It Only Gets Worse, Says DOC by The May 10th issue of the Seattle Times quoted Ruben Cendeno, director of the Division of Offender Programs for the state Department of Corrections (DOC), as telling a Washington Council on Crime and Delinquency sponsored forum that the Washington state corrections system is …
A History of Rehabilitation Under Washington State Law by Matt James A History Of Rehabilitation Under Washington State Law By Matt James [Editor's Note: The revised Code of Washington provides that the parole Board "shall not...release a prisoner, unless in its opinion his rehabilitation has been complete and he is …
Women Prisoners Meet Board by The Washington State parole Board has been going from prison to prison setting new minimum terms for offenders serving time for murder. In 1989 the average amount of time served on a murder one was 150.1 months. Along came the Sentencing Reform Act (SRA), which …
Victims to Amend Constitution by Victims To Amend Constitution A network of crime victim's rights advocates, concerned about difficulties in enforcing laws that were intended to give victims specific legal rights, is mounting a campaign to win ratification of amendments to state constitutions ensuring those rights. Six states have approved …
WAC Notification List by by Gary Banning Under Washington state law, each state agency which proposes a change in the Washington Administrative Code (WAC) must notify interested parties of the changes that it is proposing to give the citizens an opportunity to contact their legislators, organize against it, etc. Under …
Lehman Leaving by Pennsylvania Governor Robert Casey recently announced that Joseph Lehman, 46, the Assistant Secretary of Washington State's Department of Corrections, has been selected to head the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. Lehman will be overseeing a prison system about three times as large as Washington's which is beset with …
State Reneges on WSR Treaty by State Reneges On WSR Treaty The above headline is taken from an article in the Monroe Monitor of April 11th. "When a state senator gets fed up with broken promises from the state of Washington, you take notice." Said the article. It was Senator …
One Day School Boycott at Monroe by ONE DAY SCHOOL BOYCOTT AT MONROE The statewide practice for enforcing attendance at prison schools is simple: three unexcused absences and they drop you. Well, some prisoncrat decided that inmate attendance at the Reformatory was not up to par with those at other …
Walla Walla Installs Fourth Bunk by WALLA WALLA INSTALLS FOURTH BUNK by M. H. We here at the Walls are also experiencing the governor's state of emergency. Our captors have shut down 8-Wing for remodeling. In 6-Wing they have just installed the 4th bunk on A and B tiers, and …
SRA Offenders Get Good Time Off Term by SRA OFFENDERS GET GOOD TIME OFF TERM On March 29, 1990, in the case of In re Mota (Case No. 56284-9), the Washington Supreme Court ruled that the Department of Corrections must give good time credit for pre-sentence confinement (jail time) to …
Parole Board's 0.100 Abuses by M.H., Walla Walla People should start giving some consideration to how the Parole Board is conducting the 0.100 paroleability hearings. The Myers, Addleman, and other cases, as well as the so-called 1400 Bill, all tell the Board to restructure our minimum terms in a manner …
Jordan v. Lehman, WA, Court Access Order, 1990 0-kW ENTERED ON DOCKET MAR 2 9 1990 By Deputy r\. )\ FILED ODGED RECEIVED rld:UR 2 81990 CLERIC DISTRICT COURT WESTEI∎ N DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA BY DEPUTY 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA NINA …
Kostatelos v. Department of Corrections, WA, Tort Claim, Herniated Disk, 1989 CLAIM AGAINST THE STATE OF WASHINGTON FOR TORTIOUS CONDUCT PER RCW 4.92.100 The undersigned t Mark A. Kostatelos t whose residence the past six months has been 8615 26th Avenue Northwest, Seattle t WA 98117. hereby makes claim against …
Crofton v. Spalding, Court Order Enjoining Censorship of Gift Subscription of PLN, 1996 / ( Flt.=D IN THE . 1 uS DISTRICT COURT EASTE~N "DISTRICT OFWASHINGTON MAY t ~ 1996 2 JAMESR. Li'RSE.N. CLBRK 3 _ _----oePIJTY 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 8 …
MacFarlane v. Walter, Injunction Banning Censorship of PLN Due to Bulk Mail Status, 1997 4t.' . .........-' " 1 Flt.ED IN THE us. DISTRICT COUAT 2 EASTERN OISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 3 SE? 2 2 1997 4 JAMES A wa'N 5 YAKIM" c.. ~~ 6 Ul~T~ED 7 DONALD D. MacFARLANE Plaintiff, …
Miniken v. Walter, Summary Judgement Ruling, Bulk Mail Ban on PLN Unconstitutional, 1997 DONALD W. MINIKEN, Plaintiff, vs. KAY WALTER, and DAVID BUSS, Defendants. NO. CS-96-407-JLQ UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 978 F. Supp. 1356; 1997 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16967 August 25, 1997, Decided August …
Miniken v. Walter, Complaint, Bulk Mail Ban on PLN Unconstitutional, 1996 II r .... ., FILED IN THE ,.S. DISTRICT COURT EASl£RN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON I I JUL 2 4 1996 .1 1 2 3 DONALD W. MINIKEN #975666 Airway Heights Corrections Center P.O. Box 2019, K-A-51-L Airway Heights, WA …
Miniken v. Walter, Ruling on fees and damages, Bulk Mail Ban on PLN Unconstitutional, 1997 ) RECEIVED OCT I 7 BRI ~KLI ~ " I;~' t'ILtU IN I H~ &. GENDLER, J !JI U.S.OISTR ICTCC(J RT UNI TED STATE S DISTR ICT COORTEastern Distrie: of Wa~i1 in!;!cn , EASTE R.."I …
Prison Legal News v. Lehman, Complaint, Washington DOC Censorship 2002 HON. ROBERT S. LASNIK IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE PRISON LEGAL NEWS, a Washington corporation; and ROLLIN WRIGHT, No. Plaintiff, v. JOSEPH LEHMAN, in his official and individual capacities; ELDON VAIL, in his …
Prison Legal News v. Lehman, Published Injunction, Washington DOC Censorship 2003 LEXSEE 272 F.SUPP.2D 1151 PRISON LEGAL NEWS, et al, Plaintiffs, v JOSEPH LEHMAN, et al, Defendants Case No. C01-1911L UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON, SEATTLE DIVISION 272 F. Supp. 2d 1151; 2003 U.S. Dist. …
