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Article • July 15, 1990 • from PLN July, 1990
"The Prison Issue" by Is put out by the folks at new studies on the left, 1484 Wicklow St., Boulder, Co. 80303. It is a "magazine" 216 pages long. There really isn't a whole lot to say about it, it's great!!! This issue contains a number of thoughtful and provocative …
Article • July 15, 1990 • from PLN July, 1990
Washington Detains More Kids by According to the Bureau of Census' Children in Custody series, Washington State leads the nation in its confinement of juveniles in detention and state institutions. Washington has 1,211 juveniles in custody for every 100,000 population. The second ranked jurisdiction was the District of Columbia, which …
County Fined $500,000 for Deliberate Indifference by County Fined $500,000 For Deliberate Indifference A federal appeals court upheld a damages award of $500,000 because of a physician assistant's deliberate indifference to an inmates serious medical needs. The county road camp prisoner in Florida injured his leg when he jumped off …
Mental Cases Warehoused in IMU by Mark LaRue Mental Cases Warehoused In IMU By Mark LaRue You would not believe how they are running the Intensive Management Unit (IMU) here at Walla Walla. The tier I am on is filled with nuts who loud talk day and night. Mental health …
Article • July 15, 1990 • from PLN July, 1990
The Fortress Economy: The Economic Role of the US Prison System by The Fortress Economy: The Economic Role of the U.S. Prison System is the title of a brand new 29 page booklet by the American Friends Service Committee (Quakers). It's an excellent book and I highly recommend it. The …
Summary Judgment on Retaliation by Summary Judgment On Retaliation The prisoner's appearance in court was a protected activity, and prison disciplinary action, taken immediately upon his return from court, provided circumstantial evidenced that prison officials retaliated against him for the exercise of his right of access to the courts. The …
Article • July 15, 1990 • from PLN July, 1990
Capital Punishment by Lawrence Boulton By Laurance Boulton, Gatesville, TX The thought of knowing one's death is drawing near, especially your own, is a portrait of terror. Although refined to a system of rules and legally sanctioned methods, executing a human being in nonetheless murder! No longer is a man …
Article • July 15, 1990 • from PLN July, 1990
Civil Rights Suit For Damages Against State Prison Officials In Individual Capacities by Two prisoners filed a civil rights damage suite against state correctional officials, charging that they were denied due process because they were not given a timely hearing before being placed in segregation. The court noted that, under …
Article • July 15, 1990 • from PLN July, 1990
Prison Population Rises 12.1% by The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) has issued its annual bulletin on prison populations. The report stated the number of state and federal prisoners in the U.S. grew by a record 76,099 prisoners during 1989. This figure now reaches a new high of 703, 687 …
Prisoner Advisors Reinstated by A warden's refusal to reappoint four inmates to their positions as inmate legal advisors has been overturned by a federal appeals court. The inmates sued, alleging that the warden had refused to reappoint them because they criticized the performance of the chairman of the disciplinary board. …
Article • July 15, 1990 • from PLN July, 1990
Filed under: Military, Veterans
Vietnam MIAs in Perspective by The MIA (Missing In Action) issue has been exploited by the U.S. government to block normalization of relations with Vietnam. Many prisoners have uncritically swallowed the state's propaganda on this issue. We'd like to put it in a more statistically accurate context: The French still …
Fascism, Another Step Nearer by [SSB-6259 Is Not Just For Sex Offenders] Senate Substitute Bill 6259 is now law in this state. Most of its provisions came into effect on July 1, 1990. Most of us have heard of this law as the sex offender bill that allows civil commitment …
Article • July 15, 1990 • from PLN July, 1990
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews
Small Fry by Dan Pens By Dan Pens I'd have to bone up on my state history to say for sure which agency pioneered the strategy, but the Department of Corrections and the State Fisheries Department both have a good thing going. And they know it. If I had to …
Article • July 15, 1990 • from PLN July, 1990
We Are All Prisoners by Ed Mead By Ed Mead I was reading the "Impact of Washington's Correctional Institutions on Communities," and found it to be a valuable source of correctional statistics, even if somewhat dated (1988). One particular set of figures was both surprising and important. These have to …
Article • June 15, 1990 • from PLN June, 1990
DOC Settles Immigration Suit by Paul Wright By Paul Wright The INS (Immigration and naturalization Service) in collusion with the DOC holds deportation hearings at the Wash. Corr. Center in Shelton for so-called "criminal deportee's", these are convicted felons who have had their immigration status revoked because of felony convictions. …
Article • June 15, 1990 • from PLN June, 1990
Blacks Have Higher Crime Victimization Rate by Blacks are more likely than whites to be victims of violent crime, and the crimes against black victims are generally more serious that those against whites, according to a new study by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). A review of the Bureau's …
Article • June 15, 1990 • from PLN June, 1990
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Reviews
Book on Washington Prisons by "Impacts of Washington State's Correctional Institutions on Communities" is the title of a study available at no cost from the Washington State Institute for Public Policy. The study was commissioned b the state legislature in 1988. The main purpose seems to have been to find …
Article • June 15, 1990 • from PLN June, 1990
Filed under: Prison Rebellion, Media
Clallam Bay Disturbance Update by Paul Wright Paul Wright As reported in the last issue of the PLN, there were 32 prisoners shipped from Clallam Bay to the Intensive Management Unit (IMU) at Shelton. The mainstream media reported that prison officials had told them there was a "brawl" between one …
Article • June 15, 1990 • from PLN June, 1990
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 …
Article • June 15, 1990 • from PLN June, 1990
Filed under: Sentencing, Parole
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 …
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