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Civil Commitment
by Carrie Roth, Prison/Community Alliance
The Special Commitment Center (SCC) is a block of prison cells in the Special Offenders Center (SOC) in Monroe, WA. Eleven men are now housed in the prison under the Civil Commitment law passed in 1990. Although the center is in a prison owned by ...
The Special Commitment Center (SCC) is a block of prison cells in the Special Offenders Center (SOC) in Monroe, WA. Eleven men are now housed in the prison under the Civil Commitment law passed in 1990. Although the center is in a prison owned by ...
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More from this issue:
- Monroe's Struggle Against Double Celling, by Ed Mead
- Court Supports Supervisory Liability Claim
- Written Findings of Disciplinary Hearing Held Inadequate
- Prisoners May Not Be Subjected to Freezing Temperatures
- Executions Report Issued
- Prison Law Libraries Must Keep All Books Current
- The Criminalization of Poverty, by Sabina Virgo
- From The Editor, by Paul Wright
- New York Prisons Profiled
- Oklahoma Must Provide Adequate Funds for Its Public Defenders
- Consent Decree Creates a Liberty Interest
- Prison Guards May Not Be Fired for Testifying on Prisoner's behalf
- Guards Liable for Harassing Searches of Cell
- Prison Tobacco Sales Are Not Punishment
- No Liberty Interest in Prison Jobs
- Civil Commitment, by Carrie Roth
- Evidence Must Be Presented at Disciplinary Hearing
- Letters From Readers
More from Carrie Roth:
- Legislative Update, March 15, 1992
- Prison/Community Alliance Update, Feb. 15, 1992
- Prison/Community Alliance Update, Jan. 15, 1992
- Civil Commitment, Dec. 15, 1991
- Prison/Community Alliance Update, Sept. 15, 1991
- Prison/Community Alliance Update, July 15, 1991
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