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Prison Violence

Baca's Strike Force

Peter Eliasberg | Posted 12.09.2012 | Los Angeles
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Peter Eliasberg

The announcement this week by Sheriff Lee Baca that he agrees with and intends to implement all of the recommendations laid out in a new report by the Citizen's Commission on Jail Violence is welcome news.

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Why Aren't We Scaling Back?

| Posted 09.13.2012 | Los Angeles
Read More: Prison Isolation, Prison Violence, California Prisons, Prison Isolation Units, California Prison Gangs, California Gangs, Prison Gangs, California Prison Violence, Los Angeles News

This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch By Michael Montgomery State corrections officials are moving forward with a plan for handl...

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John Rudolf

'Mass Chaos' Seen In Georgia Prisons As Brutality Probe Deepens

HuffingtonPost.com | John Rudolf | Posted 08.22.2012 | Crime
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The investigator was soft-spoken, but relentless. "Look at me and tell me that you were not in that gymnasium," said Trebor Randle, a Georgia Burea...

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Prison Gunfight Erupts

AP | Posted 05.24.2012 | World
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MEXICO CITY -- State officials say three prisoners have been killed and six wounded in a gunfight at a prison in the violent northern Mexico border st...

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Left and Right Join to Fight Prison Rape

Pat Nolan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
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Pat Nolan

It is a scandal that people housed in the custody of the government are not safe from sexual attack. No matter how terrible the crime, the sentence should not include being raped.

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Inmate Slits Guard's Throat In Connecticut Prison

AP | STEPHANIE REITZ | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
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HARTFORD, Conn. — An inmate at the state's highest security prison slashed a guard's throat with a homemade blade during a routine security chec...

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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 05.25.2011 | 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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