Newsbuoy - May 1980

Title

Newsbuoy - May 1980

Description

News magazine of the McNeil Island Federal Penitentiary. This issue is dated May 1980 and labeled as the final issue.

This issue contains editorials on leaving for a halfway house in Portland; historic photos of the island, prison, and Steilacoom; poetry; story on the final graduation ceremony of TCC, University of Puget Sound, and Pacific Lutheran University students, with graduate lists and degrees; story on the 15th anniversary of the dedication of the island's Mt Tahoma Chapel; editorial on prison reform; comics; a history of McNeil entitled 'Prison Without Walls, 1875 to 1980,' with historic photos; map of McNeil Island with wildlife information.

Staff credits: published by the United State Federal Prison Camp on McNeil Island under supervision of the US Bureau of Prisons. Newsbuoy staff: editor-in-chief Jim L. Persons; executive editor Wally Watkins; managing editor Bob Burnett; sports editor Dwight Jurgens; associate editor Ron Lyman; photographer John Kochli; chief printer James Short.

Subject

McNeil Island Penitentiary

Prisoners' writings

Creator

McNeil Island Penitentiary

Source

Tacoma Community College Archives, Special Collections Library

Publisher

Tacoma Community College Archives

Date

1980-05

Contributor

Persons, Jim L.

Guest, Edgar

Watkins, Wally

Chicago Tribune

Palmquist, J.S.

Burnett, Bob

Kochli

Short, James

J.C.G.

Rights

Use is governed by Tacoma Community College's Creative Commons Copyright policy requiring attribution and share-alike intentions.

Format

PDF

Language

English

Identifier

TCCAL_198005-Newsbuoy

Coverage

McNeil Island (Wash.)