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How to Lock Up Fewer People
By Marc Mauer and David Cole WHEN Hillary Rodham Clinton, Ted Cruz, Eric H. Holder Jr., Jeb Bush, George Soros, Marco Rubio and Charles G. Koch all agree that we must end mass incarceration, it is clear that times have … Continue reading
Michelle Alexander: “A System of Racial and Social Control”
What is mass incarceration? Mass incarceration is a massive system of racial and social control. It is the process by which people are swept into the criminal justice system, branded criminals and felons, locked up for longer periods of time … Continue reading
Three Years on Rikers Without Trial
By Jennifer Gonnerman In the early hours of Saturday, May 15, 2010, ten days before his seventeenth birthday, Kalief Browder and a friend were returning home from a party in the Belmont section of the Bronx. They walked along Arthur … Continue reading
Colorado Cities Routinely Jail Individuals Because They Can’t Pay Fines, ACLU Finds
By Nicole Flatow Jared Thornburg was ticketed for driving a defective vehicle in Westminster, Colorado. He didn’t pay the $165 fee he owed, because he couldn’t afford it. So the local court sent him to jail instead. Linda Roberts couldn’t … Continue reading
Lauryn Hill gets 3 months for failing to pay taxes
By David Porter Grammy-winning singer Lauryn Hill was sentenced Monday to three months in prison and an additional three months in home confinement for failing to pay taxes on about $1 million in earnings. Hill, a 37-year-old South Orange resident, pleaded … Continue reading
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Tagged Grammy Award, House arrest, IRS, jail, Lauryn Hill, law, New Jersey, taxes
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I Thought Solitary Confinement in Iran Was Bad — Then I Went Inside America’s Prisons
By Shane Bauer Shane Bauer was one of the three American hikers imprisoned in Iran after being apprehended on the Iraqi border in 2009. He spent 26 months in Tehran’s Evin Prison, 4 of them in solitary. Bauer is winner … Continue reading
High School Rapper Arrested and Facing Terrorism Charges For Rap About Boston Marathon Bombing
The suburban teenager is being held on $1 million bail, and faces possibly 20 years. A Massachusetts high school student faces felony charges for allegedly posting on social media rap lyrics that police say amount to terrorist threats, the Valley … Continue reading
Wesley Snipes Released From Federal Prison, Begins Home Confinement
Actor Wesley Snipes is slowly making his way back to “big business,” as his three-year sentence for failing to pay taxes comes to an end.TMZ reports that the 50-year-old actor and producer was released from McKean Federal Correctional Institution in Pennsylvania … Continue reading
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Tagged entertainment, House arrest, incarceration, jail, New Jack City, taxes, Wesley Snipes
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Black Citizen’s Guide To Police Confrontation
On June 1 there was a post titled,”Supreme Court: If you want the right to remain silent, say so” with the decision that we now have to formally invoke our Miranda rights while in police custody I think this is … Continue reading
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Tagged ACLU, african american, black, incarceration, jail, justice, law, minorities, Miranda, police, race, racism, Supreme Court
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One crime, six trials and a 30-minute guilty verdict
30 Minutes! Was that really fair and reasonable deliberation for this case? If you have read about this case as I have posted news on the site, you know this is not the end. I believe this case should be … Continue reading
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Tagged african american, black, incarceration, jail, justice, Mississippi, police, race, racism, Winona
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