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Now they’re our problem
Published October 23rd, 2006 - 1:00AM
They didn’t belong here, but Pierce County got stuck with them: seven men, seven felons, seven outsiders.
Background on work-release programs
Published October 23rd, 2006 - 1:00AM
What is work release?
For one man, cycle is ‘just a way of life’
Published October 23rd, 2006 - 1:00AM
Gus “Bunny” Lockridge, perennial convict, shares a trait with aluminum cans: He’s recyclable.
Clark County veto allows say on felons
Published October 23rd, 2006 - 1:00AM
In Pierce County, the state Department of Corrections picks the felons who go to local work-release centers. County officials don’t get a vote.
How we did the research
Published October 23rd, 2006 - 1:00AM
The story of the work-release class of 2005 relied on independent research of public records culled from the state Department of Corrections, Pierce and King county superior courts and commercial databases linked to statewide court records and state criminal history records.
Work-release supporters say they save as many as they can
Published October 23rd, 2006 - 1:00AM
Defenders of Pierce County work-release programs know they’re the neighbors no one wants.
Pierce County: Dumping ground
Published October 20th, 2006 - 2:58PM
Pierce County is a dumping ground for the state prison system, which for years has been sending Tacoma and its neighboring communities more than their share of ex-convicts.




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