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Profit Driven Prison Industrial Complex: The Economics of Incarceration in the USA

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Raise the Crime Rate, an article on the abysmal state of American prisons

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Libyan Resistance leaders created a temporary Libyan Jamahirya Government + Nato accused of war crimes in Libya

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Rare video of Yard Break in Gohardasht Prison for Political Prisoners in Iran

Gohardasht Prison (Persian: زندان گوهردشت) is a prison in Gohardasht, a... more

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Senator Merkley Explains How YOU Could Be Indefinitely Imprisoned With No Trial

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AMERICAN GANGSTER FRANK LUCAS FACING JAIL TIME FOR BUCKING THE FEDS OUT OF 17K

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“Democracy” in the Third Reich

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Mumia – political prisoner? 30 years behind bars

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Tony Destructo: Prison Inc.

Destructo takes on the prison system.

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Inside Romania's Secret CIA Prison

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American sentenced to prison for Thai royal insult

BANGKOK (AP) — A court in Thailand sentenced a U.S. citizen to two and a half years in prison Thursday for defaming the country's royal family by translating excerpts of a locally banned biography of the king and posting them online.

The verdict is the latest so-called lese majeste punishment handed down in the Southeast Asian kingdom, which has come under increasing pressure at home and abroad to reform harsh legislation that critics say is an affront to freedom of expression.

The 55-year-old Thai-born American, Joe Gordon, stood calmly with his ankles shackled in an orange prison uniform as the sentence was read out at a Bangkok criminal court.

Judge Tawan Rodcharoen said the punishment, initially set at five years, was reduced because Gordon pleaded guilty in October. Defense lawyer Arnon Nampa said Gordon would not appeal, but would apply for a royal pardon.

The sentence was relatively light compared to other recent cases. In November, 61-year-old Amphon Tangnoppakul was sentenced to 20 years in jail for sending four text messages deemed offensive to the crown.

Gordon posted links the to banned biography of King Bhumibol Adulyadej several years ago while living in the U.S. state of Colorado, and his case has raised questions about the applicability of Thai law to acts committed by foreigners outside Thailand.

Speaking after the verdict, Gordon said, "I am an American citizen, and what happened was in America."

He also said he had no expectation of being let off easy. "This is just the system in Thailand," he said. Speaking later in Thai, he added: "In Thailand, they put people in prison even if they don't have proof."

Gordon had lived in the U.S. for about 30 years. He was detained in late May during a visit to his native country to seek treatment for arthritis and high blood pressure. After being repeatedly denied bail, he pleaded guilty in October in hopes of obtaining a lenient sentence.

Thailand's lese majeste laws are the harshest in the world. They mandate that people found guilty of defaming the monarchy — including the king, the queen and the heir to the throne — face three to 15 years behind bars. The nation's 2007 Computer Crimes Act also contains provisions that have enabled prosecutors to increase le

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Would you send a letter to save a life?

A great new promo from Amnesty International Each year hundreds of thousands of... more

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USA must halt life without parole sentences for children

In 1994, at the age of 16, Christi Cheramie was sentenced to life imprisonment without... more

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30 Signs That The United States Of America Is Being Turned Into A Giant Prison

If you live in the United States of America, you live in a giant prison where liberty... more

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The California Prison Guards Union: Still Profiting From Incarceration-mania

“We’re asking the department to come up with a game plan – a sound, public policy planned approach to lower the number of people returning to prison and lower the prison population and crime rate.”

Assemblymember Anthony Portantino (D-La Cañada Flintridge), February 7, 2011.

The California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA) has become a political money force of tremendous proportions. CCPOA’s political clout has trapped California in a self-perpetuating cycle where locking up more people with longer sentences has become the only solution to crime. For decades, the 30,000-member union has worked tirelessly to see more prisons built, while sabotaging prisoner rehabilitation, education, and treatment programs. According to a PPIC poll, prisons garner less than 15 percent (support for higher taxes) across all parties, regions, and demographic groups in California.[1] However, the state prison budget continues to grow. This relentless draining of General Fund resources away from social services and schools will not stop as long as policymakers continue to cave in to the prison guard lobby.

4 Things Every Californian Should Know About the CCPOA:

1. Fighting to build more cells, walls and towers. Thanks to the lobbying efforts of the CCPOA, California has built 43 penal institutions since 1984, making it a global leader in prison construction. Comparatively, between 1852 and 1964, only 12 prisons were built in California.[2] Over the course of the last 20 years the Department of Corrections has become the largest General Fund state agency, reflecting a budget growth of almost $7 billion between 1998 and 2009. [3]

2. The 3 Strikes Law has crippled our state. In 1994, the CCPOA sponsored Proposition 184, the Three Strikes law, which was only the beginning of their membership growth bonanza. The majority of the 4,000-plus people imprisoned under Three Strikes committed a minor, non-violent third strike. According to the California State Auditor, these non-violent third strikers will cost the state at least $4.8 billion over the next 25 years – almost $200 million per year.[4]

3. Incarceration for profit: politicians kneel to the California Prison Lobby. In the aftermath of the Three Strikes Law, legislators and political office hopefuls alike began taking a highly popular tough-on-crime approach, especially during election season. The CCPOA, its subsidized crime victims groups, lobbyists and its members have contributed nearly $38 million to the California legislative and election process in the last decade, resulting in a prison system that costs the state more than public education does.[5]

4. The CCPOA has opposed nearly every “treatment in lieu of incarceration” program proposed. No one has more to lose from lower recidivism rates and higher rehabilitation turnaround than the CCPOA. The Prison Guards have spent millions to defeat treatment-over-incarceration proposals like Proposition 36, 66 and 5, which have been proven to save taxpayers money while decreasing recidivism rates.[6] The numbers never lie; out of the nearly $11 billion Corrections budget, 70% of it goes to pay salaries, overtime and benefits to the union and staff. Just 5% of the budget goes to education and vocational programs.[7 Many prison guards can make as much as $180,000 each year after overtime[8], while the average California teacher makes just $67,000 a year.[9]

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Russian anarchist guerrilla artists from the Voina art collective

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Article: America’s Illegal Drug Complex

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Police torture in Ukraine

The Ukrainian authorities must act immediately to deal with endemic police... more

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The View On The Streets: Riot Control

The decision to punish the ‘Facebook rioters’ with four years in jail is... more

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Texas Prisons Have Ended Special Last Meals Before Executions

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