Stories by Bell Gale Chevigny

Bell Gale Chevigny is chair of the PEN Prison Writing Committee and editor of 'Doing Time: 25 Years of Prison Writing' (Arcade, 1999).subscribe to Bell Gale Chevigny's rss feed

Arnold's Opportunity

Posted on Nov 28, 2005, Source: AlterNet

If Schwarzenegger is sincere about the importance of education and rehabilitation, he will grant Tookie Williams clemency.

A Shock To the System

Posted on Sep 19, 2005, Source: AlterNet

When their government turned its back on them, survivors of the 1985 Mexico City earthquake were galvanized into political action. Katrina survivors may take a similar lesson from today's disaster.

Memo To Arnold: Educate, Don't Incarcerate

Posted on Nov 10, 2003, Source: AlterNet

Unlike Davis, California's governor-elect is no slave to the powerful prison guard union -- so maybe he can afford to do the right thing.
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