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Retaliation Measures Taken at Texas Migrant Jail Over Hunger Strike
Immigrant detainees at migrant jails in Conroe, Texas, and Tacoma, Washington, are hunger striking.
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On Climate Impasse: Appetite and Substitutes
Subhankar Banerjee makes the connection between climate change and inaction on it, and other US social problems.
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Goldman Sachs’ Outrageous Scheme To Profit Off Jailed Young Offenders
Goldman Sach's investment in reducing recidivism in New York City jails is an experiment with a new trend in what are called “social impact bonds.” Burning questions about who …
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An End to “The Hole”? Six Signs That Solitary Confinement Reform Is Coming
Solitary confinement, which involves keeping an inmate alone in a small cell from 22 to 24 hours a day, doesn't just happen in faraway places like Iran. Roughly 80,000 …
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Prison Reform’s In Vogue and Other Strange Things…
What a strange moment we're in. Prison ‘reform’ is in vogue.
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Massachusetts Senate Votes for Childbirth Without Chains
The bill unanimously passed by the Massachusetts Senate prohibits shackling during labor and delivery and sets minimum standards for pregnancy-related care for people in prisons.
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From Tacoma to Texas, Hunger Strikers Challenge Migrant Jails
A hunger strike at a private GEO Group migrant jail in Tacoma, Washington, has spread to another in Texas.
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No Corporate Impunity for Abu Ghraib Torture, Attorneys Urge Court
A month before the 10-year anniversary of the Abu Ghraib torture photos, attorneys from the Center for Constitutional Rights and co-counsel urged a federal appeals court to re-open a …
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Bonding Through Bars: Time To Tear Down Those Walls
Incarcerating mothers punishes their children, as well. It's time to reconsider the whole practice, says Samantha Sarra.
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Lakota Vow: ‘Dead or in Prison Before We Allow the KXL Pipeline’
President Obama is scheduled to be make a final decision on the pipeline by the middle of 2014.