The Journal of the Southern Regional Council, 1978-2003
A Dilemma: Overpopulation in Southern Prisons Bob Powell Vol. 1, No. 1, 1978, pp. 16-17 “A free, democratic society cannot cage inmates like animals or stack them like cattle in a warehouse and expect them to emerge as decent, law-abiding,
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Texas Prisoners Rights on Trial By Bob Powell Vol. 1, No. 4, 1979, pp. 11-13, 24 “When I die, I may not go to heaven I don’t know if they let cowboys in If they don’t, let me go to
Johnny ‘Imani’ Harris and the Alabama Death Sentence By om Gardner Vol. 1, No. 5, 1979, pp. 10-14 “It’s Time for a New Beginning.” proclaims a campaign billboard for Alabama’s new governor-elect, Fob James. With Wallace gone and anyone new
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Segregation Order at Reidsville Prison By Ginny Looney Vol. 1, No. 6, 1979, pp.19-21 In southeast Georgia last summer, the day before Independence Day, a decade of legal precedent was overturned at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville when U.S. District
Games Prison Bureaucrats Play: The Story of the Olympic Prison By Andy Hall Vol. 1, No. 6, 1979, pp.22-25 In 11 short months the small village of Lake Placid, nestled high in the Adirondack mountain range of upstate New York,
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Southern Women By Liz Wheaton Vol. 2, No. 2., 1979, pp. 22 After July 2, 1976 when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that executions could be resumed under certain circumstances, state legislatures clammored to enact “constitutional” death penalty statutes and,
Mandatory Sentencing By members of The Law Project Vol. 2, No. 4, 1980, pp. 5-7 There is a great push on, in the media and among politicians, to institute mandatory sentencing and to otherwise impose more stringent sentences. Unless strongly
Vengeance and Justice By Steven Hahn Vol. 7, No. 2, 1985, pp. 22-24 Vengeance and Justice: Crime and Punishment in the Nineteenth Century South. By Edward L. Ayers. Oxford University Press, 1984.384 pp. $24.95 The glass and steel that now
Cells for Sale By Harmon L. Wray, Jr. Vol. 8, No. 3, 1986, pp. 3-6 The rush to transfer government services and functions from public to profit-making hands has lately found its way to the “field” of incarceration and corrections.
Empty Rituals in the War on Drugs By Hal Crowther Vol. 8, No. 3, 1986, pp. 14-15 Two months dead and Len Bias is still making headlines. When cocaine claims a victim who’s young and famous and a gifted athlete,