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Life Without Parole Is Forever
When you go through those prison gates, you won't come out again except in a body bag.

The Bain Way: Let the States Pick Up the Tab on National Debt?
We do need to get our fiscal house in order, but after reading about The Bain Way and Mr. Romney's love of his business acumen, I disagree, more than …

Will AB 2530 Unshackle Childbirth in California?
Pregnant women in correctional facilities are more likely to experience miscarriage, preterm birth, low birth weight infants, and potentially fatal conditions like preeclampsia.

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California Spends More on Jails Than Higher Education
As California struggles to comply with a court order to reduce its prison population, a new study finds that the state now spends more on its correctional system than …

Meet the Industry That Makes the Koch Brothers Look Poor
When will the United States start thinking beyond bars?

No Justice When Women Fight Back
All three are currently in prison while their attackers remain free. Oh, yes, and all three are black women.

A Move to Free the Cuban Five
People stop in Victorville California 85 miles northeast of Los Angeles because they have to see someone at one of its several prisons (federal, state, county and city) or …

Solitary Confinement: Torture Chambers for Black Revolutionaries
An estimated 80,000 men, women and even children are being held in solitary confinement on any given day in US prisons.

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The Fight Against SB 1070 and the Prison Industry in Arizona
While racist police practices, and the associated racialized discourse of criminality, have received national attention in the wake of SB 1070, they are nothing new to Arizona.

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In Prison, Women Inmates Forge Ties That Bind
Bonding the way women prisoners do is not as common among their male counterparts, some prison officials say.