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Wanted: Dead or Alive

Norm Stamper | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Murder, Seattle Police Officer, Prison, Arkansas, Governor Mike Huckabee, Lakewood Police Officers, Maurice Clemmons, Washington Judges, Killings, Politics News
Norm Stamper

Whether Clemmons was seeking cover to pull his gun and fire, or about to flee, the officer did precisely the right thing. It was not a "cold-blooded murder", it was a courageous and necessary act.

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Howard Thompson Jr. Wins Right To Preach In Prison

AP | Posted 11.30.2009 | New York

Read More: Religion, New Jersey, Prison, Prison Preaching, Jail, New Jersey Prisons, Howard Thompson Jr, Aclu, Preach, New York News

TRENTON, N.J. — A New Jersey prisoner has won a settlement that allows him to preach at services inside the prison. Howard Thompson Jr. is an i...

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Of Bricks And Boomerangs: Social Worker's Tuitions And California's Prisons

Daniel Heimpel | Posted 11.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Government, California, Ucb, Children, UC Regents, Prison, Ucla, Jerry Brown, Daniel Heimpel, Karen Bass, Foster Care, Economy, The Giving Life, Living News
Daniel Heimpel

To save money the UC System was about to raise undergraduate tuition by 32 percent, in addition to hiking fees for professional degrees.

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Donating Bras To Women In Need: Support1000 Sends Undies To Released Convicts

Posted 11.25.2009 | Impact

Read More: Ozkr Du Soleil, Julia Sledge, Ozkr "Oz" Du Soleil, Convicted Felon, Bras, Prison, support1000, Impact News

If you're a female convict being released from prison, you'll probably expect a few issues assimilating back into society. One thing you might not thi...

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The Murder of Russian Rule of Law

Robert Amsterdam | Posted 11.19.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Crime, Sergey Magnitskiy, Robert Amsterdam, Rule of Law, Democracy, Barack Obama, Dmitry Medvedev, Murder, Human Rights, Hermitage Capital Management, William Browder, Prison, Sergei Magnitsky, Vladimir Putin, Stanislav Markelov, Anna Politkovskaya, World News
Robert Amsterdam

Late on Monday the Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky suffered a rupture of the abdominal membrane causing death. How many more dead Russians will it take before the world takes notice?

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CIA Secret Prison Found At Horseback Riding School In Lithuania

ABC News | Brian Ross And Matthew Cole | Posted 11.18.2009 | World

Read More: Antivilai, Al-Qaada, Lithuania, Cia, Interrogation, Dalia Grybauskaite, Horses, Taliban, Llc, Rendition, Riding Academy, Vilnius, Nato, Human Rights, Prison, Elite, Elite Llc, Black Site, Cia Torture Prison, Horse Academy, Horseback Riding, Stable, Interrogation Tactics, Torture, World News

The CIA built one of its secret European prisons inside an exclusive riding academy outside Vilnius, Lithuania, a current Lithuanian government offici...

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Juvenile Justice and Race: An Uphill Climb to the Bottom

James Bell | Posted 11.19.2009 | Impact

Read More: Youth Violence, Disproportionality, Detention Policy, 2300-American-Kids-Serving-Life-Without-Parole, Detention, Prison, Juvenile Justice, Life-Without-Parole, Jail, Juvenile Dentention, Race, Nonviolent Offenders, Impact News
James Bell

Has it become an accepted fact of life in the United States that the machinery of justice applies almost solely to people of color?

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Wesleyan Offers College Education To High-Security Prisoners

Posted 11.17.2009 | Impact

Read More: College in Prison, Inmates, Prison, Wesleyan, Impact News

With shrinking endowments and funding cutbacks, most colleges would be wary of launching new initiatives. But two months ago, the New York Times repor...

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Illinois Guantanamo Bay?: Local Officials In Thomson, Illinois Welcome Idea (VIDEO)

Posted 11.17.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Thomson Correctional Center, Prison, Thomson Prison, Guantanamo Detainees, Illinois Guantanamo Bay, Illinois and Guantanamo Bay, Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Thomson Correctional Facility, Illinois, Thomson Village, Thomson-Gitmo, Thomson Illinois, Chicago News

Thomson VIllage President Jerry "Duke" Hebeler said at a press conference Monday that bringing Guantanamo Bay detainees to Thomson, Illinois, could be...

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Our Lost Children

Diane Dimond | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Criminals, Prison, Kids, Children Crime, Children, Juvenile Prisoners, Child Criminals, Living News
Diane Dimond

America seems okay with condemning children, many who were victimized first, to die in prison with absolutely no chance of ever having a full, free life. I'm not okay with that.

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U.S. Shouldn't Jail Youth For Life

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Christopher Frank Pittman, Supreme Court, US Supreme Court, Reginald Dwayne Betts, Youthradio, Joe Sullivan, Roper v. Simmons, Sullivan v. Florida, Youth Incarceration, U.S. Supreme Court, Juvenile Justice, Youth Imprisonment, Prison, Youth Radio, Jail, Car Jacking, Cruel and Unusual Punishment, Politics News
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

How the Supreme Court rules in two cases concerning juvenile incarceration could determine whether sentencing juveniles to life without parole is cruel and unusual punishment.

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God Tells Me Things

Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 11.02.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Cell Phones, Photography, T-Mobile, Steroids, Death Threats, Safari, Cotton Candy, The Berkshires, God, Tennis, Rage, Iphoto, Golf, Acne, Meaning of Life, Prison, Soccer, Greek, ABC Family, French Accents, Jail, Howloween-Costume-Party, Hulu, The Catskills, Ex-Boyfriend, Comedy News
Sophie Pollitt-Cohen

I guess if I had to sum up all that God has taught me in three points, it would be 1. Keep it real, and 2. People are jerks, so always fake them out.

