News & Commentary about Mass Incarceration
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Mar 14, 2014
Today in Disgusting: Getting Rich By Locking Up Grandpa
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Mar 9, 2014
U.S. Human Rights Record Undergoes International Scrutiny
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Feb 27, 2014
When Big Data Becomes a Civil Rights Problem
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Feb 6, 2014
Court-Sanctioned Extortion by Private Probation Companies: Modern Debtors' Prisons
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Feb 5, 2014
Still Locking People Up for Being Poor? Really?! It's 2014.
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Jan 10, 2014
Why Is Wyoming Discriminating Against Jewish Prisoners?