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April 15, 2004, Vol. 11, No. 9
Headlines:
- Special Prisons Issue: The art of the last meal
- Monroe’s concerned lifers
- Mental illness in King County Jail
- Outsourcing inmates to Yakima
Table of Contents
Debt keeps 150,000 Washington felons from ballot box. By Chris LaRoche, Pages 1, 8
Mailbag, Page 2
- Doubting David Della by Toi-Sing Won | Seattle
- Hey Seattle, wake up! By Vern Zhuelsdorff, TU Board, Vice President National Alliance of HUD Tenants Board, Chair International Tenants Rights Committee | Seattle
Opinion: Criminal Negligence. King County Jail stuffs the mentally ill away, then dumps them back to the streets. By Joe Martin, Page 3
News You Can Use! Close to Home, Page 4
| Tenants Union hunkers down; SPD misconduct meetings
- Another Tent City? By Adam Holdorf
- The OPA: needs improvement by Breeana Laughlin
- Sorry, come back later by Adam Holdorf
- Picture: Hangin’ tough: Tenants Union state weather city budget cuts
Miscarriage of Justice. Seattle’s indigent defendants must now prepare for court from Yakima, 145 miles away. By Polly Keary, Page 5
| Quote by Kim Gordon, Misdemeanor Division supervisor for Seattle Municipal Court
North American Newsbriefs from www.streetnewsservice.org. Compiled by Patty Lane, Page 5.
Adventures in Poetry: The bomb up Rumsfeld’s ass with ©Dr. Wes Browning, Page 6
Poetry, Pages 6, 7
- Poetry opposes the war by Nohae Park
- I Pledge Allegiance by David Thornbrugh
- Urban Romance by Earle Thompson
- I am Worth by David Sparenberg
- Self-Portrait by Crysta Casey
Debtors Prison. Felons pay for their crime, and then they pay again. Steve Kittel is a 26-year-old student at Bellevue Community College, an intern at the American Civil Liberties Union, and an ex-felon. Interview by Real Change, Pages 8, 10
Signs of Life. Artist Julie Green records the intimate last requests of Death Roy inmates. By Kara Hoppe, Page 9
- Picture: Corvallis artist Julie Green depicts the last meals of America’s death row inmates. “Texas, 18 Sept 2001: Western omelet, fried potatoes, sliced tomato, pan sausage, 3 biscuits, white gravy, pitcher of vanilla milkshake, cantaloupe.” And “Ohio, 19 Feb 2002: Steak rare, salad, grape pop.”
- Photo courtesy of Julie Green
A Failed System. For addicts, prison is the wrong cure for the wrong problem. Ex-felon Esther Flowers, 49, is currently unemployed and living in Renton. Interview by Real Change, Pages 10, 12
The Man from the Outside. Monroe’s lifers have a friend in Rev. Jon Nelson. By Kaye Allard, Page 11, 14
- Picture: Retired Lutheran minister Jon Nelson has been visiting the Monroe Correctional Center to meet with inmates sentenced to life in prison for 32 years. Pictured with his wife, Juni.
- Photo by Ken Dean
Street Watch. Compiled by Emma Quinn, Page 12
Hidden Horrors. Book: Prison Nation: The Warehousing of America’s Poor. Edited by Tara Herivel and Paul Wright. Review by Heidi Dietrich, Page 13
Life Matters. Jon Nelson and the Concerned Lifers Organization (CLO) have outlined five particular issues they’re concerned with in a briefing book for legislators and the press. Page 14
Street Talk: Question: Should ex-felons have the right to vote? Interviews and photos by Matt Nucci
- Rex McAlee, financial planner
- Pamela Clayton, sales associate
- Greg Fontaine, machinist
- J. Prevratil, secondary school teacher
- Manuel Gonzales, disabled
- Connie Johnson, homemaker
- Fletcher Stitt, retired
- K. Iverson, insurance representative
- Zedrick Whiters, temporary laborer
Calendar. Compiled by Sandra Enger, Page 15
Citizens Participation Project. Act Now! Page 16
Help restore voting rights to felons
- Issue: Over 150,000 Washington felons cannot vote because of their inability to pay legal fines. Tell your legislator that it’s time to stop taking away people’s civil rights