Federal Prisons

Latinos Are The New Majority... In Federal Prison

AP | By GARANCE BURKE | Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: Prison Population, Latino Inmates, U.S. Sentencing Commission, Federal Prisons, Incarcerated Hispanics, Hispanic Inmates, Latino Voices News

SAN FRANCISCO -- More than half of all people sent to federal prison for committing felony crimes so far this year were Hispanic, a major demographic ...

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Cut the Federal Prison Budget

Michael Santos | Posted 06.07.2011

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Michael Santos

As a federal prisoner, I live in a system that is the epitome of government waste. Legislators could easily cut a billion dollars from the federal prison budget with compromising public safety one iota.

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Feel Safer Now?

William Fisher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Federal Prisons, Justice Department, Terrorism, American Muslims, Constitution, Federal Trial, Politics News
William Fisher

For the last close to three years, Syed Fahad Hashmi has been living in solitary confinement in a federal lockup, awaiting a trial.

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Free Paul Minor

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Department of Justice, US Attorneys Scandal, Karl Rove, Federal Prisons, Tort Reform, Paul Minor, Politicization, Politics News
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle

One of the nation's top trial lawyers, Minor stands convicted on partisan political charges ginned up by Karl Rove's right wing toadies at the Department of Justice.

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Chaplains Purge Religious Books From Prison Libraries

New York Times | LAURIE GOODSTEIN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Federal Prisons, Prison Chaplains, Prison Libraries, Media News

Behind the walls of federal prisons nationwide, chaplains have been quietly carrying out a systematic purge of religious books and materials that were...

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