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Will a Legal Defender of Terror Suspects Die of Cancer in Prison?
Lynne Stewart, in the vindictive and hysterical world of the war on terror, is a martyr, says Chris Hedges.
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Gitmo Trial Ethics Breaches Called Possible Obama Plan to Close Prison
Legal observer calls breaches ‘too many fiascos in too short an order to be the result of random chance.’
The Growing War on the War on Drugs
The problem of the mass incarceration of America didn't start with a single event and it won't end with one.
A Forest of Poisonous Trees: The US Criminal (In)Justice System
The US criminal justice system has transformed into a tool of the national security state.
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Drugging Aggression Behind Bars
Thanks to the psychiatric drug revolution, inmates in our correctional facilities recieve drugs instead of therapy.
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Drugging Aggression Behind Bars
Thanks to the psychiatric drug revolution, inmates in our correctional facilities recieve drugs instead of therapy.
Truthout TV With Mike Lofgren: America’s Three-Tiered Justice System
Equal justice under law? Not according to Mike Lofgren.
Our Bodies, Our Stories: Reproductive Health Behind Bars
From shackling to sterilization, thousands of incarcerated people are struggling to maintain control over their own reproductive health.
America’s Three-Tiered Justice System
A three-tiered justice system has Congress churning out new bills to keep the prison industry booming.
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Prison Profiteers Are Neo-Slaveholders and Solitary Is Their Weapon of Choice
Chris Hedges speaks with two longtime prisoner advocates about the shame of America's gulags.