Category Archives: Crime & Punishment

TruthOut: Victoria Law: Public Prisons, Private Profits

Posted on November 5, 2014 by Ederik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  If there is just one thing that shouldn’t be under for-profit companies, it would be prisons and other corrections facilities like jails. Let me amend that, the military, law enforcement and corrections. The idea that people can … Continue reading →

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Youth Justice NC: North Carolina’s School to Prison Pipeline

Posted on October 14, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Source:The FreeState If you look at our current prison inmate population, you’ll see a lot of prison inmates who didn’t finish high school before they came to prison, or barely finished high school. If you look at a lot of … Continue reading →

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Kristen Cherye: America’s Hardest Prisons- National Geographic Documentary

Posted on October 14, 2014 by Erik Schneider

  Source:The New Democrat  This is what happens when you house the worst of the worst together. You have all of these violent criminal inmates who see their time in prison as nothing, but survival. And making their lives as … Continue reading →

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Prison Documentaries: Inside Pelican Bay State Prison

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Ederik Schneider

This piece was originally posted at FRS FreeSate Now Plus Pelican Bay State Prison houses some of the worst criminals in California. Which means some of the worst in the United States as well when you have cities like Los … Continue reading →

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CDC’s Worst Nightmare: Inside SuperMax

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Erik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  For me at least it is not a question of whether we need super max prisons or not. The answer is obvious of course we do with all the violent inmates and criminals that we have and … Continue reading →

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TruthOut: Laurie Jo Reynolds & Stephen F. Eisenson: ‘Tamms is Torture’

Posted on September 23, 2014 by Ederik Schneider

Source:FreeState Now I’m not against solitary-confinement by itself because inmates who represent a serious threat to staff as well as other inmates and at times to themselves and because of this must be isolated until they not longer represent that … Continue reading →

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Prison Reform Movement: Rina Palta: ACLU: Counties Opting For Incarceration, Not Rehabilitation

Posted on September 23, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Source:The FreeState California has so many people in their corrections system as far as inmates. And so many inmates that they are now under a court order to reduce the size of their inmate population. Not by accident because they … Continue reading →

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The Daily Caller: Opinion: Molly Gill: Before Creating Any More New Crimes, Congress Should Reform the Penalties it Made Decades Ago

Posted on August 13, 2014 by Ederik Schneider

U.S. Senator Rand Paul Speaking Out Against Over Criminalization The Daily Caller: Opinion: Molly Gill: Before Creating Any New Crimes, Congress Should Reform Penalties it Made Decades Ago This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on BloggerOver criminalization … Continue reading →

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Lyle Denniston: The Constitution Outside the Courts: The U.S. Sentencing Commission

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Erik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  Making punishment fit the crime should be an obvious statement if it isn’t, but if you look at our criminal justice system that of course is not always the case. We have thousands if not more people … Continue reading →

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Sheldon Richman: Crime & Punishment in a Free Society

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Ederik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  Before you talk about crime and punishment in a free society you should first talk about what exactly is crime and punishment and what is a free society. If you are currently confined in prison as a … Continue reading →

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