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Solidarity and Solitary: When Unions Clash with Prison Reform
by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella
On January 4, 2013, Tamms supermax in southern Illinois officially closed its doors. The prison, where some men had been in solitary confinement for more than a decade, had become notorious for its brutal treatment of prisoners with mental illness – and for driving ...
On January 4, 2013, Tamms supermax in southern Illinois officially closed its doors. The prison, where some men had been in solitary confinement for more than a decade, had become notorious for its brutal treatment of prisoners with mental illness – and for driving ...
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- Fourth Circuit: No Qualified Immunity for Bail Bondsmen; $100,000 Damages Award Upheld
- Slowly Closing the Gates: A State-by-State Assessment of Recent Prison Closures, by Christopher Petrella
- Solidarity and Solitary: When Unions Clash with Prison Reform, by James Ridgeway
- TN Court of Appeals Rules Against CCA for Second Time in PLN Public Records Case
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- New York Commission of Correction Says Jails Don't Need Law Libraries
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- Charting a New Justice Reinvestment, by Nicole D. Porter
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- Florida Proceeds with Privatization of Prison Medical Care
- New Law Gives Parents Behind Bars in Washington State a Way to Hold onto Their Children, by Victoria Law
- U.S. Supreme Court Reinstates BOP Prisoner's FTCA Suit, by J.R. Bloom
- Reprieved Oregon Prisoner Wages Legal Fight to be Executed
- Eighth Circuit: Heck Bars False Imprisonment Claim
- Research Study Finding Benefits from Prison Privatization Funded by Private Prison Companies
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- New York DOCCS Settles Statewide PLN Censorship Suit for $155,000, by Alex Friedmann
- Sixth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Prisoner's Sexual Orientation Discrimination Suit
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- Former Michigan Assistant Attorney General Held Liable for Targeting Gay Student
- Maryland Repeals Death Penalty, by Christopher Zoukis
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- Canadian Prisoners Escape via Helicopter, by John Dannenberg
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- Oregon State Police Handwriting Analysis Unit Closed, under Investigation
- Former Halfway House Director Sentenced to 18 Months
- Oklahoma Escapee Surrenders to Police after 14 Years on the Run, by Christopher Zoukis
- CDCR to Open New Mental Health Facility
- Tennessee Supreme Court: No Separate Parole Dates for Consecutive Sentences, by Matthew T. Clarke
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More from James Ridgeway:
- Audit of Solitary Confinement in Federal Prisons: An Inside Job Reaches Foregone Conclusions, Oct. 26, 2015
- Under Fire, the Federal Bureau of Prisons Audits its Use of Solitary Confinement - and Buys a New Supermax Prison, Dec. 15, 2013
- Solidarity and Solitary: When Unions Clash with Prison Reform, June 15, 2013
- Fortresses of Solitude, April 15, 2013
- The Other Death Sentence: More than 100,000 Americans are destined to spend their final years in prison. Can we afford it?, Nov. 15, 2012
- God’s Own Warden: If you ever find yourself inside Louisiana’s Angola prison, Burl Cain will make sure you find Jesus – or regret ever crossing his path, June 15, 2012
- No Budget Cuts for Federal Prisons, June 15, 2012
- The Graying of America’s Prisons, Dec. 15, 2010
- Sotomayor for the Prosecution, July 15, 2009
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