Washington City Paper: Contents for Apr. 17

Two Dead In Ohio
The Corrections Corporation of America gets high marks from its stockholders for keeping costs down and profits up. The death toll is rising, too.

Cover Story

Each day of the week that Bryson Chisley's body lay in the Austin & Royster funeral home, his wife India journeyed to the Columbia Heights chapel, rested in a black-spined chair, and re-examined his face under the unchanging lamplight. For three months, she had labored to secure her husband's safety in the Youngstown, Ohio prison owned by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA). His death had stilled her mission, but her watchfulness continued: "I told him I love him. I told him I'm not mad at him for leaving me. I told him good night."

Chisley died March 11 from six wounds in the chest, with his hands cuffed, his ankles in irons. He was 23 years old and left behind a 4-year-old son. His killer had caught him in the cellblock of a high-security unit designated to isolate violent inmates from potential victims at Youngstown. The alleged assailant boasted an impressive resume: two murders outside prison, three assaults on the inside. Alphonso White will likely be incarcerated for the rest of his life. Chisley, serving 4 to 12 years on drug and weapons possession convictions, would have been up for parole in 1999. "Alphonso had nothing to lose," India noted. "Bryson had everything to lose."... Continued

Issue of Apr. 17 - 23, 1998

News and Features

Two Dead In Ohio
The Corrections Corporation of America gets high marks from its stockholders for keeping costs down and profits up. The death toll is rising, too.
Cover Story By Paula Park
Bunker Mentality
The feds paid the residents of Clifton Terrace to scram, but Eugene Jacquet and his neighbors aren't taking the deal.
The City By Paula Park
Pied Terrible
The D.C. government's gloomiest outpost gets ready to break camp.
The City By Michael Schaffer
A Good Pasting
Councilmember Jack Evans is hung up on posters bearing his likeness.
The City By Erik Wemple
The Truth Is Out Here
The City By Jake Tapper
Amazing Disgrace
The Mail By Greg Cahill
Burn That Bridge
The Mail By MJ Rosenberg
Bloody Poetry
The Mail By Ricardo Lizardi
Growing Older, but Not Up
The Mail By Mr. and Mrs. John Bond
Park 'n' Deride
The Mail By Laura Brown
Hilarious Announcement
The Mail By Rob Dwyer
Let God Sort 'Em Out
The Mail By Charles Trew
Help Mr. Wizard
The Mail By Marty L. Gray
Rocking Back and Forth
The Mail By Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

Columns

Clowning Glory
Cheap Seats By Dave McKenna
The Voice of Unreason
Dr. Laura Schlesinger doesn't want to give you advice. She wants you to act correctly.
Demimonde By Arion Berger
Name Droppers
City Desk By Laura LangPaula Park, Michael Schaffer and Elissa Silverman
THE HAS-BEEN AND THE WANNABES
Loose Lips By Ken Cummins
Personal Best
Paper Trail By David Carr

Eats

Movies

Ireland's Gore Provinces
Film Review By Arion Berger
Pulp Zen
Film Review By Mark Jenkins

Music

Goodie Mob
Music Review By Neil Drumming
Pulp
Music Review By Niall Brennan
All Natural
Music Review By Christopher Porter
Cocoa Brovaz
Music Review By Ta-Nehisi Coates
Swede as Candy
Music Review By John Dugan

Theater

Score Tissue
Theater Review By Trey Graham
Romp and Circumstance
Theater Review By Bob Mondello

Arts and Events

Manon Cleary's Art of Pain
Artifacts By John DeVault
And the Band Played On
Artifacts By Christopher Porter
Power Joker
Artifacts By Louis Jacobson
The Discomfort of Strangers
Books By Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Bluff Daddy
Novelist and name-dropper Thom Racina left porn and the soaps to get his integrity back.
Arts By Louis Jacobson