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Category Archives: Justice
Welfare Recipients: Do You Voluntarily Want to Go to Prison?
Tweet As a non-partisan citizen of this country, it is extremely frustrating to watch and hear the current news cycle that has become enamored with some of the most outlandish ideas and concepts from both political parties. One of these … Continue reading
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Tweet By A Public Defender I sat in a prison cell yesterday. And not your regular bullpen where they cram in 4 people who’re waiting to go to court. The real deal. Where our clients sleep at night (and often … Continue reading
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Posted in Criminal Justice System, Justice, Law, Prison Reform, Prisons, Uncategorized
Tagged California Prisons, Human Rights, Inmates, Justice, Law, Prisoners
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Prisons, Cages And Human Suffering
Tweet By Mary Hamer 16 August, 2010 Countercurrents.org *HARM: We the good, holy, saintly people of society who are free of sin – Condemn, shame & hate the criminals & prisoners in our society. & Yet as Regush states: “Everyone … Continue reading
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Posted in Criminal Justice System, Justice, Law, Prison Reform, Prisons, Uncategorized
Tagged Corrections, Human Rights, Inmates, Juvenile Justice, Prisoners, Prisons
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California Cities Struggling Under Wave of Corruption
Tweet Scott Martelle Contributor (Aug. 16) — Call it the New Jersey of the West. Recent revelations of exorbitant salaries paid to top officials in the Southern California city of Bell are only the latest developments in a long-running saga … Continue reading
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Posted in Corruption, Criminal Justice System, Justice, Law, Politics, Uncategorized
Tagged California News, California Prisons, Inmates, Law, Prisoners
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Debating the cost of a three-strikes sentence
Tweet Story by Alexa Vaughn Supporters and opponents bounce between salient statistics and tragic stories when debating California’s current Three Strikes and You’re Out law, which locks up criminals convicted of three felonies for 25 years to life. Those who … Continue reading
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Tagged California Prisons, Inmates, Prisoners
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Politics, bigotry and prison policy
Tweet The right accuses the Obama administration of trying to promote the spread of AIDS By Megan McLemore Salon/iStockphoto With headlines like “Obama Administration Promoting the Transmission of AIDS” and “The Justice Department Wants You to Get AIDS and Die,” … Continue reading
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Tagged AIDS, Healthcare, Inmates, Prisoners
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