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A man reportedly faces five years in jail for reading his wife's email to see if she was having an affair. The man, Leon Walker, 33, had access to his wife's laptop at home and logged on to her Gmail account which led to the revelation that his wife, Clara Walker was having an affair...
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Offices of the wardens at Hay's, Macon State, Telfair, and Augusta state all referred our inquiries to the Department of Corrections public affairs officer, who so far has declined to return our repeated calls.
The prisoner strike in Georgia is unique, sources among inmates and their families say, because it includes not just black prisoners, but Latinos and whites too, a departure from the usual sharp racial divisions that exist behind prison walls. Inmate families and other sources claim that when thousands of prisoners remained in their cells Thursday, authorities responded with violence and intimidation. Tactical officers rampaged through Telfair State Prison destroying inmate personal effects and severely beating at least six prisoners. Inmates in Macon State Prison say authorities cut the prisoners' hot water, and at Telfair the administration shut off heat Thursday when daytime temperatures were in the 30s. Prisoners responded by screening their cells with blankets, keeping prison authorities from performing an accurate count, a crucial aspect of prison operations.
As of Friday, inmates at several prisons say they are committed to continuing the strike. “We are going to ride it,” the inmate press release quotes one, “till the wheels fall off. We want our human rights.”
The peaceful inmate strike is being led from within the prison. Some of those thought to be its leaders have been placed under close confinement.
The nine specific demands made by Georgia's striking prisoners in two press releases pointedly reflect many of the systemic failures of the U.S. regime of mass incarceration, and the utter disconnection of U.S. prisons from any notions of protecting or serving the public interest. Prisoners are demanding, in their own words, decent living conditions, adequate medical care and nutrition, educational and self-improvement opportunities, just parole decisions, just parole decisions, an end to cruel and unusual punishments, and better access to their families.
It's a fact that Georgia prisons skimp on medical care and nutrition behind the walls, and that in Georgia's prisons recreational facilities are non-existent, and there are no educational programs available beyond GED, with the exception of a single program that trains inmates to be Baptist ministers. Inmates know that upon their release they will have no more education than they did when they went in, and will be legally excluded from Pell Grants and most kinds of educational assistance, they and their families potentially locked into a disadvantaged economic status for life.
Despite the single biggest predictor of successful reintegration into society being sustained contact with family and community, Georgia's prison
authorities make visits and family contact needlessly difficult and expensive. Georgia no longer allows families to send funds via US postal money orders to inmates. It requires families to send money through J-Pay, a private company that rakes off nearly ten percent of all transfers. Telephone conversations between Georgia prisoners and their families are also a profit centers for another prison contractor, Global Tel-Link which extracts about $55 a month for a weekly 15 minute phone call from cash-strapped families. It's hard to imagine why the state cannot operate reliable payment and phone systems for inmates and their families with public employees at lower cost, except that this would put contractors, who probably make hefty contributions to local politicians out of business.
Besides being big business, prisons are public policy. The U.S. has less than five percent of the world's population, but accounts for almost a quarter of its prisoners. African Americans are one eighth this nation's population, but make up almost half the locked down. The nation's prison population increased more than 450% in a generation beginning about 1981. It wasn't about crime rates, because those went up, and then back down. It wasn't about rates of drug use, since African Americans have the same rates of drug use as whites and Latinos. Since the 1980s, the nation has undertaken a well-documented policy of mass incarceration, focused primarily though not exclusively on African Americans. The good news is that public policies are ultimately the responsibility of the public to alter, to change or do do away with. America's policy of mass incarceration is overdue for real and sustained public scrutiny. A movement has to be built on both sides of the walls that will demand an end to the prison industry and to the American policy of mass incarceration. That movement will have to be outside the Republican and Democratic parties. Both are responsible for building this system, and both rely on it to sustain their careers. The best Democrats could do on the 100 to 1 crack to powder cocaine disparity this year, with a black president in the White House and thumping majorities in the House and Senate was to reduce it to 18 to 1, and then only by lengthening the sentences for powder cocaine. On this issue, Democrats and Republicans are part of the problem, not the solution.
As this article goes to print Saturday morning, it's not known whether the strike will continue a third day. With prison officials not talking, and corporate media ignoring prisoners not just this week but every day, outlets like Black Agenda Report and the web site upon which you're reading this are among the chief means inmates and their families have of communicating with the public. The prisoners are asking the public to continue to call the Georgia Department of Corrections, and the individual prisons listed below to express concern for the welfare of the prisoners.Offices of the wardens at Hay's, Macon State, Telfair, and Augusta state all... more
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The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office has release this short video clip showing an inmate being transferred to the psychiatric unit. On the video, a man deputies identified as the 31-year-old Gerster walked onto a table and put his foot down on the inmate's neck, holding him down.The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office has release this short video clip showing an... more
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If you're facing a lengthy prison term and you're a follower of the Pagan or Wicca faiths, there's good news! Well, as good as news can be when you're facing months of playing mummy to the D Wing Posse's daddies...
