Imprisonment

What Are Some Aspects of Incarceration That Could Not Possibly Be Guessed by Someone Who Hasn't Experienced It?

Quora | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Law, San Quentin Prison, Imprisonment, Crime, Prison, Prisoners, Punishment, Quora, San Quentin, Crime News

This question originally appeared on Quora. Eric "Phil" Phillips, San Quentin inmate. One aspect is the amazing amount of talent in prison. There ...

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Black on Black Tax Math

Tom Matlack | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Obama Cain, Herman Cain Tax Plan, African American Unemployment, Unemployment, Imprisonment, Tax Rates, Black Unemployment, Politics News

Warren Buffet released his tax returns yesterday, confirming that he paid 17 percent federal income tax (he paid $7 million on $40 million of income...

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Rehabilitation Comes To An Indian Prison And Its Inmates: New York Times

New York Times | Lydia Polgreen | Posted 09.18.2011

Read More: India, Imprisonment, Tihar-Prison, India-Prisons, New Delhi, World News

NEW DELHI — At least two prime ministers — one future and one former — have spent a few nights behind its high walls. Its current occupants incl...

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Seattle Art Dealer Imprisoned After Plotting To Steal From Collectors' Homes

ARTINFO | Posted 05.25.2011

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If you've been following the exploits of Lawrence Salander, the disgraced New York dealer who exploited the trust of longtime clients to double-deal t...

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Did Justice Department Shrug Off Rape Of Minors In Detention facilities?

TBD | Posted 05.25.2011

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One in eight minors in juvenile detention facilities will be sexually assaulted each year. Eighty percent of these assaults will be perpetrated by a m...

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Gov. Bill Richardson Rejects Laura Ling/Euna Lee Public Records Request

Dave Maass | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kim Jong Il, Journalists, Imprisonment, Laura Ling, North Korea, Rachel Maddow, Euna Lee, Bill Richardson, Media News

I wanted to ascertain to what extent taxpayer resources were used to facilitate media appearances on non-New Mexican issues.

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Behind the Wall

Jamie Wetherbe | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Jail, Writing Workshop, Imprisonment, Crime, Prison, Writing, Healthy Living News

I was working for a nonprofit, which offersclasses -- like acting, music and even meditation -- and programs, like GED, to youth offenders. The guys at this facility are lucky: For the most part, other centers just let kids sit in cells.

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Persecuted Often Find Prison in the United States

Human Rights First | Posted 05.25.2011

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Welcoming the persecuted with handcuffs and prison uniforms is simply not consistent with this country's values or its commitments under refugee protection and human rights conventions.

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Is God Stupid?

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.25.2011

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Wouldn't benevolent God be more likely to be like your mother or grandmother, than like most of our fathers? It's not that I am an avowed atheist, no...

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President Obama Must Free Leonard Peltier

Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Prison Industry, Native Americans, Leonard Peltier, Obama, Justice, Prison Inmates, Imprisonment, Crime, Prisoners, Fbi, Amnesty International, Criminal Justice, Unfair Sentencing, Criminal Justice System, Political Prisoners, Jail, Prisons, 1970s, Politics News

Imprisoned in the late 1970s for allegedly murdering two FBI agents, Leonard Peltier has never been given a fair trial.

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A Bailout for Gonzales?

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lawyers, Imprisonment, Jail Time, Bailout, Alberto Gonzales, Wall Street, Attorney General, Defense Lawyers, Politics News

Prisons are hugely profitable these days which may explain why the U.S. now has the dubious distinction of having the highest incarceration rate in the industrialized world .

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