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Remembering Attica: Twenty Years Later
By Ed Mead
On September 13, 1978, prisoners at Walla Walla celebrated Attica Day by holding a sparsely attended memorial talent show in the prison's auditorium. On September 13, 1979, the Washington Coalition Against Prisons (WaCAP) braved heavy rain to stage a rally in Olympia to protest overcrowding and other …
On September 13, 1978, prisoners at Walla Walla celebrated Attica Day by holding a sparsely attended memorial talent show in the prison's auditorium. On September 13, 1979, the Washington Coalition Against Prisons (WaCAP) braved heavy rain to stage a rally in Olympia to protest overcrowding and other …
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- Remembering Attica: Twenty Years Later, by Ed Mead
- The Rich Get Richer
- Prisoners Are Entitled to Recovery For Underpayment of Wages, by Mark Cook
- Women Prisoners Entitled to Equal Education
- The Class Implications of Prisoner Rights Litigation, by Ed Mead
- Supreme Court Slams Conditions Case
- Group Cites Shift from Education to Prisons
- Prison/Community Alliance Update, by Carrie Roth
- Editorial, by Ed Mead
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- Prison Education, by Paul Wright
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- 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
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