List of on-line articles

The following online articles discuss recent developments with regard to prisons in the United States:

• Eric Schlosser, "The Prison-Industrial Complex," Atlantic Monthly, December 1998

• Pamela J. Podger, "State Settles Suit Over Slaying ByCorcoran Prison Guards," San Francisco Chronicle, November 11, 1998

• Ron Scherer, "Jailhouse Capitalism Stirs Revolt," The Christian Science Monitor, November 10, 1998

• Stephanie L. Baum, "States Experiment With Specialized DrugPrisons," The Christian Science Monitor, November 3, 1998

• Alexandra Marks, "Signs of End to Decades-Long PrisonBoom," The Christian Science Monitor, October 27, 1998

• Mike Lewis, "Wilson boosts power of prisons' investigator," Fresno Bee, September 30, 1998

• Zachary R. Dowdy, "New jail barely eases crunch," Boston Globe, September 30, 1998

• Buck Wolf, "Eyes Still on the Prize," ABCNEWS.com,September 29, 1998

• William Allen and Kim Bell, “Death, neglect and the bottomline,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, September 27, 1998

• "East Bay Organizers Believe the Punishment Is the Crime," San Francisco Chronicle, September 18, 1998

  ABCNEWS.com series on "Profit & Punishment":
  

• David Phinney, "Youngstown’s Deadly Bargain," ABCNEWS.com,September 17, 1998

• David Phinney, "The Booming Prison Business," ABCNEWS.com,September 17, 1998

• David Phinney, "Convicts Without Borders," ABCNEWS.com,September 17, 1998

• David Phinney, "What Price Punishment?" ABCNEWS.com,September 17, 1998

• Jim Rendon, "Inside the new high-tech lock-downs," Salon Magazine, September 8, 1998

• Nina Siegal, "Slaves to the system," Salon Magazine, September 1, 1998

• Paul Van Slambrouck, "US Prisons -- Under Pressure -- ShowIncrease in Violence," Christian Science Monitor, August 6, 1998

• "Inmate Slain In Overcrowded Vacaville Prison," San Francisco Chronicle, July 2, 1998

• Julia C. Martinez and Marilyn Robinson, "Denver jail underscrutiny," Denver Post Online, June 8, 1998

• Society of Professional Journalists, "Policies don'treflect reality as officials restrict media access toinmates," May 19, 1998 (see also the full report on prison authorities' restrictions on media access)

• Christian Parenti, "Caged Birds Sing," The Nation, April 20, 1998 (review of The Celling of America)

  Nightline series on "Crime and Punishment":

• Ted Koppel, "Is This Where We Want To Go?" ABCNEWS.com,March 30, 1998 (on solitary)

• Ted Koppel, "'Blood In, Blood Out'," ABCNEWS.com, March 27,1998 (on gangs)

• Ted Koppel, "Sitting on Top of the Volcano," ABCNEWS.com,March 26, 1998 (on guards)

• Ted Koppel, "Doing Time in Texas," ABCNEWS.com, March 25,1998(on prisoners)

• Eric Bates, "Private Prisons," The Nation, January 5, 1998

• Kevin Corcoran, "Sick Justice," The Times (Munster, Indiana), September 14, 1997

• "Brazoria County Jail: Video Spawns Outrage," POSTNet (St.Louis, Missouri), August 20, 1997

• Evan Moore, "Inmate's condition deteriorates as push forappeal drags on," Houston Chronicle, June 29, 1997

• "The ACA Trade Show," New York Times, August 1996