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Prison Rape Elimination Act

Is Rape Okay With You?

Diane Dimond | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living

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Diane Dimond

Is there anyone out there reading this who condones rape? No, of course not. So then, why do we allow the brutal, repeated rape of our prisoners?

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Senator Kennedy and the Animated Discourse of Liberty

Pat Nolan | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics

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Pat Nolan

The patriot Sam Adams celebrated the "animated discourse of liberty." Neither Kennedy nor his staff disrespected my own strongly held views on abortion, gay marriage and judicial nominations.

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Behind the Prison RIot in California

Pat Nolan | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

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Pat Nolan

The skills the inmates develop to survive violent prisons make them dangerous when they are released. You can't cage men like animals and then expect them to be model citizens when they return home.

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Getting Serious About Prison Rape

Pat Nolan | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

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Pat Nolan

Prison rape has long been a staple of jokes on late night TV, but otherwise it has been ignored as an unseemly but intractable problem of our prisons.

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60,000 Inmates Sexually Abused Every Year

AP | JENNIFER C. KERR | Posted 07.24.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — New measures aimed at reducing prison rapes are in the works _ and states that fail to take steps to protect their inmates could se...

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