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BOP Prisoners' Convictions for Destroying Military Factory Upheld
Loaded on Feb. 15, 2001
published in Prison Legal News
February, 2001, page 28
In October, 1995, riots broke out in more than a dozen federal prisons after Congress voted down sentencing guideline commission rules that would have equalized the penalties for possession of crack and powder cocaine. [PLN Jan. 1996] As is historically the case, the government has harshly punished the rebellious prisoners ...
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Prison Industries,
Prison Rebellion,
Crime/Demographics,
Criminal Prosecution.
Location:
Tennessee.
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