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Children of Prisoners: Innocent and At Risk

Pat Nolan | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: At-Risk Youth, Children, Incarceration, Prison, Abandonment, Raising Children, Abandoned, Families, Children's Health, Family, Adoption, Politics News
Pat Nolan

Maintaining the child-parent relationship during a parent's incarceration improves a child's emotional development and their behavior, and will help keep him or her from following their parent to prison.

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Female Journalist Sentenced To 60 Lashes For Sex Show On Saudi Arabia TV

AP | DONNA ABU-NASR | Posted 10.24.2009 | World

Read More: Women's Rights, Islam, Lashes, Punishment, Journalist, Bold Red Line, Journalism, Religion, Lash, Mazen Abdul Jawad, Womens Rights, Taboo, Lbc, Abdul Jawad, Prison, Saudi Arabia, Sex, Lashing, Tv, Sex Toys, Jiddah, World News

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — A Saudi court on Saturday sentenced a female journalist to 60 lashes after she had been charged with involvement in a TV ...

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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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Governor Rick Perry and His Texas Death Machine Are In Big Trouble

David A. Love | Posted 10.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dna, George Bush, Capital Punishment, Execution, Cameron Todd Willingham, Crime, Rick Perry Secession, George W. Bush, Criminal Justice, Rick Perry, Texas, Jim Crow, New Yorker, Prison, Lynching, Forensic Science, Criminal Justice System, Death Penalty, Craig Beyler, Sharon Keller, Politics News
David A. Love

Cameron Todd Willingham is now a free man, but unfortunately it took death to release him from the confines of his prison bars.

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Torn Apart by Deportation, Families Struggle to Stay Together

Seth Freed Wessler | Posted 10.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Crime, Washington DC, Obama, Families for Freedom, Immigration, Criminal Justice, Child Citizen Protection Act, 287(G), New York, Barack Obama, Deportation, Racewire, Department of Homeland Security, Immigration Reform, Colorlines, Nytimes, Criminal Justice System, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Prison, Applied Research Center, Jamaica, Jail, Politics News
Seth Freed Wessler

Families are being torn apart by deportation at the treacherous intersection of immigration enforcement and the criminal justice system.

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The Power of Books in Prison

Kenneth Hartman | Posted 10.21.2009 | Books

Read More: Prison Writing, Writers, Reading, Viktor Frankl, Authors, Crime and Punishment, Prison, Reading in Prison, Books, Stephen Jay Gould, Jail, Montaigne, Books News
Kenneth Hartman

The first time I read Solzhenitsyn's The Cancer Ward I was in the hole for inciting a riot. At the time, I'd served only the first ten years of my life without the possibility of parole sentence.

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Escaping Your Inner Mental Prison

Alex Pattakos | Posted 10.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Detect the Meaning of Life's Moments, Prisoners of Our Thoughts, Prison, Alex Pattakos, Prisoners, Viktor Frankl, Meaning, The Inner Life, Living News
Alex Pattakos

Although we are not always aware of it, meaning is present in every moment, even in what may be viewed as the darkest hours of our lives.

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At Norway Prison, Inmates Lead The Good Life

GlobalPost | Posted 10.19.2009 | World

Read More: Bastoey, Criminal Justice, Foreign Affairs, Norway, Europe, Prison, Norway Prison, World News

OSLO, Norway -- The first time I went to prison, it was to an idyllic place with lush woodland, bright-colored houses and the waters of the Oslo fjord...

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Prison Programs Take Innovative Approach To Reducing Recidivism

Halle Tecco | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Government, Law, Crime, Recidivism, Criminal Justice System, Prison, The Giving Life, Non-Profits, Criminal Justice, Pranks, Living News
Halle Tecco

Here's a question to the country with the highest incarceration rate in the world: how do we turn tax-consuming inmates into tax paying, law-abiding citizens?

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Prisons Raise And Serve Grass-Fed Beef

Hartke Is Online! | Posted 10.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Farming, Prison, Health, Nutrition, Beef, Food, Grass-Fed, Prisoners-Rights, Soy, Green News

Inmates at White Post are enlisted in animal husbandry at Sky Meadow to raise cattle for beef production. The program is a collaboration of several en...

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David Paterson Does the Right Thing and Drops the Rock

Anthony Papa | Posted 10.07.2009 | New York

Read More: Breaking Politics News, Rockefeller Drug Laws, Governor David Paterson, Prison, Cocaine, Drug Reform, Drug War, Criminal Justice, New York News
Anthony Papa

Having felt the sting of the Rockefeller laws firsthand -- serving 12 years under a 15-years-to-life sentence -- I understand the full meaning of the reforms that went into effect today.

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Poo Poo on Putting Polanski in Prison

Danielle Cavallucci | Posted 10.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Roman Polanski Arrest, Law Enforcement, Justice, Prison, Polanski, Roman Polanski, Extradition, Entertainment News
Danielle Cavallucci

Wouldn't it serve the interests of justice and the American people more to devote the monies intended to be wasted on this sensational situation to solving real and pervasive problems?

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Make Them Work for a Living

David Jones | Posted 12.01.2009 | New York

Read More: Rockefeller Drug Laws, Formerly Incarcerated, Inmates, Recidivism, Prison, Felons, David Paterson, New York News
David Jones

It's time to be really tough on criminals. Let's make it so they have to get a job when they get out of jail -- so they can suffer like the rest of us.

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