Webb Sets His Sights On Prison Reform


	Webb Sets His Sights On Prison Reform

reimers

12-29-2008 7:22 PM

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12-30-2008 4:48 AM

katsteevns

Sounds like a good guy.

12-30-2008 11:54 AM

reimers

Yeah, I was hoping that Obama would pick him for his running mate.

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Somewhere along the meandering career path that led <SPAN id="apture_prvw1" class="aptureLink"><SPAN class="aptureLinkIcon"> </SPAN><A class="aptureLink snap_noshots" href="http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/w000803" linkindex="7">James Webb</A></SPAN> to the <A target="" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/U.S.+Senate?tid=informline">U.S. Senate</A>, he found himself in the frigid interior of a Japanese prison.
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A journalist at the time, he was working on an article about Ed Arnett, an American who had spent two years in Fuchu Prison for possession of marijuana. In a January 1984 <A target="" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/Parade+Magazine?tid=informline">Parade magazine</A> piece, Webb described the harsh conditions imposed on Arnett, who had frostbite and sometimes labored in solitary confinement making paper bags.
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"But, surprisingly, Arnett, home in Omaha, Neb., says he prefers Japan's legal system to ours," Webb wrote. "Why? 'Because it's fair,' he said."
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