Prison Sentence

If You Build it, They Won't Come

Joel Judd | Posted 04.05.2012

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Joel Judd

CSP II, Colorado's newest solitary confinement prison, cost several hundred million dollars. We've used a small part for one year and are about to mothball it. It will likely never again be used for any purpose.

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Sentencing Disparity On Its Way Out -- And It's About Time

Rev. Al Sharpton | Posted 08.02.2011

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Rev. Al Sharpton

Somewhere in a U.S. prison today, a young Black man sits behind bars counting down the days till he sees freedom. He has become hardened and likely more dangerous while his White cellmate was released years prior for virtually the same crime.

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What Happens to Cameron Douglas?

Michael Santos | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Santos

Of the five years Douglas will serve in the prison system, the next few months will be the worst. The most difficult aspect of entanglements with the criminal justice system is the unknown.

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Miley Cyrus Reveals New "LOVE" Tattoo in Her Right Ear

Andy Pemberton | Posted 05.25.2011

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Andy Pemberton

Wild child Miley Cyrus has added yet another tattoo to her collection.

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Brooke Astor's son: I'm too sick to be imprisoned

AP | JENNIFER PELTZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Brooke Astor's 85-year-old son has turned to friends in high places – including Whoopi Goldberg and Al Roker – to help hi...

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Today We All Stand Before Leonard Peltier's Parole Board

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: American Indian Movement, Native Americans, Leonard-Peltier, Barack Obama, Incident at Oglalla, Prison Sentence, My Life Is Sundance, In the Sprit of Crazy Horse, Robert Redford, Healthy Living News
Harvey Wasserman

Meditate, pray, march, dance, sing, shout, laugh, cry....do whatever you can to help move this man out of his jail cell and into the open air after 33 hellish years.

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Sotomayor Was Tougher Than Colleagues On White Collar Crime

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — High court nominee Sonia Sotomayor typically handed out tougher prison sentences than her colleagues in the federal courthouse in M...

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Responsibility Is A Lifestyle: It's Time to Bury Da Beef

T.I. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gun Violence, Prison Sentence, Prison, T.I. Prison, Gun Control, Rappers, T.I. Gun, T.I., Guns, Entertainment News
T.I.

In a few weeks, I will begin a one-year prison sentence for being in the possession of illegal firearms. Before I go to prison, I want to speak to young people about responsibility as a lifestyle.

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