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Florida lawmakers didn’t fix prisons. They may wish they had | Opinion
Miami Herald via Yahoo Canada News· 4 months agoThe least the lawmakers who work in the cool comfort of Florida’s Capitol should do when confronted...
New York apology is five decades overdue to victims of Attica prison
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoA year ago, the 50th anniversary of the tragic 1971 Attica prison uprising was the focus of...
Prisons overuse strip searches to dehumanize people like me. End this horrific practice now.
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoI remember the first time it happened while I was in the custody of the New York City Department of...
Former Inmates Are Sharing The "Prison Habits" They STILL Do In Everyday Life, And Some Of Them...
BuzzFeed via Yahoo News· 2 months ago"My uncle spent over a decade in prison. You couldn’t tap him on his shoulder or approach him from...
New York prisons lift ban on book about Attica uprising
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoNew York authorities have lifted a ban that had stopped state prison inmates from reading a book...
The Prisoner and the Pen
Esquire via Yahoo Canada News· 10 months agoWriting from cell at Sullivan Correctional Facility, I’m part of a renaissance of prison journalism. If prison authorities had their way, no one would be...
Sex, Love, & Marriage Behind Bars
Esquire via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhat are conjugal visits really like? Incarcerated journalist John J. Lennon takes Esquire inside one of the last bastions of prisoner intimacy in...
New York man who served 37 years in prison for killing 2 men released after conviction overturned
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 7 months agoA New York man who served 37 years in prison for the shooting deaths of two people in the 1980s has been released from prison after his conviction was overturned. The Democrat and Chronicle ...
Netflix, Central Park Five prosecutor settle defamation lawsuit
Reuters via Yahoo Finance Canada· 2 months agoNEW YORK (Reuters) -Netflix settled a defamation lawsuit brought by best-selling author and former...
‘We Are Human Beings’: Alabama Prisoners Strike to Protest Abusive Conditions, Excessive Sentencing
Rolling Stone via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoInmates across the deep-red state are refusing to work, demanding better treatment and an overhaul...