Name 3
Name 3 figures of the abolitionist movement
BONUS FOR 50 POINTS: say something you learned from at least one of them
What year was the 13th amendment ratified?
Passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865
What Law was passed in the early 1990s that caused a chain of harsher sentencing in WA state for "repeat offenders"
Three strikes law also know as the Persistent Offender Accountability Act.
Name 3 groups of people who have been criminalized by the state
BONUS FOR 50 POINTS: give an example of a system created to criminalize at least one of them.
The 13th amendment abolished slavery except...?
except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
What bill was passed to amend the three strikes law in WA sentencing and what does it mean?
SENATE BILL 5164
the offender must have a resentencing hearing if a current or past conviction for robbery in the second degree was used as a basis for the finding that 9 the offender was a persistent offender.
Name 3 state departments that utilize prison labor
Dept of Transportation, fire depts, and state and local parks
a system in which Southern states leased prisoners to private railways, mines, and large plantations
Convict leasing
When do incarcerated workers get compensation for any injuries that occurred through their in the Department of natural resources?
No inmate as herein described, until released upon an order of parole by the state indeterminate sentence review board, or discharged from custody upon expiration of sentence, or discharged from custody by order of a court of appropriate jurisdiction, or his or her dependents or beneficiaries, shall be entitled to any payment for temporary disability or permanent total disability as provided for in RCW 51.32.090 or 51.32.060 respectively, as now or hereafter enacted, or to the benefits of chapter 51.36 RCW relating to medical aid.
Name 3 industries where incarcerated people are legally allowed to work
farming, state canneries, and watershed improvement
Program that certifies that local or state prison industry programs meet all the necessary requirements to be exempt from federal restrictions on prisoner-made goods in interstate commerce
Prison Industry Enhancement Certification Program
What act was passed in 1979 that shaped the prison system we have today and the agencies that support it?
The Justice System Improvement Act