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Walls Gets "Special Needs Unit"

Loaded on Oct. 15, 1990 by Mark LaRue published in Prison Legal News October, 1990, page 1
Filed under: Mental Health. Location: Washington.
By Mark LaRue

With increasing numbers of mentally ill people being sent to prison here in Washington, prison officials finally decided that something must be done to treat their particular needs here at the Penitentiary.

Dubbed a "Special Needs Unit" in a local paper, administrators have made plans to house ...

 

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