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Plato Shrugs: ‘Ideology Post Trump: Where Do We Go From Here?’
Source:The New Democrat “Ideological turmoil in America has reached unprecedented heights. With conservatives falling into the unfalsifiable throws of populism and Liberals fetishizing 1960 solutions to 2020 problems, both appear lost in moving through the 21st century. What comes after Trump for the populist? What comes after liberals fail yet again to implement a child’s […]
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The American Conservative: Opinion: U.S. Senator Mike Lee: The Conservative Case for Criminal Justice Reform
Source: The American Conservative: Opinion: U.S. Senator Mike Lee: The Conservative Case for Criminal Justice Reform I think the conservative case of criminal justice reform is very clear and comes from a couple of angles. One, the conservative principle of … Continue reading
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 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: WonkBook: Christopher Ingraham: The Orwellian Deception of Chuck Grassley’s Leniency Industrial Complex
The Washington Post: WonkBook: Christopher Ingraham: The Orwellian Deception of Chuck Grassley’s Leniency Industrial Complex 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 … Continue reading
Posted in Crime & Punishment
Tagged American Prisons, Christopher Ingraham, Chuck Grassley, Criminal Justice Reform, Dick Durbin, Mandatory Minimum Sentences, Mike Lee, Non-Violent Offenders, Pat Leahy, Prison Industrial Complex, Rand Paul, Sheldon Whitehouse, Smarter Sentencing Act, Ted Cruz, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate, War on Drugs
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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 New Left
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: Report: Victoria Law: Public Prisons, Private Profits
This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger TruthOut: Report: Victoria Law: Public Prisons, Private Profits If there is just one thing that shouldn’t be under for-profit companies, it would be prisons and other corrections facilities like … Continue reading
Kristen Cherye: America’s Hardest Prisons- National Geographic Documentary
Source: This piece was originally posted at 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 … Continue reading
The Future of Freedom Foundation: Opinion: Sheldon Richman: Crime and Punishment in a Free Society
War on Drugs Victim The Future of Freedom Foundation: Opinion: Sheldon Richman: Crime and Punishment in a Free Society Before you talk about crime and punishment in a free society you should first talk about what exactly is crime and … Continue reading
Prison Reform Movement’s Weblog: Opinion: Yuram Abdullah Welier: Profit From Prisoners: “How UNICOR Capitalizes on Inmate Labor”: Paying Inmates For the Work That They do
Prison Movement’s Weblog: Opinion: Yuram Abdullah Weiler: Profit From Prisoners: How UNICOR Capitalizes on Inmate Labor Rik Schneider on Google+ The New Democrat on Facebook The New Democrat on Twitter This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on … Continue reading
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