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Inmates Fire Up Sales of Jail-Produced Hot Sauce
Society & Culture  (tags: interesting, GoodNews, inmates, prison, hot sauce )

Lone
- 81 days ago - cnn.com
TAMPA, Florida (CNN) -- Some Florida minimum-security inmates want to know: Can you handle the heat? Inmates work with peppers at the Hillsborough County Jail in Tampa, Florida. 1 of 2 Hot sauce heat, that is -- Jail House Fire Hot Sauce,
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Female Inmates Work With Dogs for the Disabled
Society & Culture  (tags: NEADS, Prison Pup Partnership, Female, inmates, dogs, animals, protection, pets, society, humans, environment, crime, rights, interesting, family, ethics, culture, americans, police, society, violence, women, safety )

TW
- 685 days ago - southcoasttoday.com
"These animals are trained to do incredible things for the people they're paired with," said Major Laura Brook, who has been assigned to head up the NEADS Dogs for Disabled Americans program at the Bristol County House of Correction.
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Inmate Advocates Call for Independent Oversight
Society & Culture  (tags: activists, inmates, prison, abuse, corruption, reform, crime, culture, ethics, freedoms, law, police, politics )

Barb
- 810 days ago - thnt.com
"There (ought) to be independent oversight," Ross said. Advocates say they receive a steady stream of letters from inmates alleging abuse by corrections ...
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Rockefeller Law Victim Turned Activist Veronica Flournoy Dead at 39
Society & Culture  (tags: stopthedrugwar!, activists, Rockefeller laws, unjust, cancer, health, inmates, prison, drug law reform, politicians, lies, deceit, corruption, children, ethics, freedoms, government, humans, interesting, law, media, money, police, politics, rights, safety )

Barb
- 832 days ago - stopthedrugwar.org
Prison opened Flournoy's eyes to the injustice of the drug war, and she never forgot her fellow prisoners. Flournoy participated in rallies designed to pressure polticians to undo the Rockefeller laws and even consented to using her terminal illness in...
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Quake Allows Mass Prison Breakout | NEWS.Com.Au
Society & Culture  (tags: peru, prison, jail, earthquake, prisoners, inmates, Tambo de Mora, escape )

Chrissy
- 839 days ago - news.com.au
AS Peru's powerful earthquake brought down their prison's walls and lights, 66 guards could only watch helplessly while nearly 700 inmates escaped into the night. The Chincha Prison, located in the town of Tambo de Mora, held many hardened criminals,
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