6 hours ago by Stephen Robert Morse

Here’s an interesting angle about the 2010 Census from a Kansas City Star opinion piece: How Places With Prisons Falsely Boost “Diversity” By Marie Sanchez The 2010 U.S. census will soon be upon us, and by now you may have heard one of the patriotic pitches to comply. Every breathing soul must be ta ...

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12 hours ago by TaxPayers' Alliance

PORRIDGE has brought a jail to the brink of riot – because prisoners would rather have cereal and eggs for their ­breakfast. And the situation has been made worse because, in a separate move, visitors now have to phone in advance rather than just turn up. Warders fear “threats and violence” followin ...

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15 hours ago by Mallika Joseph

HASSAN: State Human Rights Commission Chairman S.R. Nayak has expressed concern over the state of overcrowded prisons in Bangalore and other districts. Every day, two to three persons die in Bangalore’s Parappana Agrahara jail, he said. Speaking to The Hindu during a recent visit here, Mr. Nayak sai ...

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20 hours ago by Chris

What is it? Our joke of a justice system that focuses far more on punishment, retribution and revenge than on prevention, rehabilitation and reintregation. I found an article on the subject earlier today. It’s good and worth reading, if a tad depressing. What’s really annoying is that this is a prob ...

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23 hours ago by laudyms

by Steven D Sat Nov 7th, 2009 Booman Tribune Ft. Hood has exposed a terrible wound in the fabric of America, but that wound was there long before a lone gunman named Major Hasan decided to go postal on his fellow soldiers. Our ethical and moral values have been obliterated since September 11, 2001. ...

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1 day ago by A G

Today, the Supreme Court is considering whether it is unconstitutionally cruel and unusual punishment to send a juvenile away to prison for life, without the possibility of parole for a crime that does not involve a death. Here’s my answer: YES. I don’t even need to consider what the crimes of these ...

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1 day ago by Jason Hancock

Iowa should privatize its prison system in order to alleviate budget problems, a conservative watchdog group said Monday. Ed Failor Jr., president of Iowans for Tax Relief, said the privatization of Iowa’s prisons would result in many positive benefits, from making communities safer to minimizing in ...

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1 day ago by The Perfessor

Last week, Stephen Colbert went on a rant about the State of Arizona’s plan to privitize the State’s prison system by selling off nine of it’s 10 prisons, and then leasing them back from the new owners. Yep, while that may sound preposterous to, well rational people, apparent the very notion of Ariz ...

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1 day ago by johnq

A new policy brief from the Working Poor Families Project proposes ways to improve the educational programs offered to adult inmates of state prisons. Argues the brief: Inmates in state prisons have significantly lower levels of educational attainment than the general population. About 40 percent of ...

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1 day ago by Napakatbra

Le Président du Comité pour la prévention de la torture (CPT) du Conseil de l'Europe, Mauro Palma, a appelé aujourd’hui à faire cesser la pratique de l’impunité pour les agents publics soupçonnés d’avoir commis des actes de torture ou d’avoir infligé de mauvais traitements. en lire plus

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