'This is slavery': U.S. inmates strike in what activists call one of the biggest prison protests in modern history
By: Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times October 28, 2016 In his 29 years in prison, David Bonner has mopped floors, cooked hot dogs in the cafeteria and, most recently, cut sheets of aluminum into Alabama license plates. The last job paid $2 a day — enough to buy a bar of soap at...
Obama reducing 102 inmates' sentences
President Barack Obama speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. Obama offered 102 federal inmates the chance to leave prison early, wielding his clemency powers Oct. 6 as part of his end-of-term push to spur action on criminal justice reform. The latest...
Brazil’s Infamous Prison Massacre Stirs Controversy 24 Years Later
Judges throw out convictions of 74 military police previously sentenced for murdering 111 inmates By LUCIANA MAGALHAES and JEFFREY T. LEWIS - Wall Street Journal Oct. 4, 2016 SÃO PAULO—Fernanda Vicentina da Silva still vividly remembers standing in line as a nine-year-old with...
CIA Whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling Details Federal Prison’s Scandalous Treatment
by Kevin Gosztola - Shadowproof Concerned with the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ failure to provide medical treatment and their indifference toward CIA whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling’s heart problems, Shadowproof exchanged letters with Sterling to bring more attention to his...
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