A Visit to Valley State Prison for Women

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A Visit to Valley State Prison for Women

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• Amnesty International (London, England)

Details

Published 1999. 23 pages.

Related Topics

• Administrative segregation (Offender Management)
• California
• Health care-women-prisons (Offender Services)
• Health care-women-prisons (Special Offenders)
• Staff inmate relations (Administration)
• Staff inmate relations (Personnel)
• Women in prisons (Special Offenders)

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