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| New gang unit a success |
| By The Associated Press |
| Published: 02/04/2009 |
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WASHINGTON - Robert Walker is four weeks into his housing assignment at the Washington State Penitentiary's new gang unit, where he is serving 18 years for assault. So far, he likes his new home, but the 21-year-old former gang member from Seattle doesn't sense that he has any more freedom. "It's cleaner and there's less people," he said. "The room is bigger, but you know. ..." Walker's voice trailed off and he shrugged his shoulders at his surroundings -- an open cellblock offering officers an easy view of rooms from a central command post. The unit is a far cry from the prison blocks of the past that had a line of cells three stories high overlooking a wide hallway. In an attempt to curb prison violence, largely among gang members, the prison has begun isolating problem inmates and gang members in pods to restrict their interaction with other inmates. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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