From Institute for Southern Studies: In an in-depth piece in the New Orleans Times-Picayune this weekend, writer Cindy Chang looks at one of the key driving factor behind the world’s lock-up capital: “cold, hard cash.” In Louisiana, it’s not just big for-profit prison companies — it’s small-town entrepreneurial sheriffs who…
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Happy Monday, folks. I’ve been off the grid for a few days for a desperately needed re-charging. The news all around is dire these days and information overload can be a bit much. A piece will be forthcoming on how acts of kindness to one’s self can be revolutionary and…
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Criminal InJustice† is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Criminal InJustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm CST. For The Casualties Of Racial Ideologies* by: Chia (Chilli)…
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From The Nation: According to a study using Martin-Quinn scores, “the current court is the most conservative since at least the 1930s,” wrote Nate Silver of the New York Times recently. Of the ten most conservative members of the Court from 1937 to 2006, five are serving today: Clarence Thomas…
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Hans Bennett for Angola3News: On April 17, Amnesty International is hand delivering (alongside Robert King and other supporters) their petition to Governor Bobby Jindal at the State Capitol Building in Baton Rouge, LA, demanding the immediate transfer of Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox from solitary confinement. The petition was first…
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From TPM: Appellate Court Judge Jerry Smith, presiding over a three-judge panel hearing a separate challenge to the health care law, lit into an Obama administration attorney. “Does the Department of Justice recognize that federal courts have the authority in appropriate circumstances to strike federal statutes because of one or…
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From NYT: The Supreme Court on Monday ruled by a 5-to-4 vote that officials may strip-search people arrested for any offense, however minor, before admitting them to jails even if the officials have no reason to suspect the presence of contraband. Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, joined by the court’s conservative…
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From NPR: As the Supreme Court prepares to hear oral arguments over President Obama’s health care overhaul this week, we take a look at the questions at stake each day. Monday: Can the courts even rule on the constitutionality of the law right now? Tuesday: Can the government force you…
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