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Tag Archives: American Prisons
The American Conservative: Senator Mike Lee: The Conservative Case for Criminal Justice Reform
Source:The New Democrat I think the conservative case of criminal justice reform is very clear and comes from a couple of angles. One, the conservative principle of the punishment meeting the crime and personal responsibility and so-forth. Someone should explain … Continue reading
Posted in Congress, The New Democrat
Tagged 114th Congress, 2015, America, American Corrections, American Prisons, Center Right, Classical Conservatism, Classical Conservatives, Conservatism, Conservatives, Corrections System, Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice Reform, Criminal Justice System, Mike Lee, Prison Reform, Prison System, Republican Party, Senate Democrats, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate, United States, Utah, Washington, Washington DC
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The Economist: ‘America’s Elderly Prisoner Boom’
“ Source:The Economist– growing old in a California prison. Thanks to ultra-long sentences, America’s 2.3m prisoners are getting older. Under the ‘Gold coats’ programme in California, younger inmates look after elderly ones… From The Economist A couple of things hit me … Continue reading
Posted in Originals, The Economist
Tagged America, America's Elderly Prison Boom, American Prison Reform, American Prisons, California, California Department of Corrections, California Prisons, California State Prisons, Elderly Inmates, Elderly Prisoners, Gold Coats, Gold Coats Program, Health Care, Prison Reform, Retirement Homes, Senior Care, Senior Citizens, The Economist, United States
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The Economist: ‘Jailhouse Nation’
“WITH less than 5% of the world’s population, the United States holds roughly a quarter of its prisoners: more than 2.3m people, including 1.6m in state and federal prisons and over 700,000 in local jails and immigration pens. Per head, … Continue reading
The Washington Post: Christopher Ingraham: The Orwellian Deception of Chuck Grassley’s Leniency Industrial Complex
Source:The Washington Post Anyone who calls them self a Conservative and especially a fiscal Conservative, but who supports the American Prison Industrial Complex and our current criminal justice system, I at the very least would question how fiscally conservative are … Continue reading
Posted in Originals, The Washington Post
Tagged 114th Congress, 2015, America, American Prisons, Christopher Ingraham, Chuck Grassley, Criminal Justice Reform, Dick Durbin, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Mandatory Minimum Sentences, Mike Lee, Non-Violent Offenders, Pat Leahy, Prison Industrial Complex, Rand Paul, Republican Party, Rhode Island, Senate Republicans, Sheldon Whitehouse, Smarter Sentencing Act, Ted Cruz, Texas, U.S. Congress, U.S. Government, U.S. Senate, United States, Utah, War on Drugs, Washington, Washington DC
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Al Jazeera: Inside USA- ‘Angela Davis on The Prison Industrial Complex’
Source:Al Jazeera– Professor Angela Davis on Inside USA. “Put on the FBI’s ‘Most Wanted’ list when she was just 26, Angela Davis became an enduring symbol of 1970’s Black Power. She joins Inside USA to discuss incarceration in the land … Continue reading
Posted in Al Jazeera, Originals
Tagged 2008, African American History, Al Jazeera, America, American History, American Prisons, Angela Davis, Black Power, Black Power Movement, Communists, Criminal Justice, Far Left, Inside USA, New Left, Prison Industrial Complex, Socialists, The 1960s, The 1970s, The 2000s, United States
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The Open Mind With Richard Heffner- Mario Cuomo- On The Death Penalty and Other Issues (October 12th, 2011)
“Former New York Governor Mario Cuomo discusses his firm belief that the death penalty is wrong and that it is time for American to banish capital punishment.” From The Open Mind With Richard Heffner At risk of insulting Mario Cuomo and … Continue reading
Posted in The Open Mind
Tagged America, American Prisons, Capital Punishment, Center Left, Crime and Punishment, Democratic Party, Democrats, Life in Prison, Mario Cuomo, Middle Class, Murder, Murderers, New York, New York City, New York State, PBS, Poverty in America, Progressive Democrats, Progressives, Progressivism, Rich People, Richard Heffner, The Death Penality, The Open Mind With Richard Heffner, United States
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TruthOut: Victoria Law: Public Prisons, Private Profits
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
Posted in Crime & Punishment, The New Democrat
Tagged 2014, America, American Prisons, Ana Kasparian, Arizona, Arizona Prisons, Arizona Private Prisons, Authoritarianism, Authoritarians, Big Government, For Profit Prisons, Private Prisons, Statism, Statists, The Young Turks, United States, Victoria Law
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Kristen Cherye: America’s Hardest Prisons- National Geographic Documentary
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
Sheldon Richman: Crime & Punishment in a Free Society
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
Posted in Crime & Punishment, The New Democrat
Tagged 2014, America, American Corrections System, American Prison System, American Prisons, Economic Freedom, Free Society, Individual Freedom, Libertarian Right, Libertarianism, Libertarians, Limited Government, Personal Freedom, Personal Responsibility, Prison Reform, Sheldon Richman, United States
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Prison Reform Movement’s Weblog: Yuram Abdullah Welier: Profit From Prisoners: How UNICOR Capitalizes on Inmate Labor
“An inmate sews pieces of a Maryland flag together for the Maryland Correctional Enterprises in Jessup, Md. Operating under the trade name of UNICOR with over 100 factories at 75 locations across the continental United States, Federal Prison Industries (FPI) … Continue reading
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