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With Great Concern: A Plea for Marissa Alexander and All New Afrikan Women
An inmate at California's Pelican Bay State Prison makes an impassioned plea for Marissa Alexendar:
Maya Schenwar and Matthew Filipowicz Discuss How Her Sister Gave Birth in Prison
In this episode, Truthout Executive Director Maya Schenwar discusses the harrowing story of her sister giving birth in prison.
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President Obama and Attorney General Holder: End the For-Profit Operation Streamline Scheme Now!
Roberto Rodriguez invites President Obama and Attorney General Holder to step inside the courtrooms during Operation Streamline to witness the speedy
“Cash for Kids”: Firms Behind Juvenile Prison Bribes Reach $2.5 Million Settlement in Civil Suit
Judges took money in exchange for sending juvenile offenders to for-profit youth jails.
Corporations Reap Billions From Mass Incarceration
A new campaign exposes the companies that profit off prisoners.
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Female Prisoners’ Babies Shouldn’t Be Sentenced to Life Without Breast Milk
The vast majority of the 10,000 babies born to US prisoners each year are deprived of their mothers - and their mother's milk.
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Food Stamp Outage Highlights Problems With Privatization of Public Services
The government shutdown was not to blame for the crashing of the food stamp program for poor families in several states over the weekend, just the latest in a …
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One Month After Historic Hunger Strike Ends, Legislators Hold Hearings About Solitary Confinement
Families and former prisoners held for years in solitary confinement expressed optimism October 9 after the first of several California Public Safety Committee hearings about the punishment, promised in …
Chicago Students Build Safe Space, Practice Restorative Justice
Chicago's restorative justice movement frames a future that is not solely about survival.
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Let’s Stop Starving Drug Offenders Back to Prison
Many states ban stamps for ex-prisoners, who face a 50% unemployment rate, making prison the only sure place they won't starve.