From the BBC News: Many of the victims were burned or suffocated to death in their cells at the jail in Comayagua, in central Honduras. Families flocked to the site, desperate for news. Some prisoners escaped the blaze by breaking through the roof to jump from the building, they said.…
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Alabama prison officials banned the award-winning book. Will they now stop prisoners from viewing the upcoming PBS documentary based on it, Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II? The PBS broadcast on Monday, February 13, comes in the wake of…
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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. A Call for Every California Prisoner ~ 150,000 and…
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From NPR: In the confines of jail cells, photographer Richard Ross documents children’s experiences. He snaps pictures without revealing his subjects’ faces, aiming to “give them a voice.” The Juvenile-In-Justice project includes photographs of more than 100 facilities in 30 states. The project’s website has numerous images and quotes from…
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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. We Demand the Right to Vote: The Formerly…
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From Colorlines: Human Rights Watch released a report last week, Old Behind Bars: The Aging Prison Population in the United States, that details a new challenge created by the extreme sentences dished out over the past generation. According to the report, in 2010 there were 124,400 prisoners—8 percent of inmates—aged…
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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. The Torture of Mumia Abu-Jamal Continues off Death…
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