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CT prisoner Bill Coleman being Forcefed since 2008

Prison Reform Movement — Mon, 20 May 2013 07:40:22 PDT

Guards from Camp 5 at Joint Task Force Guantanamo escort a detainee from his cell to a recreational facility within the camp. (Flickr/Kilho Park) By Ann Neumann I know a hunger-striking prisoner who hasn’t eaten solid food in more than five years. He is being force-fed by the medical staff where he’s incarcerated. Starving himself, […]

This is Zero Tolerance in effect…

Prison Reform Movement — Sun, 19 May 2013 09:50:48 PDT

Uncle Sam’s Misguided Children – Police state madness – more and more children being arrested for trivial things….fueling the school to prison pipeline, mass incarceration…Zero Tolerance in full effect. #1 At one public school down in Texas, a 12-year-old girl named Sarah Bustamantes was recently arrested for spraying herself with perfume #2 A […]

Who’s Getting Rich off the Prison-Industrial Complex?

Prison Reform Movement — Sun, 19 May 2013 07:29:57 PDT

This is definitely worth a blog post and some thought people….. By Ray Downs You likely already know how overcrowded and abusive the US prison system is, and you probably are also aware that the US has more people in prison than even China or Russia. In this age of privatization, of course, it’s also […]

The Casualties of Justice

Prison Reform Movement — Sun, 19 May 2013 06:35:51 PDT

By Max Eternity, Truthout Christopher Graham, who said police hit his head against the wall while frisking him, in the neighborhood near the 46th Precinct in New York, August 5, 2012. (Photo: Victor J. Blue / The New York Times) The death of Jim Crow laws in 1965 was supposed to mean the end of […]

Union Of the Snake: How California’s Prison Guards Subvert Democracy

Prison Reform Movement — Wed, 15 May 2013 06:59:35 PDT

Sagar Jethani Union Of the Snake How Californias Prison Guards Subvert Democracy After being threatened with contempt by a panel of federal judges for failing to sufficiently reduce the number of prisoners in California’s jails, Governor Jerry Brown reluctantly unveiled a plan this month to further reduce the Golden State’s overcrowded prisons by another […]

What Life Is Like For The 2 Million People Behind Bars In America

Prison Reform Movement — Tue, 14 May 2013 21:17:01 PDT

REUTERS/Jason Redmond An inmate stands in his cell at Men’s Central Jail in Los Angeles, California October 3, 2012. Rebecca Baird-Remba The United States keeps 2.26 million people behind bars, by far the world’s highest incarceration rate. So many prisoners are expensive, costing taxpayers $68 billion annually. So many prisoners are also exceeding available […]

Felony Murder Rule: William Van Poyck – Florida

Prison Reform Movement — Tue, 14 May 2013 19:44:13 PDT

William Van Poyck is on death row for a murder he did not commit. William Van Poyck, aka, “Billy” has been on death row since 1988 for a killing he did not commit. On the heels of new legislation in Florida to speed up executions,Governor Scott has signed his death warrant. Billy was convicted under […]

One injustice follows another

Prison Reform Movement — Sun, 12 May 2013 21:38:57 PDT

Marlene Martin tells the story of Santos Reyes, who was a victim of California’s unjust three strikes law. When he was finally released from prison, ICE agents were waiting to deport him. His story shows the relentless brutality of the criminal INjustice system. Protesters in Boston oppose the new three strikes law THE STATISTICS don’t […]

On Mothers, Mothering and Mass Incarceration

Prison Reform Movement — Sun, 12 May 2013 21:25:17 PDT

In this Mother’s Day tribute, law professor and advocate Sheila Bedi learns how “having a child is like letting your heart walk around outside your body.” By Sheila Bedi , Truthout (Image: Hand holding fence via Shutterstock) When I was a teenager, my mother posted this quote on her mirror: “having a child […]

California objects to moving 3,000-plus inmates due to valley fever, says more study needed

Prison Reform Movement — Tue, 07 May 2013 19:41:41 PDT

It is premature to move more than 3,000 inmates out of two state prisons until more is known about an airborne fungus that is being blamed for nearly three-dozen inmate deaths and hundreds of hospitalizations, Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration said in a court filing Monday night. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and […]