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Prison Inmates

Are There Good Men in Sing Sing?

Tom Matlack | Posted 10.24.2009 | New York

Read More: Book Publishing, Prison, Books, Prison Inmates, Sing-Sing, Prison Reform, Hudson River, New York City, Men's Issues, Criminal Justice, New York News
Tom Matlack

I am here at Sing Sing to to bring The Good Men Project, the anthology I've edited, inside the prison -- physically and in spirit.

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Cash-Strapped States Revise Laws To Set Inmates Free

Los Angeles Times | Nicholas Riccardi | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Prison Cuts, Prison Budget Cuts, Jails, Prisons, Prison Inmates, Inmates, Politics News

After decades of pursuing lock-'em-up policies, states are scrambling to reduce their prison populations in the face of tight budgets, making fundamen...

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The Devil They Know: Biography of an American Inmate

Mark Olmsted | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Drug Addiction, Single Mothers, Child Abuse, US Poverty, Recidivism, Prison, Violence, Alcohol Abuse, American Prisoner Description, American Prison Inmates, Prison Inmates, Politics News
Mark Olmsted

A system which punishes the poor for reacting unexceptionally to their poverty has created a criminal class which views prison as a sort of career.

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Closing GITMO: Is This the Department of Justice's Detention Model?

William Fisher | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Federal Court, Guantanamo Trials, Gitmo Detainees, Prison Inmates, SAMs, Syed Hashmi Solitary Confinement, Special Administrative Measures, Terror-Related Crimes, Post 9/11, Department of Justice, Terror Suspects, Politics News
William Fisher

The government is already imprisoning, in the U.S., American citizens awaiting trial on terror-related charges, under what their supporters describe as draconian conditions.

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Prisons ban inmates from having pen pal ads

AP | JESSICA GRESKO | Posted 08.31.2009 | Living

Read More: Pen Pals, Prisons, Prison Inmates, Writeaprisoner, Prisoners, Prison Pen Pals, Living News

MIAMI — In her online profile, Paula Jones says she is 42, "nonjudgmental" and likes fishing, gardening and cuddling. There's a catch, though. J...

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Cash-Strapped States Cut Prison Sentences To Save

washingtonpost.com | Keith B. Richburg | Posted 08.13.2009 | Business

Read More: State Budgets, Alternative Sentencing, Prison, Prison Inmates, Prison Populations, Business News

NEW YORK Cash-strapped states are increasingly turning to alternative sentencing methods and to streamlined probation and parole as a way to keep low-...

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What If Released Inmates Stopped Committing Crimes?: Prison Reform That's Already Working -- Like Nothing You've Seen Before

Pamela Gerloff | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Prison Reform, Non-Violent Crime, Criminal-Justice-System, Crime, Prison Violence, Recidivism, Prison System, Prison, Senator Webb, Senator Jim Webb, Violent Crime, Violence, Criminal Justice, Inmates, Jim Webb, Prison Inmates, Politics News
Pamela Gerloff

Let's start changing our lock-up facilities into places that actually cause inmates to change their behavior -- so that when they leave them they never go back.

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President Obama Must Free Leonard Peltier

Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

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
Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman

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

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Criminal Justice: One Of The Enormous Non-Issues Of Presidential Politics

James Freedman | Posted 07.31.2008 | Home

Read More: John McCain, Jails, Prison, Crime, Criminal Justice System, Prisoners, Criminal Justice, Prisons, Jail, Election 2008, John McCain Torture, Barack Obama Illinois, Barack Obama, Prison Inmates, Offthebus, Adam Liptak, Southern Center for Human Rights, Stephen Bright, Robert Weisberg, Home News
James Freedman

A candidate like Obama -- who says "thoughtful things" and actually speaks in "paragraphs" as opposed to soundbites -- might be willing to address the topic. But don't hold your breath.

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Prison Inmates Play Major Role In Fighting Wildfires

AP | GARANCE BURKE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Prison Inmates, Wildfires, California, Home News

They've stolen cars, used drugs and forged checks. When California is burning, they fight fires. About a quarter of the 14,000 firefighters defending...

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