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Overcrowding and Violence in Washington State
Loaded on Nov. 15, 1992
by Ed Mead
published in Prison Legal News
November, 1992, page 2
Back in 1985 I wrote an article predicting the future impact of Washington State's then recently adopted Sentencing Reform Act (SRA). The article noted that there would be an initial drop in prison populations, followed by a rapid increase until population levels were once again beyond what could be reasonably …
Filed under:
Crime/Demographics,
Prison/Jail Murders,
Failure to Protect (General),
Overcrowding.
Location:
Washington.
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More from this issue:
- Status of Reformatory Crowding Litigation, by Ed Mead
- Grievance Standards Changed
- Overcrowding and Violence in Washington State, by Ed Mead
- Parolees Have a Right to Bodily Privacy
- Transferred Con Has Right to Books of Sending State
- Prisoners Have Right to Privacy in Their Mail
- Medication Must Be Delivered in Timely Manner
- Contempt Order Appropriate for Consent Decree Violation
- Expungement of Infraction Reversed
- Federal Prisoners Must Exhaust Habeas Before Filing Suit
- State Judges Can Be Sued for Injunctive Relief in Federal Court
- Parole Officers Can Be Sued
- BOP Prisoners Must Exhaust Administrative Remedies
- Washington Smoking Suit Dismissed
- Muslims Entitled to Prayer Oils
- Gay Prisoner Entitled to Participate in Religious Services
- Resistance at Lexington, by Laura Whitehorn
- Editorial, by Ed Mead
- Committee Formed to Defend Abimael Guzman
- Walla Walla News
- Perotti Needs Help, by John Perotti
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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