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Let’s Stop Starving Drug Offenders Back to Prison
Many states ban stamps for ex-prisoners, who face a 50% unemployment rate, making prison the only sure place they won't starve.
Nine Years of Injustice for American Prisoner in Iraq
It's been a decade since the nation was shocked by images of torture and prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib prison, and yet for at least one prisoner, a dual …
Herman Wallace’s Conviction Overturned and Immediate Release Ordered!
No application for bail is required, and the State is given 30 days to notify Herman if they plan to re-indict him.
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Breaking Out of the Prison Paradigm
We've only been able to take risks and push the envelope like this because we don't depend on advertising. That's why we're asking for your assistance now.
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Statement of Support for the Short Corridor Collective and Other Prisoners in Resistance in California Prisons
Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) and the Civilian Soldier Alliance celebrate the resistance demonstrated by California prisoners at the suspension of their third hunger strike organized to protest …
How Lockup Quotas and “Low-Crime Taxes” Guarantee Profits for Private Prison Corporations
The report sheds light on the for-profit private prison industryu2019s reliance on high prison populations, and how they directly benefit its bottom line.
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The Cuban Five Case at 15 Years
The U.S. imprisoned five Cuban spies who sought to disrupt terror attacks being planned in Miami, as Dennis J Bernstein and Danny Glover discuss.
Free the Cuban Five: 15 Years of Unjust Imprisonment
The U.S. government was fully aware that the men had no weapons and had never harmed any individual.
Anti-Drone Protestors Refuse Fines, Sentencing Statements
Judge Carolyn Delaney listened to passionate statements by the defendants, who told the judge they were willing to go to federal prison rather than pay any fines or accept …
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Black America and A New Freedom Budget
The authors of a new book demonstrate how we need immediate, radical change as the lives of the majority of Americans become more insecure and less hopeful every day.