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Women Prisoners Meet Board
Loaded on June 15, 1990
published in Prison Legal News
June, 1990, page 1
The Washington State parole Board has been going from prison to prison setting new minimum terms for offenders serving time for murder. In 1989 the average amount of time served on a murder one was 150.1 months. Along came the Sentencing Reform Act (SRA), which is tougher on violent crimes, …
Filed under:
Discrimination,
Gender Discrimination -- Women,
Parole,
State Legislation.
Location:
Washington.
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- Editorial Comments, by Ed Mead
- Victims to Amend Constitution
- Marion Prison to be Replaced
- Blacks Have Higher Crime Victimization Rate
- 1989 Crime Rate Up 3%
- It Only Gets Worse, Says DOC
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- State Reneges on WSR Treaty
- EPA Fining Florida Prison
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- Newsletter for Prisoners with AIDS
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