Pagans and druids will soon be given the same religious rights as Christian and Muslim inmates. They'll be able to choose to take four of the eight Pagan festivals off, meaning they won't have to do any work on days like Hallowe'en and, um, the 'festival of the lactating sheep'. Oh my.
And in a move that sounds ever so slightly risky, Pagan prisoners will also be allowed to keep 'wands' or 'sticks' in their cells.
Steven Gillian, general secretary of The Prison Officers' Association, is not a happy man. He warned that some prisoners would 'simply jump on the bandwagon' to gain extra privileges and added:
"I don't know how this fits in with the 40 hours of work the justice secretary wants prisoners to do."
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If you're arrested and found guilty of a crime, you might think that a prison sentence is the end of your life, or at least your goals of succeeding in society.If you're arrested and found guilty of a crime, you might think that a prison... more
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A continuous massacre caused by a state of utter degradation and lack of personnel and equipment. The Italian prison has become unsustainable, the policy does not address the problem and in the news this problem disappears.
http://www.inaltreparole.net/en/news/carceresuicidisilenziotg011110.htmlA continuous massacre caused by a state of utter degradation and lack of personnel and... more
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Aung San Suu Kyi is finally free. After 15 years of jails and house arrest is now a free woman like many others. Tomorrow she will make her first speech. This liberation comes a few days after the fake Burma elections.
http://www.inaltreparole.net/en/world/aungsansuukyilibera131110.htmlAung San Suu Kyi is finally free. After 15 years of jails and house arrest is now a... more
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On 22th October it's been the first death anniversary of Stefano Cucchi. The truth, a year later, is still far away. On that day, with Stefano's family, there was the Antigone association that has released the seventh report on Italian prison conditions. The report shows how the situation is out of control in prisons, with nearly 70 thousand inmates and deteriorating sanitary conditions.
http://www.inaltreparole.net/en/news/stefanocucchianniversariomorte221010.htmlOn 22th October it's been the first death anniversary of Stefano Cucchi. The... more
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Lil Wayne, the American rapper was sentenced to one year jail for the possession of criminal weapons, Lil Wayne remained in touch with his fans and it has also been believedLil Wayne, the American rapper was sentenced to one year jail for the possession of... more
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More than 50 inmates have been involved in a second night of rioting at a young offenders institution in South Yorkshire, the Prison Service has said.
About 55 prisoners at Moorland Young Offenders Institution near Doncaster refused to return to their cells on Wednesday evening.
They surrendered more than eight hours later after officers in riot gear were called in.
It is the second riot in two nights at the centre.
The Prison Service said one inmate had been taken to hospital with head injuries, but no prison officers had been injured.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-11692208More than 50 inmates have been involved in a second night of rioting at a young... more
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Well, Lindsay Lohan has been in trouble for last many months and that really killed her career and that’s why Lindsay Lohan dead news is correct. For one year, Lindsay Lohan is booked againWell, Lindsay Lohan has been in trouble for last many months and that really killed... more
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Officers deal with a new breed of chronic offenders, addicts and small-time criminals who have over 100 convictions and aren't afraid of jail time. Sergeant Toby Hinton hunts down one offender with over 200 convictions, now the suspect of yet another robbery.
In this gritty ten-part reality series, cameras follow the Beat Enforcement Team--a special police squad assigned to patrol an urban area suffering skyrocketing crime rates and rampant drug use. Attempting to juggle their dangerous jobs with their home lives, the officers commit to doing everything they can to clean up the dangerous streets and improve the lives of those in the community.
Tune in to "The Beat" every Monday at 8/7c on Current TV.Officers deal with a new breed of chronic offenders, addicts and small-time criminals... more
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A woman has been convicted of sexually assaulting a five-month-old baby girl - becoming the final member of a paedophile ring to face justice.
Tracy Dawber, 44, of Southport, Merseyside, carried out the assault as her boyfriend photographed the abuse, Winchester Crown Court heard.
Her now ex-boyfriend Colin Blanchard, 40, of Rochdale, previously admitted being involved in the assault.
Two other members of the ring have been jailed. A third is awaiting sentence.
Blanchard, an IT consultant, admitted 17 counts of possessing images of child sex abuse and two of sexual assault on children.
He also admitted possessing extreme pornography, the sexual assault of a baby and taking indecent images of that baby.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-11564011A woman has been convicted of sexually assaulting a five-month-old baby girl -... more
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A Sheriff stops a neighboring county Sheriff suspected of drunk driving. SWEEEET!!!!!! Good trooper. We need more like him. Hope he gets re-elected Sheriff of his county.A Sheriff stops a neighboring county Sheriff suspected of drunk driving. SWEEEET!!!!!!... more
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The most famous British pop singer George Michael has been released from jail after completing his sentence of four weeks. George Michael has beenThe most famous British pop singer George Michael has been released from jail after... more
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It's equally likely that this inmate may have just been being creative looking for new ways to entertain himself with some aquatic sport. Nevertheless, he probably does not do well on the spatial relationship part of the IQ tests.It's equally likely that this inmate may have just been being creative looking... more
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