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Breaking the Prison Habit
Loaded on Aug. 15, 2007
by Mumia Abu-Jamal
published in Prison Legal News
August, 2007, page 42
Book Review by Mumia Abu-Jamal
Filed under:
Commentary/Reviews,
Reviews,
Rehabilitation/Recidivism.
Location:
United States of America.
Changin? Your Game Plan: How To Use Incarceration As A Stepping Stone For Success (Self-published: Big Mouth Street Media, 2006) pp.234] $14.99
This writer usually does reviews for political books, or ones which address the controversial or newsworthy events of the day.
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- U.S. Surgeon General Pressured to Avoid Addressing Prison Health Care
- TB Prevention and Control In Prisons and Jails: New CDC Guidelines, by John Dannenberg
- We’ll Lock Up Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses Yearning to Breathe Free, by Amy Goodman
- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
- Prison Privatization Launders Taxpayer Dollars into Political Contributions, by David Reutter
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- UN Committee Against Torture Wants Guantanamo Closed
- $2,500 Settlement in False Report of Oregon Prisoner’s Death
- Due Process Required Before Termination from Colorado Sex Offender Treatment Program, by Bob Williams
- BJS Reports Death Penalty Trends In 2005, by Michael Rigby
- Prior Drug Use Stable Among State Prisoners, Rises For Federal Prisoners, by Matthew Clarke
- Accuracy of Sex Offender Registries Questioned By GAO, by Matthew Clarke
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- “State Secrets Privilege” Forecloses CIA-Detainee’s Kidnapping and Torture Suit, by John Dannenberg
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- Illinois Jail Prisoner Dies from Dental Infection
- Torture vs Other Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Treatment -- Is the Distinction Real or Apparent?, by Metin Basoglu, MD, PhD et al.,, by John Dannenberg
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