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CA Prison Guards - A Potent Political Interest Group
By Dan Pens
There is a well fed political interest group feasting at the California public trough, and most taxpayers are unaware of the huge growth in this creatures appetite and political clout. It has grown from a political runt to one of the biggest hogs in the barnyard in …
There is a well fed political interest group feasting at the California public trough, and most taxpayers are unaware of the huge growth in this creatures appetite and political clout. It has grown from a political runt to one of the biggest hogs in the barnyard in …
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- CA Prison Guards - A Potent Political Interest Group, by Dan Pens
- Liability for Filming Search Affirmed
- AG Mail Must be Treated as Legal Mail
- WI Guard Indicted for Mail Obstruction
- Police Report Inadmissible in Rape Case
- 6th Cir. Rules on BOP Phone Suit PI
- Attorney General Subject to Suit
- No Liberty Interest in GA Parole Rules
- New Trial for Improper Voir Dire
- MI DOC Has Duty to Give Women Prisoners Legal Aid
- Medical Indifference Suit Requires New Trial
- MI DOC Visitor Ban Overturned
- TX Parole Board Can't Use Voided Priors
- BOP Good Time Ploy Exposed
- Settlement Reached in MT Prison Case
- FBI Investigates CDC Shootings
- BOP Guard Killed
- WA Special Commitment Center Failing
- WA Prisoners Under Attack, by Paul Wright
- WA "Corrections" Committee, by Paul Wright
- Editorial, by Dan Pens
- Confronting the Helms Amendment
- Prison Weight Lifting is a Nonsense Issue, by Paul Wright
- Ohio Offshore Industries Project, by Dan Cahill
- News in Brief
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- Bag'm, Tag'm and Bury'm; Wisconsin Prisoners Dying for Health Care, Feb. 15, 2001
- Food Strike Puts Washington DOC on Spin Control, Feb. 15, 2001
- Fraud Charged by Washington DOC Whistleblower, Feb. 15, 2001
- CMS Fined Nearly $1 Million in Virginia, Dec. 15, 2000
- Death as a Salesman: Benneton Ad Campaign Comes to Death Row, Dec. 15, 2000
- Illinois Supermax Hunger Strike, Dec. 15, 2000
- Whistle-blowing Doctor Shakes Up Nebraska DOC, Nov. 15, 2000
- Corcoran Show Trial Ends with Acquittals, Nov. 15, 2000
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