News & Commentary about Mass Incarceration
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Aug 2, 2013
Washington Gives Us Something to Get Excited About (No, Really!)
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Aug 1, 2013
Former Death Row Prisoner Speaks Out Against Solitary, Capital Punishment
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Jul 26, 2013
Breaking the Addiction to Incarceration: Weekly Highlights July 26, 2013
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Jul 24, 2013
In Court Today: Challenging FBI Secrecy on Racial and Ethnic Profiling
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Jul 23, 2013
When I Was on Death Row, I Saw a Bunch of Dead Men Walking. Solitary Confinement Killed Everything Inside Them.
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Jul 17, 2013
The Iranian Government locked me in solitary confinement for 410 days. Today, my thoughts are with the hunger strikers.
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Jul 10, 2013
Senator Ervin, “No-Knock” Warrants, and the Fight to Stop Cops from Smashing into Homes the Way Burglars Do
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Jul 10, 2013
HIV Ghettos in U.S. Prisons Are Finally in the Past
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Jul 9, 2013
Too Many Cops Are Told They’re Soldiers Fighting a War. How Did We Get Here?