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Poor People Can’t Be Jailed For Not Being Able To Pay Bail, Justice Department Says

Posted on August 20, 2016 by The Soul Brother

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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How to Lock Up Fewer People

Posted on June 12, 2015 by The Soul Brother

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 →

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Inside America’s Toughest Federal Prison

Posted on March 27, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Mark Binelli In prison, Rodney Jones told me, everyone had a nickname. Jones’s was Saint E’s, short for St. Elizabeths, the federal psychiatric hospital in Washington, best known for housing John Hinckley Jr. after he shot Ronald Reagan. Jones … Continue reading →

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Federal Prison Crisis Poses ‘Critical Threat’ To Justice Department, Report Finds

Posted on December 13, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Ryan J. Reilly The ballooning cost of the overcrowded federal prison system is an “increasingly critical threat” to the Justice Department’s ability to fulfill its mission, the department’s inspector general said in a report released Friday, which outlined the … Continue reading →

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Are Prisons Bleeding Us Dry?

Posted on December 2, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Sheila A. Bedi Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants to introduce a mandatory prison sentence for anyone caught with an illegal firearm. But reams of data shows that incarceration creates more crime. The NAACP has been saying it for decades. A … Continue reading →

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California Inmate Dies In Solitary Confinement During Hunger Strike

Posted on July 29, 2013 by The Soul Brother

By Aviva Shen A man being held in solitary confinement has died at one of the California state prisons where thousands of inmates are refusing food to protest the practice of indefinite solitary confinement. Prison officials are insisting Billy “Guero” … Continue reading →

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