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Say it Ain't So, Sheriff Joe!

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Suicide by toilet paper… (Article)

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California Prison Hunger Strike: Some Inmates Show Early Signs Of Starvation Approaching Death

Inmates in a third of California's prisons are conducting a hunger strike in... more

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Supreme Court upholds order for California to release 46,000 inmates. Oh My God !

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400 inmates, some Taliban, escape Afghan prison

More than 400 inmates — many of them Taliban insurgents — escaped from the... more

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Deaf Dog Adopted by Deaf Children After Learning Sign Language

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Death row inmates sue FDA over execution drug

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US inmates go on strike, demand wages and education

Inmates in a prison in the US state of Georgia are striking, demanding the justice system provide them with better medical and health care, wages, and additional educational opportunities.

Thus far the strike has been peaceful and non-violent, with inmates refusing to do their assigned work duties, opting to leave their cells only for food and showers.
Family members and supporters of the inmates are now seeking to meet with prison officials to discuss implementing the inmates’ demands.

Inmates from a diverse set of backgrounds, including white supremacists, African Americans, Muslims and multiple gangs have come together in their efforts.
Glen Ford, the executive editor of The Black Agenda Report argued American prison policy is one of mass incarceration, and it’s time for that to change. He contended that grater human rights must be recognized within the penal system.
“What the prisoners are basically demanding is that they be treated with human dignity,” he said. “The top demand today is there be a halt to the retaliation against the prisoners.”

Ford claimed groups of guards beat inmates and then transfer them to maximum security sites within the state, and sometimes to prisons in other states.
“The imamates have also been demanding that they not be transferred out-of-state so they might never see their families again and they are demanding a fact finding committee that is approved by inmates to look into the conditions in the Georgia prison system,” he said.

In addition, inmates are calling for greater medical facilities and basic healthcare, which they assert they are not receiving.

Currently, 1 in 12 adults are in prisons or jails in the State of Georgia.

Dr. Malik Zulu Shabazz, the chairman of the New Black Panther Party said the strike was impressive, not only because it was non-violent, but because it brought together many groups of people who normally feud with one another.

“I’m impressed,” he said. “They have chosen to rise and take a stand for their human rights and their legal rights which have been violated and continuously violated. I hope that what they are doing will send a message out across state lines to others who are behind bars that they must organize behind bars and take the necessary risk to take a stand for their human rights and for a better life.”

He argued the American prison system is a vestige of slavery itself.
“Incarceration and coercion has been a means to control black people who compose a majority of those in the prison system,” Shabazz added. “It’s a prison industrial complex.”
Although the protest began as non-violent, Shabazz explained it is possible it could turn if demands are not met.Inmates in a prison in the US state of Georgia are striking, demanding the justice... more

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Prison Inmate Sues The kardashian's..LOL

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“Tantamount To Torture”: Heat Ray for Inmates in Los Angeles County Jail

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Jail Inmates Beat Father Who Attempted To Sell His Baby For $25

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Prisons strategy 'could drive Muslims to extremism'

Muslim prison inmates could be driven to extremism by a "blanket,... more

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Inmate Beats Up Accused Serial Rapist Gets Facebook Fan Club

Being a jail cell vigilante has earned Antonio Collins a Facebook fan club. Collins... more

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It's not a disorder, it's just bad behaviour

It's not a disorder, it's just bad behaviour By Naomi Lakritz, Calgary... more

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Problems facing California prisons: Cell phones

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California to release about 20K prisoners

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Judge rules that California jail inmates were released by mistake

More than 1,000 California county jail inmates were freed over the past few weeks due to an apparent misreading of a new state law intended to reduce state prison overcrowding.

Sacramento Superior Court Judge Loren McMaster halted the releases Wednesday. Calling them “a formula for disaster,” Judge McMaster ruled that an amended statute, which increases “good time” credits for inmates and allows many to reduce their sentences, was never intended to apply to county jails.

One inmate released early from a Sacramento jail was arrested on attempted rape charges less than a day after being freed, according to the Sacramento Bee. A victims' rights advocate told the paper: "Our greatest fear has occurred almost immediately after the early release of these inmates."

When the law took effect Jan. 25, many California sheriff’s departments applied it retroactively to their inmates. Three hundred were freed early in Orange County, and about 200 were released ahead of time in Sacramento. Others, according to the Los Angeles Times, were let go early in Riverside, Ventura, and San Bernardino.

California Assembly Majority Leader Alberto Torrico, who helped draft the new legislation, says he was “shocked” to hear that the law was being used by sheriffs to reduce their inmate populations. He filed suit, along with the Sacramento County Deputy Sheriffs’ Association, to stop the releases.

Assembly member Torrico says the change was made to address demands by a federal judicial panel that has ordered California to reduce its prison population, which is about double its intended capacity. The change in credits for good behavior is estimated to lower the state prison inmate population by about 6,500 annually.

Currently, the state houses about 155,000 inmates in 33 prisons (another 12,000 or so are held in out-of-state facilities). The judicial panel ruled that California should reduce its prison population by roughly 40,000 to provide a constitutional level of care for prisoners.

READ MORE AT LINKMore than 1,000 California county jail inmates were freed over the past few weeks due... more

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“Truck Stop” SERIAL KILLER asked HITMAN to Kill Detectives and Witnesses…After Killing 6 Women…

A judge will decide whether to allow a jury to hear the evidence — hundreds of... more

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Spectacular Filipino Dancing Inmates: Michael Jackson 'This Is It' Routine

Michael Jackson's long-time choreographer, Travis Payne, along with dancers... more

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US prison population hits 2.3 million all-time high

"New figures meanwhile show the US prison population has reached an all-time... more

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