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• in Politics
  Luxuries for Criminals: The MP3 Player Debate
  Pilot program allows prisoners to purchase MP3 players and browse over one million songs
  by eklemens / on Feb 28, 2012
• in Politics
  Wartime Contracting
  $30 Billion Wasted in Afghanistan and Iraq
  by eklemens / on Aug 30, 2011
• in TV
  National Geographic Explorer Examines the Human Cost of "Solitary Confinement"
  As much as you would like to “get away from it all,” could you survive years of 24/7 solitary confinement?
  by missbobetier / on Oct 10, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “prisons”

 

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• We must defy Strasbourg on prisoner votes – Daily Telegraph

  
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  “The judges in Europe have exceeded their authority by trying to overrule British law – by David Davis and Jack Straw.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 24th May 2012 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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• Inmate who escaped 30 years ago is captured in Azusa

  
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  An inmate who escaped nearly 30 years ago was captured Thursday in Azusa, authorities said. Carlos Campos, 50, was convicted of second-degree burglary in Los Angeles County. He escaped in August 1983 while on a work furlough program, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. While ...
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• Leaders of Moscow Protest Are Released, but Criminal Charges Remain Possible

  
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  http://www.nytimes.com/ Leaders of Moscow Protest Are Released, but Criminal Charges Remain Possible Aleksei Navalny and Sergei Udaltsov were questioned as a witness in a criminal investigation opened on charges of inciting mass disorder and using force against the police. published date:Fri, 25 May ...
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• Leaders of Moscow Protest Are Released, but Criminal Charges Remain Possible

  
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  The opposition leader Aleksei Navalny on Thursday, with his son Zakhar. He said charges would be a political decision.
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• The Best Jail In The Entire World

  
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  OSLO - Spending time in jail, regardless for how short a period, is often far from a pleasant experience. Rules to follow, imposing guards, notoriously bad food and dangerous inmates are enough >> Full story
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• Some prisoners have earned the right to vote, so let them | Jonathan Aitken

  
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  http://www.guardian.co.uk Some prisoners have earned the right to vote, so let them | Jonathan Aitken Giving only prisoners released on temporary licence the vote may placate MPs and avert a costly clash with EuropeThe latest round of the row on votes for prisoners is much ado about nothing for the ...
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• Some prisoners have earned the right to vote, so let them | Jonathan Aitken

  
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  Giving only prisoners released on temporary licence the vote may placate MPs and avert a costly clash with Europe The latest round of the row on votes for prisoners is much ado about nothing for the inmates of Britains jails. The vast majority of prisoners do not even want to vote. But on Tuesday the European court ...
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• John Yoo: A Fugitive from Justice, With the Help of the US Courts, in the Torture of Jose Padilla

  
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  Three weeks ago, Jose Padilla, a US citizen and a notorious victim of torture by representatives of his own government, had a courtroom door shut firmly in his face, when the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, in California, reversed a lower court decision ( PDF ) allowing Padilla — held as an “enemy combatant” ...
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• "Cruel and Unusual: U.S. Sentencing Practices in a Global Context"

  
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  The title of this post is the title of this notable new report released this week coming from the University of San Francisco School of Laws Center for Law and Global Justice.  This press release provides a background and summary of this report, and here are excerpts from the press release: Sentencing laws in ...
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• UK: Jihad cleric Abu Hamzas daughter-in-law caught smuggling SIM card into prison beneath burqa

  
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  Aiding her hook-handed jihad terrorist father-in-law to communicate with his fellow jihadists outside prison. "Abu Hamzas daughter-in-law caught smuggling SIM card into prison beneath burkha," from the Telegraph, May 23 (thanks to David): The daughter-in-law of radical cleric Abu Hamza tried to smuggle a mobile phone ...
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• Is it inappropriate to find Unabombers 50th Harvard reunion entry amusing?

  
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  The quirky question in the title of this post is prompted by this story from the Boston Globe, which is headlined "Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber, lists himself in Harvard 1962 alumni report; says ‘awards’ include eight life sentences." Here are the details: Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber, who is serving life in ...
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• U.S. Prison Reform Should Prioritize Pregnant Women

  
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  Stephan Grabner and Laura Barrios – Policymic – Wednesday,  23 May 2012 (originally published 16 May) Congress should prohibit the shackling of female inmates in their third trimester of pregnancy and during active labor in all U.S. correctional facilities. A standardized training program should be created for ...
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• 1 in 10 Former Prisoners Report Being Sexually Victimized in Confinement

  
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  By US Daily Review Staff. An estimated 9.6 percent of adult former state prisoners reported being sexually victimized during their most recent period of confinement, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. About 7.5 percent alleged that they were victimized while in a state ...
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• Data journalism in Italy: how did 1,000 prisoners die?

  
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  http://www.guardian.co.uk Data journalism in Italy: how did 1,000 prisoners die? Journalist Jacopo Ottaviani has been investigating deaths of Italian prisoners, from January 2002 to May 2012. What do his results tell us about the Italian justice system?• Get the data• More data journalism and data ...
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• Data journalism in Italy: how did 1,000 prisoners die?

  
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  Journalist Jacopo Ottaviani has been investigating deaths of Italian prisoners, from January 2002 to May 2012. What do his results tell us about the Italian justice system? • Get the data • More data journalism and data visualisations from the Guardian There are some important indicators for how well ...
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• Mississippi Prison on Lockdown After Guard Dies

  
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  The F.B.I. is investigating what caused as many as 300 inmates to riot on Sunday in an outbreak that left a guard dead and 20 people injured.
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• Mental Hospitals in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”

  
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  How realistic is the portrayal of mental hospitals in "One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest?" read more
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• Mental Hospitals in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”

  
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• Former prison guard pleads guilty to sexually assaulting inmate

  
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  A former federal prison guard pleaded guilty Tuesday to sexually assaulting a female inmate, a charge that could carry a sentence of 10 years in prison. Former guard Brandon McKinney, 34, pleaded guilty in San Diego federal court to assaulting an inmate at the downtown prison on July 20, 2010. He is set to be ...
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