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Harsher Prison Measures Opposed: "Family Values" Stop Here
Loaded on May 15, 1995
by Davis Oldham
published in Prison Legal News
May, 1995, page 23
By Dan Tennenbaum and Davis Oldham
Filed under:
Prison Rebellion,
Work Strikes,
Prisoner Privileges,
Education,
Visiting,
Extended Family Visiting,
State Legislation.
Location:
Washington.
Seattle WA -- On March 20th, about 30 people braved a heavy downpour and strong winds to demonstrate against state Republican efforts to curtail prisoner rights. Friends and family members of prisoners, as well as prison activists, came to the King County Jail to …
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