Category Archives: Prisons

California inmates still suffer from lapses in prison medical care

Tweet 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 … Continue reading

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Life without possibility of redemption

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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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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The Old and The Ill

Tweet 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 … Continue reading

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CDCR: No Goodbye’s, No Closure, and No Info….

Tweet 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 … Continue reading

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Texas Euthanasia- Lane Murray Style

Tweet 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 … Continue reading

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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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A Death in Solitary: Did Corrections Officers Help an Inmate Kill Himself?

Tweet 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 … Continue reading

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Obama Signs New Law, No More Cell Phones For Inmates

Tweet 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 … Continue reading

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Years After Court Ruling, 165,000 CA Inmates Still Housed By Race

Tweet 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 … Continue reading

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