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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.
Nine Years of Injustice for American Prisoner in Iraq
It's been a decade since the nation was shocked by images of torture and prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib prison, and yet for at least one prisoner, a dual …
Herman Wallace’s Conviction Overturned and Immediate Release Ordered!
No application for bail is required, and the State is given 30 days to notify Herman if they plan to re-indict him.
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Lockup Quotas Help For-Profit Prison Companies Keep Profits High and Prisons Full
For-profit prison operators have found a new way to keep beds full and profits high. They call them
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Breaking Out of the Prison Paradigm
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Is Obama Making Good on His Promise to Close Gitmo?
Four months after President Obama recommitted to close Gitmo, TRNN contributor Michael Ratner gives us an update on the status of the prison.