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. Bread and Water by Nancy A. Heitzeg “All sorrows…
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From Prison Culture Blog: I am pissed off at Lil Wayne and it isn’t even his fault… When he was incarcerated at Rikers Island, I started a blog series titled “Prison is NOT a Country Club (Contra Lil’ Wayne).” This was my humble attempt to push back against the media…
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From Colorlines: Support for the penalty is down, according to a Gallup Poll. Republicans, men, whites and those living in the South and Midwest more like to support it, while people under 30 are more likely to oppose. (34)
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From The Root: The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from the Philadelphia district attorney’s office in the racially charged case of Mumia Abu-Jamal, bringing an end to nearly 30 years of litigation over the fairness of the sentencing hearing that resulted in his death sentence for the 1981 shooting…
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The ACLU/SC published a report on the extreme and pervasive deputy-on-inmate brutality in Los Angeles County Jails. The ACLU plans to file the report in Federal District Court. The NYT and LAT ran stories regarding the widespread abuse two weeks ago. The ACLU also posted a blog about the abuse…
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On Monday, September 26th, prisoners at both Pelican Bay and Calipatria resumed their hunger strike to stop the torturous conditions of Security Housing Units (SHUs). Prisoners first went on hunger strike on July 1st for nearly four weeks, until the California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation (CDCR) agreed to begin…
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