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Videotaping Strip Searches in Jail Is Not Reform
It is troubling that it takes laws and lawsuits to get change that should come with respect for human dignity.
In Our Society, Poor People Are Waste Disposal Units
We need to put a halt to the systems that hide and perpetuate inequality. We need to decouple from an economy of infinite choice, an economy of disposability.
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Postcards From the County
A music program for incarcerated men at Pittsburgh Institution in Canada changes lives and perspectives.
A Victory Over Justice System’s Failure: Wrongly Convicted Brothers Freed After 31 Years in Prison
Two African-American half-brothers have been exonerated of rape and murder after more than 30 years behind bars in North Carolina.
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Former Prisoner: “Orange Is The New Black” Is Not Funny
I know what “real” prison is like.
Government Surveillance Undermines Attorney-Client Privilege
The government's practice of monitoring attorney-client communications over prison email systems was on display in two New York cases this summer when prosecutors argued that inmates wanting to speak …
How Often Do Wrongful Convictions Involve Black Defendants?
How have wrongful convictions historically been broken down by race?
Justice (?) for Renisha McBride
Ted Wafer, convicted of 2nd degree murder and manslaughter in the death of Renisha McBride, is scheduled to be sentenced Sept. 3. He faces a maximum of life in …
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“Government’s Arsenal to Destroy Revolutionaries”: Political Imprisonment Persists
In his book “The Struggle Within,” about political prisoners who are locked up for revealing what's wrong with the United States, author Dan Berger shows how incarceration serves as …
“Stop Fearing Our Children”: Why Juvenile Incarceration Needs to Go
In this interview, Nell Bernstein, author of “Burning Down the House: The End of Juvenile Prison,” takes on the question: Why are we locking up children at all?