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UN BUCO impenetrabile 2
La banda del buco non aveva fatto i conti con i carabinieri e sono caduti come sorci in trappola all'uscita del buco
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FIRENZE MULTA I MENDICANTI - il sindaco ha capito che solo loro hanno soldi
roba da far gridare vergogna agli amministratori, si vuole salvaguardare il degrado dopo che per secoli è stato permesso di tutto............. roba da far gridare vergogna agli amministratori, si vuole salvaguardare il degrado dopo che per secoli è stato permesso di tutto........ more
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LAVORO A TERMINE
E poi dicono che non si trova lavoro in Italia, ....
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I condannati a morte costano troppo
interessante articolo in cui si fa notare che costa meno mantenere a vita i criminali piuttosto che eseguire le condanne a morte negli USA interessante articolo in cui si fa notare che costa meno mantenere a vita i criminali piuttosto che eseguire le condanne a morte negli... more
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Women with typhoid locked in an asylum until they 'went mad'
A BBC investigation has learned that at least 43 female typhoid carriers were locked up for life in a mental hospital in Epsom, Surrey between 1907 and as recently as 1992.
They had recovered from the disease but still excreted the bacterium and therefore were seen to pose a public health risk, and were incarcerated indefinitely.
Nursing staff told the BBC that some of the women may have been sane when they were admitted but went mad because of their incarceration.
Jeanie Kennett, a ward manager, said it was a "basic existence" for the patients.
"They're somebody's loved ones, they're somebody's mother, or sister, everybody had forgotten about them - they were just locked away," she said.
"Life was pretty tough; they were seen as objects, it was prison-like - everything was lock and key."
Can you believe that these kinds of secret incarcerations took place just a few years ago Were the authorities justified in keeping these typhoid carriers away from the general public, even after the advent of antibiotics? Why were no men subjected to the same treatment? A BBC investigation has learned that at least 43 female typhoid carriers were locked up for life in a mental hospital in Epsom, Surrey... more -
Badass Do-Gooders
Julio Medina beat the odds. A former felon and gang leader, he created Exodus Transitional Community, a program in New York City's East Harlem, dedicated to breaking the cycle of incarceration, employing a staff of badass do-gooders who are ex-cons themselves.
A cut down of the feature documentary "Hard Road Home," this pod follows 21-year-old Griffik Negroni as he begins to rebuild his life after jail with the help of the Exodus community. Julio Medina beat the odds. A former felon and gang leader, he created Exodus Transitional Community, a program in New York City'... more -
Saving Our Youth
Revolutionary Sista Damali Abrams and BETJ Host Abiola Abrams discuss what's happening with our youth and the solution to the problem. Revolutionary Sista Damali Abrams and BETJ Host Abiola Abrams discuss what's happening with our youth and the solution to the pro... more
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"Snake man" escapes prison
It's all happening in Austria. A man has escaped from his Austrian jail cell by squeezing through a food hatch in the door, police said on Wednesday. It's all happening in Austria. A man has escaped from his Austrian jail cell by squeezing through a food hatch in the door, polic... more
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Amy Winehouse offered $2 million book deal
Amy Winehouse and her husband Blake Fielder-Civil have been offered $2 million for a book about their marriage. Amy is in talks with publishers Penguin Books after her 'incarcerated' husband, who is on remand in a London jail, agreed to the idea. Amy Winehouse and her husband Blake Fielder-Civil have been offered $2 million for a book about their marriage. Amy is in talks with p... more
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Why Are So Many Americans in Prison?
According to a 2005 report of the International Centre for Prison Studies in London, the United States?with five percent of the world?s population?houses 25 percent of the world?s inmates. Our incarceration rate (714 per 100,000 residents) is almost 40 percent greater than those of our nearest competitors (the Bahamas, Belarus, and Russia). Other industrial democracies, even those with significant crime problems of their own, are much less punitive: our incarceration rate is 6.2 times that of Canada, 7.8 times that of France, and 12.3 times that of Japan. We have a corrections sector that employs more Americans than the combined work forces of General Motors, Ford, and Wal-Mart, the three largest corporate employers in the country, and we are spending some $200 billion annually on law enforcement and corrections at all levels of government, a fourfold increase (in constant dollars) over the past quarter century. According to a 2005 report of the International Centre for Prison Studies in London, the United States?with five percent of the world?... more
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