Word: bialecki
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Prisoners know about us through word of mouth." Bialecki says. "At Concord, the officers will almost always ask them if they want PLAP attorneys...
...prisoners don't have much if any human contact outside the institution." Bialecki says. "For a lot of them, just the fact that there's someone who really cares and wants to make an effort makes a big difference...
Charges in the disciplinary cases range from fighting and disobeying guards' commands to spitting and cursing, and punishment can be as severe as extended solitary confinement Bialecki says that the often trivial charges can be filed by guards on arbitrary grounds...
...office staff and Gideonse's salary is wholly funded by the Law School, which has tried to encourage students to pursue work in public interest law. Five students receive $250 weekly salaries to run the project during the summer, but with private law firms paying as much as $800. Bialecki says. "People who work here are doing it at a personal sacrifice...
...There really are extraordinary cases where people have an outstanding record that shows they've changed and there's no point in keeping them in prison any longer." Bialecki says Gideonse does note, however that he sometimes has reservations about pushing for inmates release if their institutionalization has left them ill-equipped to function independently in the outside world...