Wednesday, November 29, 2000

Often, Parole Is One Stop on the Way Back to Prison Jason Peterson had lost 60 pounds when he was released after spending almost two years in solitary
confinement at Pelican Bay, California's super maximum-security prison, while serving a sentence for
possession of a pipe bomb.

When he returned to his mother's house in San Francisco, after months without human contact, he refused to
leave his bedroom, his mother, Jeannine Peterson, said in a lengthy interview recently. Her account was
supported by her son's lawyer and a psychiatrist hired by the family.

Concerned about his mental state, Mrs. Peterson, an elementary school special education teacher, called his
parole officer, who offered to take him to the hospital. Instead, she said, the parole officer arrived with police
officers, who handcuffed her son and took him into custody.

The next morning, the parole agent called to say that Mr. Peterson's parole had been revoked for psychiatric
reasons and he had been given an additional year in prison at San Quentin, his mother said.

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