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The Graying of Our Incarceration Nation
America's broken criminal justice system has consigned millions of people to poverty and poor health as they age. It's time for the aging community to fight.
Former Prosecutor Gets Arrested to See the Other Side of US Criminal Justice System
Bobby Constantino, a former prosecutor from privileged background, lays bare the racism and inequities of the US American criminal justice system.
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Holiday Greeting: No Peace Without Justice
There can be no peace without justice. At least five areas of blatant injustice warrant the urgent attention of people of good will: poverty wages, immigrant detention, harsh sentencing, …
“If the Risk Is Low, Let Them Go”: Elderly Prison Population Skyrockets Despite Low Risk to Society
Even amidst a modest reduction in the US prison population, the number of aging men and women expected to die behind bars has skyrocketed in a system ill prepared …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Three Days After Christmas, 1.3 Million Americans Will Lose Their Unemployment Benefits, and More
Three days after Christmas, 1.3 million Americans will lose their unemployment benefits, and more.
Fifteen Things That We Relearned About the Prison Industrial Complex in 2013
The engine of the prison industrial complex unfortunately kept on chugging in 2013.
A Rapper’s Last Words Before Going to Jail
On December 5th Tunisian rapper Weld El 15 stood trial for performing his song
Brave New Foundation’s Series on Prison Profiteering
Each part of this series by the Brave New Foundation exposes an aspect of corruption in the American prison systems in the name of profit.
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The Play’s the Thing
The mass incarceration of primarily poor people of color is one of the most shameful mass injustices committed in the United States.
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Grace and the Cycle of Abuse
Grace is the good we do not deserve. A society without grace, a society without mercy, a society that knows only vengeance, is a horrid land of violence and …