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US Politics & Gov't News tagged with prisons

Wisconsin Judicial Accountability Act
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Wisconsin, freedom, corruption, cover-up, politics, constitution, prisons, jails, judges, courts, dishonesty )

Jacolin
- 593 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
True Prison Reform and Accountability for All. No One should be above the Law. This takes the Snake (JUDGE)by the Throat! If a Judges would have to follow the Letter of the Law again and be Held Accountable. This would end favoritism in our Government. Ci
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There's Nothing Funny About Prison Rape
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: prisons, rape, human rights )


- 605 days ago - prospect.org
More than 60,000 prisoners are raped every year, and yet we treat them as punchlines not victims. It's time to abandon the idea that rape is a suitable punishment for anyone.
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Justice for the Angola 3 -- Please Sign!
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: racism, prisons )


- 616 days ago - colorofchange.org
Please click on "visit site" to sign the petition. Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox have have endured 35 years of solitary confinement after being framed in a murder that everyone now knows they didn't commit--locked up for daring to speak out against inh
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Report: 1 In Every 99 Americans Now Behind Bars
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: americans, constitution, freedoms, usa, prisons, overcrowding, study )

Hanna
- 636 days ago - wcbstv.com
"We need to be smarter," said David Muhlhausen, a criminal justice expert with the conservative Heritage Foundation. "We're not incarcerating all the people who commit serious crimes -- but we're also probably incarcerating people who don't need to be."
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Privatized Prisons for Immigrants: The Expansion Continues
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: immigration, borders, prisons )

Brian
- 678 days ago - scholarsandrogues.com
The rise of the prison-industrial complex is one the most disturbing things going on in this country, and like the military-industrial complex, both major parties are implicated in the human rights abuses taking place in the name of border security.
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Infection Hits a California Prison Hard - New York Times
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: prisons )


- 697 days ago - nytimes.com
The epidemic (of Valley Fever) at the prison has led to a clash of priorities for a correctional system that is dealing with below average medical care and chronic overcrowding.
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Women, Kids, Elderly Robbed and Abused By Prison System. Is This Right?
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: abuse, americans, prisons, ethics, freedoms, women, child, family, travel, HumanRights, corruption, crime, torture )

Suzybell
- 718 days ago - americanchronicle.com
Visits are being "terminated" early regardless of how far the family member traveled because they may have spoken to another visitor in the canteen room. This retaliation enacted upon a family member for speaking to someone else is a violation of the US C
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URGENT - Eric McDavid Denied Critical Medical Care!
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: freedoms, lies, FBI, prisons )


- 746 days ago - infoshop.org
This morning Eric called and informed us that his pericarditis woke him up at 6 am. He was having chest pains, trouble breathing, and was unable to lie down...The jail doctor told him that he was fine and that he NEVER had pericarditis...
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Stop the State Prison Drain
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Timothysouders, prisons, govermentoverspending, abuse, constitution, crime, dishonesty, ethics, freedoms, healthcare, media, politics )

Theresa
- 808 days ago - freep.com
Sentencing, parole reforms are key to getting state Corrections costs in line.Michigan taxpayers spend $1.9 billion a year -- $5 million a day -- to lock up more than 50,000 prisoners. That's more than it spends on higher education. .
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Democratic Deceit and Denial on War, Impeachment, Health Care and Prisons
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: prisons, congress, democrats, elections, iraq, healthcare, impeachment, media, republicans )


- 854 days ago - blackagendareport.com:80
This is the substance of mainstream political discussion in the Democratic party. Corporations who till recently only donated to Republicans candidates are including Democrats in their portfolios. Never mind what Democratic voters want.
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