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BOP Visitors Subjected to Ion Scan
A memo has been posted alerting the population at USP-Lompoc [federal prison in Calif.] that a pilot program has been implemented whereby visitors will be scanned with a nuclear ion machine that detects "drug use". There are graduated penalties for those visitors who fail this space-age drug test, ranging from …
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More from this issue:
- Juvenile Crime Still Pays -- But at What Cost?, by Alex Friedmann
- California Parolee Gag Order Lifted
- From the Editor, by Dan Pens
- BOP Visitors Subjected to Ion Scan, by M L
- En Banc Review Granted in Taylor
- PLRA Allows Fees on Fees in Failure to Protect Suit
- PLRA Immediate Termination Provisions Unconstitutional
- Tennessee Prisoners Fight to Keep Money
- PLN Sues Oregon DOC Over Bulk Mail Ban
- Arizona Jail Slave Labor Used to Stuff Ballot Envelopes
- Georgia Prison Officials Take Taxpayers for a Long Ride
- Guard's Death Threats May Violate Eighth Amendment
- Open Society Institute Funds College Classes in Maryland Prisons
- BOP Exceeds Statutory Authority in Denying Sentence Reductions
- No Immunity for Forcing Disabled Prisoner to Work
- News in Brief
- Utah Strip Search Suit Settled
- $15,001 Excessive Force Verdict Affirmed
- AEDPA Statute of Limitations Tolled
More from M L:
- BOP Visitors Subjected to Ion Scan, Jan. 15, 1999
- Tales from the Washington IMU Crypt, March 15, 1998
- Reaching the Breaking Point, March 15, 1998
- News from Florida, Sept. 15, 1993
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