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Football Stadium Named After Private Prison Company Blurs Line Between Retribution and Recreation
The GEO Group -the nation's second largest for-profit, private prison firm - recently announced its intention to gift $6 million over a 12-year period to Florida Atlantic University (FAU).
Just Like Crack in the 80s, the Police State Thrives on Gun Hysteria
The current gun hysteria will serve as an excuse to expand the police state.
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The Queer Case Against Prisons
Toshio Meronek's review of Prisons Will Not Protect You highlights the emphasis by the book's contributors that the Corrections Department isn't in the business of correcting oppression.
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States Cut Prison Budgets but Not Prison Populations
State prisons play musical chairs with inmate populations and come up short.
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If You Speak Out, You End Up Here: Hassan Karajeh at Ofer Prison
Forty percent of Palestine's male population is, or has been, imprisoned in Israeli jails.
The Legacy of Chattel Slavery: Private Prisons Blur the Line Between Real People and Real Estate With New IRS Property Gambit
Private prisons maximize profits with a racial twist.
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Detroit MLK Day for Justice: Of Dreams and Nightmares
n Detroit, on MLK Day, hundreds gathered to rally and protest against the persistent nightmares of inequality in urban cities nationwide.
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Why Has Obama Pardoned So Few Prisoners?
To date, Obama has pardoned less than two dozen and commuted even fewer sentences.
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Reform Advocates Celebrate “Supermax” Tamms Prison Closing
Tamms Prison in Illinois, which helped spur a nationwide movement against
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25 Best Progressive Victories in 2012
Peter Dreier looks back at 2012 and 25 powerful progressive victories, including elections, ballot measures, court rulings, legislation and new waves of mobilization.