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Newshawk: Alex
Pubdate: Fri, 12 Apr 2002
Source: Star-Gazette (NY)
Copyright: 2002sStar-Gazette
Contact:
Website: http://www.stargazette.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1005
Author: Salle E. Richards
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?140 (Rockefeller Drug Laws)
REFORMERS TARGET DRUG LAWS, JAIL TIME
Speakers Point Out Ineffectiveness of Long Sentences for Drug Offenders.
Gasps were audible from the audience of about 60 people Thursday
night as prison reform advocates described the lives of inmates
locked for years in solitary confinement cells.
The forum at Elmira College featured Richard W. Rich Jr., a former
Chemung County public defender and Elmira attorney, who described the
effect Rockefeller-era drug laws have had on prison sentences, and
Thomas Terrizzi, executive director of the New York State Prisoner
Legal Services, who told how inmates with mental illness -- an
estimated 17 percent of the state prison population -- see their
conditions worsen in special housing units.
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