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It Only Gets Worse, Says DOC
Loaded on June 15, 1990
published in Prison Legal News
June, 1990, page 4
The May 10th issue of the Seattle Times quoted Ruben Cendeno, director of the Division of Offender Programs for the state Department of Corrections (DOC), as telling a Washington Council on Crime and Delinquency sponsored forum that the Washington state corrections system is facing not only more overcrowding, but also ...
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