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Election Year Demagoguery
Washington State attorney general Ken Eikenberry has announced that he will be running for the governor's office on the Republican Party ticket. Eikenberry has been attorney general since 1980 and is serving up a typical Republican economic program with regards to turning the state economy around, i.e., no new taxes …
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More from this issue:
- Police Chief Faces Conspiracy Count
- Prison/Community Alliance Update, by Carrie Roth
- Racial Discrimination in Prison Challenged
- Politicians Exploit Death Penalty
- Editorial Comments, by Ed Mead
- Election Year Demagoguery, by Paul Wright
- Prison Homophobia Challenged
- Prison Population Up, Escapes Down
- Receiving State is Agent of Sending State; Qualified Immunity Examined
- Four Cons Die in Missouri Jail Fire
- Alaska Con Has Liberty Interest in Prison Job
- HIV-Positive Cons Win Partial Victory
- Geronimo Pratt Wins Injunction Against Future Harassment; Loses Drug Trafficking And Possession Appeal
- Prison's TB Response Legally Inadequate
- U.S. Prisons Accused of Human Rights Abuses
- Deadly Strain of TB Found in New York Prisons
- Federal Prisoner Gets Medical Records
- Incarceration Rate Grows in First Half of 1991
- State Prison Systems Emulate Marion Control Unit, by Fay Dowker
- Non-Specific Infractions Violated Due Process
- IMU's and Controlled Feeding at CBCC
- Chilean Political Prisoners End Hungerstrike
- Canadian Officials May End Ban on Sex Between Prison Inmates, by Rod Mikleburgh
More from Paul Wright:
- From the Editor, May 1, 2026
- From the Editor, April 1, 2026
- From the Editor, March 1, 2026
- From the Editor, Feb. 1, 2026
- From the Editor, Jan. 1, 2026
- From the Editor, Dec. 1, 2025
- From the Editor, Nov. 1, 2025
- From the Editor, Oct. 1, 2025
- From the Editor, Aug. 1, 2025
- From the Editor, July 15, 2025
More from these topics:
- Idaho Moves Closer to Firing Squad Executions, May 1, 2026. Death Penalty, State Legislation, Method of Execution, Lethal Injection Method of Execution.
- Arkansas Board of Corrections Settles Sunshine Law Charges, Caving to Governor’s Power Grab, May 1, 2026. Retaliation for Litigating, State Legislation, Public Records Act, Constitution, state, Community Confinement/Home Detention.
- Idaho Struggles to Respond to Devasting Report of Widespread Prisoner Sex Abuse, April 1, 2026. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Guard Misconduct, Prison Rape Elimination Act, State Legislation, Public Records Act.
- New Illinois State Law Requires Prisons to Submit Annual Hospice Reports, April 1, 2026. Systemic Medical Neglect, Cancer, Failure to Treat, State Legislation, Inadequate Health Care Facilities.
- Death of Washington Jail Standards Bill Risks Repeat of $2.5 Million Settlement That Closed One County’s Jail, April 1, 2026. Staffing, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Suicides, Staff Training, State Legislation.
- New Jersey Governor’s Order Allows People with Prior Felony Convictions to Serve on Jury Duty, March 1, 2026. Racial Discrimination, State Legislation, Restrictions, discrimination, Jury Selection.
- One in 10 Prison Admissions Is Now for Technical Parole Violation, March 1, 2026. Parole Conditions, State Legislation, Restrictions, discrimination, Revocation Proceedings.
- New York Governor Pulls Plug on Prison Watchdog Funding, March 1, 2026. Guard Misconduct, Prison Reform, Conditions of Confinement, Guards/Staff, State Legislation.
- Utah Pushes for Additional $130 Million to Expand Prison that Cost $1 Billion, March 1, 2026. Cost of Prison Systems, Conditions of Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), State Legislation, Reduction of Prison Population.
- by Jo Ellen Nott I n a significant victory for the reintegration of formerly incarcerated individuals and those with arrest records, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed House Bill 1836, known as the “Clean Slate” Act, on January 16, 2026. The legislation, March 1, 2026. Collateral consequences of prison, State Legislation, housing, Restrictions, discrimination, Prior Convictions - Expungement or Reversal of.

