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Poor People Can’t Be Jailed For Not Being Able To Pay Bail, Justice Department Says
By Lauren C. Williams Jailing people before they are tried in court because they can’t afford bail is unconstitutional, according to federal appeals court documents the Justice Department filed Thursday. The filings mark the first time the agency has openly … Continue reading
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Tagged bail bonds, Department of Justice, incarceration, poverty, prisons
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Sandra Bland Died One Year Ago – And Since Then, At Least 810 People Have Lost Their Lives In Jail
By Dana Liebelson & Ryan J. Reilly Over the past year, there have been so many stories of violence and injustice in America, and even the most well-known deserve to be revisited. This is one: Last July, Sandra Bland was … Continue reading
What We Don’t Mention About Unemployment
Associated Press In this year’s State of the Union address, President Obama mentioned jobs 19 times, repeating it more than any other word with any policy implications. “Our economy is growing and creating jobs at the fastest pace since 1999,” … Continue reading
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Tagged #fairchance, Allstate, employment, incarceration, jobs, law, mass incarceration, unemployment
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Private Prisons, Public Shame
By Mary Turck Last month the state of Washington contracted with the GEO Group, one of the largest for-profit prison companies in the U.S., to move up to 1,000 inmates from the state’s overcrowded prisons to its correctional facility in … Continue reading
Federal Judge Orders Release Of Last ‘Angola 3’ Prisoner
By Eyder Peralta A federal judge has ordered the unconditional release of the last member of the “Angola 3” who remains in prison. Albert Woodfox, the 68-year-old former Black Panther leader, has spent the past four decades in solitary confinement … Continue reading
Jailing People Costs Billions More Than You Think It Does
By Carimah Townes The U.S. Department of Justice estimates that local communities spent $22.2 billion to jail suspects and offenders in 2011. A new report from the Vera Institute, however, shows that this figure underestimates the true cost of jails … Continue reading
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Tagged incarceration, justice, law, money, states, United States
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‘Root of rebellion is violent police department’
By Richard B. Muhammed Baltimore police officers were pelted with rocks, bottles, and planks, patrol cars trashed as news outlets broadcast the unrest live and streamed unfolding events in real time—shortly after Freddie Gray was laid to rest. The governor … Continue reading
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Tagged Baltimore, incarceration, police abuse, politics, race, racism
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