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WA Passes Record Anti-Prisoner/Defendant Legislation
Loaded on Aug. 15, 1995
by Paul Wright
published in Prison Legal News
August, 1995, page 9
By Paul Wright
Filed under:
Discrimination,
Sex Offender Registration,
Sex Offenders (Discrimination),
Prison Industries,
Prison Labor,
Medical Expenses,
Sanctions (Disciplinary Hearings),
Victims,
Boot Camps,
Overcrowding,
Staffing,
Exercise,
Hygiene Supplies,
Public Defenders,
Prisoner Privileges,
Education,
Good Time,
Parole,
Probation,
Seizure of Prisoner Funds,
Restitution,
Immigration,
Extended Family Visiting,
Religious Names,
State Legislation.
Location:
Washington.
In the March, 1995, issue of PLN I gave a rundown on most of the anti-prisoner and defendant legislation then pending in the legislature. After we had gone to press for that issue Ida Ballasiotes, the rabid chair of the House Acorrections committee (See PLN, March, 1995,) …
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