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Henry A. Giroux | The Violence of Organized Forgetting
Henry Giroux: A war-like mentality makes it difficult to reclaim the language of social responsibility and civic engagement.
Sarah Shourd on Herman Wallace, California Hunger Strikers and the Horror of Solitary Confinement
In this interview, which Shourd dedicates to Herman Wallace, we take a closer look at her project, Opening the Box, as well as the ongoing prisoner hunger strike in …
Truthout TV Interviews Maya Schenwar About the US Prison System
Truthout Executive Director Maya Schenwar on why the humane treatment of prisoners is integral to the preservation of human rights.
Prisoners’ Struggle Against “Cruel and Unusual Punishment Amounting to Torture“
The June 20 communiqué from the principal prisoner representatives from the Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP) SHU Short Corridor Collective Human Rights Movement stated they'd just held a mediation …
Statement of Paul Redd Pelican Bay State Prison SHU Windowless Cells Dungeon Resident to Victoria Law
Paul Redd, former Oakland resident who grew up on the streets of Oakland, is now a resident of Pelican Bay State Prison SHU Dungeon Windowless Cells.
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Please Stop “Reforming” Pelican Bay
As the strike pushes forward and the numbers teeter, will the publicity keep up?
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Why We Strike – Pelican Bay Prison Hunger-Strikers: J. Baridi Williamson
J. Baridi Williamson: We strike for freedom, justice and humyn rights against prolonged isolation and torture in US-California solitary confinement prisons, facilities, units, cell dungeons across this nation's mass …
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Legalizing Marijuana May Help Save the US Economy, Reduce the Prison Population, and Stop the Drug War Death Toll
Author Doug Fine took off to Mendocino, California, where growing marijuana is big business.
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Prisons, State Budgets and the New National Freedom Agenda
As more states push to re-evaluate their budgets, a movement aiming to shift funding from jails to schools and other support services is gaining steam nationwide.
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The Zimmerman Verdict; America Is Still America to Me
Leon argues that had the prosecution stuck to the basic elements of the George Zimmerman-Trayvon Martin confrontation, Zimmerman would be back in jail awaiting sentencing.