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February 6, 2008, Vol. 15, No. 7
Headlines:
- Made in China Prison. Former inmate Paul Wright exposes the companies profiting from a captive workforce while paying them a pittance – if at all. What’s prison like? “Ha! Basically it’s a brutalizing, dehumanizing, alienating experience,” says Write. “That’s kind of the point.” Page 7
- Trespassed from Home. Trespass orders harass youth and determine where they can and cannont go, say Black families. Page 5
- Slash and ruin. Page 4
- Vendor of the Week: Velva Thomas. Page 11
- Special Issue: Criminal Justice. Come to our fund-raising event with Norm Stamper and Silja Talvi. Page 12
Table of Contents:
What Will It Take? We know we have a problem. But how can we quit the War on Drugs? By Norm Stamper, Page 2
Director’s Corner by Timothy Harris, Page 2
Change Agent: Tom Hillier, Page 3
- Picture: Tom Hillier makes equal access to justice a reality – even in the midst of the War on Terror.
- Photo by Adam Hyla
Just Heard…by Cydney Gillis, Page 3
- Lock Vista saved
- Foreclosure aid
- Parade permit appeal
Where do the inmates belong? By Adam Hyla, Page 3
Mayor to ask police union, Pages 3, 6
Police slash tent, let rain ruin possessions. SPD’s tool to fight homelessness: machete by Adam Hyla, Page 4
Trespassed from home. Citation-happy cops circumscribe Black families’ freedom by Cydney Gillis, Page 5
- Picture: Valeria Hoover says two of her four sons, including Delano Buckley, right, have been trespassed from her apartment. When he got a trespass order from his own home, Buckley says he replied, “you’re going to have to arrest me, because I’m not going to move away from my kids.”
- Photo by Cydney Gillis
Poem: TV: The Early Years by Larry Crist, Page 5
Teamsters fighting Seattle Times by Cydney Gillis, Page 6
Obituary: Seferino Nieto, 1950-2008 by Cydney Gillis, Page 6
Poem: Success Story by Larry Crist, Page 6
Mass Incarceration in America. Paul Wright started a newspaper to uncover what the rest of the media cover up. Interview by Rosette Royale, Pages 7, 11
Young, and coming up short. Book Review: Shortcomings by Adrian Tomine. Review by JP Gritton, Page 8
Herman Melville by Elizabeth Hardwick. Review by Adam Hyla, Page 8
Poem: Untitled by John Bayly, Page 8
Adventures in Irony. © Dr. Wes on the ins and outs of justice by © Dr. Wes Browning, Page 9
Bus Chick, Transit Authority: I sing the great 48 by Carla Saulter, Page 9
Street Watch. Compiled by Emma Quinn, Page 9
Letters to the Editor, Page 10
- Smile for the cameras by Dan Hochberg | Seattle
- Leaders must be loved, not feared by Mac Crary | Seattle
Call to Action: 1 BDR APT: $900 per month. 20 minutes to Seattle. Bright and sunny. No smoking; no pets; no Section 8. RE: SB 6533
Vendor of the Week: Velva Thomas, Page 11
- Story and Photo by JP Gritton
Calendar, Page 12
Mockingbird Times February 2008, Vol IX, Issue 2
Copy of issue was obtained from microfiche in the University of Washington Suzzallo Library.