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Tell the FCC: End Predatory Prison Phone Rates - ACTION
Society & Culture  (tags: prison, phone rates, FCC, petition, prison operators, minorities, black families, monopoly contracts, society, ethics )

Angelika
- 54 days ago - act.colorofchange.org
Families shouldn't have to choose between maintaining a relationship with a loved one behind bars and putting food on the table, but extortionate charges of $20 for a 15-minute call tear families apartdaily. Martha Wright's petition finally gets hearing.
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Tell the Congress to End Rape of Youth in Adult Jails and Prisons ! PLEASE TAKE ACTION ! !
Society & Culture  (tags: humans, youth, rape, prison, protection, violence )

Cher
- 685 days ago - change.org
On any given day, over 10,000 youth are detained or confined in adult jails and prisons where they are at the greatest risk of sexual assault of all inmates.
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What's Happening To Our Children? Video!   video
Society & Culture  (tags: children, humans, violence, prison, environment, protection )

Cher
- 893 days ago - youtube.com
children are in adult prisons and this video shows some of the reasons why this is happening. some disturbing and graphic pictures dealing with violence
73 comments
Paul Gingerich-A 12 Year Old Should Not Be Tried in Adult Court
Society & Culture  (tags: Paul Gingerich, child, arrested, jail, prison, Kosciusko county, adult court, juvenile justice, children tried as adultsactivists, child, children, crime, death, family, humans, interesting, law, murder, police, rights, violence )

Stephen
- 944 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
12 year old Paul Gingerich has been waived into adult court and will be tried for murder. It is our humble request that this ruling be vacated and Paul's case be placed in the Juvenile Court System.
125 comments
'My Murdered Uncle Would Not Have Wanted Ronnie Lee Gardner Executed'
Society & Culture  (tags: murder, prison, firing squad, interesting, sadness )

Lone
- 1064 days ago - guardian.co.uk
In a darkened car park high on a hill overlooking the sparkling nightscape of Salt Lake City, two young women are clinging to each other and weeping. Their embrace conveys more than a thousand speeches
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Saginaw Chippewa Man Gets Long Sentence Over Kidnapping
Society & Culture  (tags: kidnapping, tied up, prison )

Lone
- 1073 days ago - mlive.com
BAY CITY -- A Mount Pleasant man will spend more than eight years in a federal prison for kidnapping a man and dumping him in a Grand Rapids alley. U.S. District Judge Thomas L. Ludington today sentenced Juan L. Montoya-Pego, also known as Big Guy
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Former Illinois Cop Gets 40 Years for Molesting
Society & Culture  (tags: child molester, prison, sicko )

Lone
- 1079 days ago - post-trib.com
Convicted child molester and former Robbins, Ill., police officer James McGee was sentenced Thursday to 40 years in prison. McGee, 48, of East Chicago, who was convicted during a jury trial March 19 after four hours of deliberations
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Former Football Coach Found Guilty of DUI Manslaughter
Society & Culture  (tags: DUI manslaughter, prison, crime, violence, police, law )

Lone
- 1096 days ago - baynews9.com
SARASOTA COUNTY (Bay News 9) -- Former Braden River High School coach Josh Hunter has been found guilty of DUI manslaughter.
5 comments
16 Years for Lacey Woman for Raping Daughter
Society & Culture  (tags: child sexual abuse, Mother and father, crime, prison )

Lone
- 1163 days ago - seattletimes.nwsource.com
A 47-year-old Lacey woman was sentenced to 16 years in prison for raping her 8-year-old daughter, adopted from China
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Bulger Killer Jailed Over Sex Attack Claim
Society & Culture  (tags: toddler, violence, murder, rape, crime, police, prison )

Lone
- 1167 days ago - heraldscotland.com
Jon Venables, one of the killers of the toddler James Bulger, is believed to be have been returned to prison on the grounds that he committed a "serious sexual offence" which breached his release conditions.
11 comments
Jury Convicts Pojoaque Pueblo Lieutenant Governor in Hit-and-Run
Society & Culture  (tags: Hit and Run, guilty, women, Drunk Driving, prison )

Lone
- 1180 days ago - santafenewmexican.com
ALBUQUERQUE -- After about four and a half hours of deliberations, a federal jury convicted Pojoaque Pueblo Lt. Gov. Linda Diaz of leaving the scene of a fatal accident last spring and failing to stop and help the 31-year-old Chimayó man she struck.
4 comments
Man Gets 10 Years in Drunken Fatal Crash
Society & Culture  (tags: DUI manslaughter, prison, crime, police, violence, sadness )

Lone
- 1206 days ago - dispatch.com
DELAWARE, Ohio-- A Delaware man was sentenced yesterday to 10 years in prison for driving drunk and causing a crash that killed his passenger and another driver
11 comments
Teacher Sentenced for Having Relationship With Student
Society & Culture  (tags: teacher, sex, student, crime, police, prison )

Lone
- 1248 days ago - localnews8.com
IDAHO FALLS - The middle school PE teacher who admitted to having a relationship with one of her students was sentenced Thursday morning.
10 comments
100-Year-Old Sex Offender Theodore Sypnier to Be Released; Prosecutor Says He's Still a Danger
Society & Culture  (tags: sicko, released, prison, sexual predator, crime, law )

Lone
- 1254 days ago - nydailynews.com
BUFFALO, New York - Everything that pedophile Theodore Sypnier has to show for his 100 years on Earth is packed in a single duffel bag as he prepares to begin a new chapter in life: freedom
26 comments
While U.S. Debates Gay Marriage, Uganda Considers Death Penalty for Homosexuals, Prison for Families
Society & Culture  (tags: homosexual, death penalty, prison, families )

Lone
- 1256 days ago - nydailynews.com
KAMPALA, Uganda - Proposed legislation would impose the death penalty for some gay Ugandans, and their family and friends could face up to seven years in jail if they fail to report them to authorities. Even landlords
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