different, but at the same time saying the exact same thing: The lack of medical care is deplorable in the Nevada Department of Corrections and civil rights are being [read more...]
Rita | April 13, 2009
Nevada lawmakers start the 11th week of their 2009 session today by reviewing a plan that could hold down state costs by keeping some probation violators from serving more prison time.
Senate Finance considers SB398, which provides for a $500,000, two-year pilot program of “intermediate sanction” centers for low-risk probation violators as well as people whose [read more...]
Matt | April 10, 2009
Roy Moraga is an insulin dependent diabetic who also has Hepatitis C. He is not being treated for his Hepatitis. He also has hydradenitis supprativa (abscessed sweat glands) on buttocks, with large boils on back, neck, and under both arms, with cylinder shaped abscesses on scalp. This condition is extremely painful. In 2006, his untreated [read more...]
Matt | April 10, 2009
Charles Randolph’s medical records are very illegible. Ten of twenty-six lab reports are unreadable. And most of his medical kites cannot be deciphered. But one in particular is readily discernible.
Mr. Randolph submitted this medical kite to the Physician’s Assistant, Max Carter, on June 14, 2007. The kite asks why his medication was changed because he [read more...]
Matt | April 10, 2009
James Beverly is prescribed an albuterol inhaler but it is impossible to know why from reading this chart. His lab reports are also illegible. He is given cortizone shots in both shoulders which may be done because he has arthritis, but you can’t tell by reading his medical records. There is also a mass at [read more...]
Rita | April 9, 2009
On Tuesday, April 14, in Las Vegas (by video) and in Carson City (live) the Nevada Board of Prison Commissioners will meet to allow the public to put on record its complaints against the Nevada prison system and make suggestions for improvement. Prisoners are asking other prisoners to urge their supporters, friends and loved ones [read more...]
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