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Bloodsucking Prison Telecom Is Scamming Inmates With 'Free' Tablets
When you get free technology, you can reasonably assume that you’re getting screwed. That’s infinitely truer if you’re in prison.
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US taxpayers spent almost $1 billion incarcerating innocent black people
Over the last few weeks, the Rodney Reed case has ignited a firestorm of interest, as celebrities, activists, and politicians worked to delay his Nov. 20 execution on the basis that he might be innocent. After facing mounting pressure, a Texas appeals court granted Reed a stay of execution, allowing him to fight allegations that he committed murder more than two decades ago.
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Illinois Prison Bans Black History Books
“By disallowing black inmates to learn about their specific history, the state reinforces the incarceration cycle instead of empowering folks to thrive outside the system as free members of society,” said D. Gilson, a writer for ExpertInsuranceReviews.com
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Pamela Anderson calls on Canadian prisons to go vegan as cost-cutting measure
Actress Pamela Anderson is asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to take meat and milk off prison menus to help the planet and the health of federal inmates – and save taxpayers some cash, to boot.
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Felicity Huffman Released Early From College Admissions Prison Sentence
Felicity Huffman was released from prison on Friday after serving 11 of her 14 days for her role in the nationwide college admissions cheating case. Huffman’s early release is a normal policy for inmates who are set to be released over the weekend, according to a prison official. Huffman’s reps did not immediately respond for comment.
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13 Notable Cases of People Who Faked Their Own Deaths
People often fake their own deaths to get out of trouble, whether they’re escaping a threat, debt, or a prison sentence. Check out these notable cases.
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GEO Group Runs Out of Banks as 100% of Banking Partners Say ‘No’ to the Private Prison Sector
All of the existing banking partners to private prison leader GEO Group have now officially committed to ending ties with the private prison and immigrant detention industry. These banks are JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, SunTrust, BNP Paribas, Fifth Third Bancorp, Barclays, and PNC.
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Assange to stay in jail over absconding fears
Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange is to remain in prison when his jail term ends because of his "history of absconding", a judge has ruled. He was due to be released on 22 September after serving his sentence for breaching bail conditions. But Westminster Magistrates' Court heard there were "substantial grounds" for believing he would abscond again.
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Alabama man who served 36 years of a life sentence for stealing $50 to be freed
A man from Alabama who was sentenced to life without parole after stealing $50.75 from a bakery in his 20s is to be released after more than three decades in prison. Alvin Kennard, who was convicted of first degree robbery following the bakery incident, was 22 when he was first imprisoned in 1983.
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Inmate 76318-054: The Last Days of Jeffrey Epstein
Jeffrey Epstein, inmate 76318-054, hated his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center. It was cramped, dank and infested with vermin, so Mr. Epstein, long accustomed to using his wealth to play by his own rules, devised a way out.
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How Norway turns criminals into good neighbours
Twenty years ago, Norway started focusing on rehabilitating prisoners, and sharply cut reoffending rates.
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Prisons Are Banning Books That Teach Prisoners How to Code
Oregon prisons have banned dozens of books about technology and programming, like 'Microsoft Excel 2016 for Dummies,' citing security reasons. The state isn't alone.
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Elizabeth Warren Wants to Ban Private Prisons: They Have ‘No Place in America’
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) wants to close all of America’s private prisons. The latest proposal from the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate includes a pledge to end federal government contracts “that the Bureau of Prisons and ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] have with private detention providers,” which will also extend to states and localities.
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China 'harvesting organs from Falun Gong prisoners'
China is murdering members of the Falun Gong spiritual group and harvesting their organs for transplant, a panel of lawyers and experts found.
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Supreme Court Won’t Address Perpetual Detention At Guantanamo
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a case brought by a Guantanamo Bay captive against his perpetual detention, even though war on terrorism has no end in sight. By Kevin Gosztola.
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Why are so many people dying in US prisons and jails?
On 10 July 2015, 28-year-old Sandra Bland was pulled over in Prairie View, Texas, for what she was told by Texas state trooper Brian Encinia was failing to use her turn signal. Three days after Bland’s arrest, she was found dead in her jail cell. The death was ruled a suicide but remains shrouded in mystery over how a wrongful arrest stemming from a minor traffic violation resulted in death.
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Why are so many people dying in US prisons and jails?
The number of Americans dying while incarcerated has surged while the US prison population has increased by 500% over the last 40 years
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Arizona prisons ban a book that talks about the criminal justice system's impact on black men
A book that examines the effect of the criminal justice system on black men is reportedly not welcome in Arizona prisons. The book "Chokehold: Policing Black Men," authored by Georgetown law professor and former federal prosecutor Paul Butler, has been banned by the Arizona Department of Corrections, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.
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Study suggests imprisonment does not deter future crime
A team of researchers from the University of California, the University of Michigan, Kaiser Permanente Colorado Institute for Health Research, the State University of New York and the University of Colorado School of Medicine has found evidence that incarcerating people who commit serious crimes does not prevent them from committing more crimes once they are released. In their paper published in the journal Nature Human Behavior, the researchers describe a study they conducted using statistics from people incarcerated in Michigan prisons for committing violent crimes, and what they found.
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