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Incarceration
Drone Protester Sentenced to Three Months
Anti-drone activist John "Jack" Gilroy, 79, was sentenced to three months incarceration, three years of probation.
Reports Condemn Health Care and Solitary Confinement in Arizona State Prisons
The American Civil Liberties Union and Prison Law Office released a series of 26 reports alleging extensive problems with the Arizona Department of Corrections' healthcare program and its use …
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Code Black: Murder, Mass Incarceration, Militarization and Genocide in Progress
"Instead of lynchings, we now enjoy the spectacle of the fraternal-order-of-police executing blacks and browns as sport."
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Marijuana Decriminalization a Racial Justice Victory in Philadelphia
Combined, this year's series of national victories around marijuana decriminalization may look spontaneous, but they in fact speak to years of racial justice organizing and the cultural shift around …
Moments of Radicalization – Eddie Conway on Reality Asserts Itself
Former Black Panther Eddie Conway speaks to the Real News.
From Freedom Summer to Black August
At the dawn of mass incarceration, the creators of Black August saw that racism itself was being reinvented or at least being updated through the criminal justice system.
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Racial Discrimination Exacerbates Inequality for Americans of All Races
America has the highest incarceration rate worldwide due to the routine infliction of draconian punishments.
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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What Happens to a Society When It Turns Against Many of Its Children and Imprisons Them?
If we want to change the United States' senseless addiction to incarceration, the best possible place to start is transforming how our justice system treats our children.
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What “Orange Is the New Black” Got Wrong About Compassionate Release
Contrary to what "Orange is the New Black" would have you think, compassionate release is not simply the act of taking an aging, senile person and dumping her onto …