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Did DOC Lie on Computer Issue?
Did DOC Lie On Computer Issue?
By Ed Mead
Back in the late '70s I was involved in an armed escape attempt from the state prison at Walla Walla. It was my first time in a state prison, and the experience was to teach me a lot about the low …
By Ed Mead
Back in the late '70s I was involved in an armed escape attempt from the state prison at Walla Walla. It was my first time in a state prison, and the experience was to teach me a lot about the low …
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More from this issue:
- The LBC's Final Report to the Legislature: A Retreat From The Principles of the SRA, by Ed Mead
- Years of Change, by B Roland Blankenship
- Panel Blasts BJA for Ending Drug Treatment Projects
- Did DOC Lie on Computer Issue?, by Ed Mead
- More Federal Money for Prisons
- From The Editor, by Paul Wright
- Habitual Criminal Case Update
- John Perroti on Hungerstrike, by John Perotti
- Bush Keeps Crime on Front Burner
- Beating in the MANCI Control Unit, by John Perotti
- Pennsylvania Lawmakers Want to Axe Parole Board
- ".100 Hearings" Opinions Of An Attorney
- Murder Case Update
- Political Prisoners Hunger Strike in France, by Jean-Marc Rouillan
- Oppression and Resistance at Canada's Prison for Women
- To a Bureaucrat, by Anthony McIntyre
- Reviews
- Women's Report, by F L
- Non-English Messed Over
- Shelton Changes, by F D
More from Ed Mead:
- Class Differences in Crime Control, Feb. 15, 1994
- Law of Medical Treatment Explained, Jan. 15, 1994
- Editorial, Jan. 15, 1994
- Gender Based Treatment Disparity Violates Equal Protection, Dec. 15, 1993
- Editorial, Nov. 15, 1993
- The Politics of Imprisonment, Nov. 15, 1993
- Prison Slavery Upheld, Again, Oct. 15, 1993
- Prisoners as Workers: Court Defines Applicability of FLSA, Sept. 15, 1993
- Prisoners as Workers in Washington State: New Law Will Increase Exploitation, Sept. 15, 1993
- Editorial, Sept. 15, 1993
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