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New Improved Chain Gang
Just so you will know, contrary to many published reports nationwide, the chain gang HAS NOT been abolished in Alabama. They have simply stopped chaining the prisoners on the chain gang in groups of five. These prisoners are still individually chained for no other reason than humiliation and degradation.
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- Eyewitness News from Missouri, by K.C.
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- Corcoran Prison Cover-up, by Willie Wisely
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- Book Review: Constitutional Rights of Prisoners
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- World Criminal Justice Systems: A Survey
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- News in Brief
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