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Category Archives: Prisons
California inmates still suffer from lapses in prison medical care
Michal Czerwonka/Getty Images The California Institution for Men prison fence is seen on August 19, 2009 in Chino, California Aug. 25, 2010 | Julie Small | KPCC Changes ordered by a federal receiver have brought better doctors and better care … Continue reading
Share on FacebookLife without possibility of redemption
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 during … 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
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 is … 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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The Old and The Ill
Today more than ever, inmates are growing old and dying in prison – and costing the state several millions of dollars. The most expensive California prisoners have medical bills ranging from $100,000 to $2.5 million each, according to the federally … Continue reading
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Posted in Law, Lifers, Prisons, Uncategorized
Tagged California Dept. of Corrections/CDCR, California Prisons, Elderly Inmates, Healthcare, Inmates, Prisoners
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CDCR: No Goodbye’s, No Closure, and No Info….
Inmates’ deaths mean no chance to say good-bye Before Daniel Martin went back to prison, he told his wife, “I’m not coming back this time. I’m going to die in there.” Ten months later, on July 18, Yolanda Martin got … Continue reading
Share on FacebookTexas Euthanasia- Lane Murray Style
Euthanasia Lane Murray Style A Report by Sherry A. Nance *544805 Lane Murray Unit K1A-87 1916 N. Highway 36 Bypass Gatesville, TX 76596 To Whom It May Concern: This report should be of interest to those of you who have loved … Continue reading
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Posted in Criminal Justice System, Law, Prisons, Uncategorized
Tagged Abuse, Healthcare, Human Rights, Inmates, Prisoners, Texas Prisons
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Politics, bigotry and prison policy
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,” there … Continue reading
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Posted in Criminal Justice System, Justice, Politics, Prisons, Uncategorized
Tagged AIDS, Healthcare, Inmates, Prisoners
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A Death in Solitary: Did Corrections Officers Help an Inmate Kill Himself?
A convicted killer in Pennsylvania committed suicide in lock-down. His family is asking whether corrections officers helped him out. August 14, 2010 | When Matthew Bullock, a 32-year-old convicted killer, fashioned a noose from a bed sheet that he wasn’t … Continue reading
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Posted in Criminal Justice System, Prisons, Solitary Confinement, Uncategorized
Tagged Inmates, Prisoners
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Obama Signs New Law, No More Cell Phones For Inmates
On August 11, 2010, by Mark Ryabtsev Charles Dharapak/AP San Francisco (Obama.net) – The prison system in the United States of America has been the subject of much criticism over the years. Some have argued that the inmates in American … Continue reading
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Years After Court Ruling, 165,000 CA Inmates Still Housed By Race
Five years after the U.S. Supreme Court said racial classifications alone couldn’t dictate prisoners’ cell assignments, about 165,000 California inmates are still housed based primarily on race, says the San Francisco Chronicle. Only four of the state’s 30 male prisons have … Continue reading
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