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Court Orders Washington DOC to Stop Dragging Its Feet on Sex Offender Release Plans
Loaded on May 15, 2005
by Hank Balson
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2005, page 18
Court Orders Washington DOC to Stop Dragging Its Feet
Filed under:
Sentencing,
Good Time,
Parole,
Wrongful Imprisonment,
Sex Offender Treatment,
Civil Commitment.
Location:
Washington.
on Sex Offender Release Plans
by Hank Balson
The Washington Court of Appeals ruled in May that the state's Department of Corrections (DOC) has been illegally delaying decisions on early release plans for sex offenders, depriving certain prisoners of their earned ...
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