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What’s Hidden Behind the Walls of America’s Prisons

Loaded on April 2, 2018 by Heather Ann Thompson published in Prison Legal News April, 2018, page 22
Filed under: Prison Reform, Criminal justice system reform, Statistics/Trends, Conditions of Confinement. Location: United States of America.

by Heather Ann Thompson

Few Americans fully appreciate just how many of their fellow citizens are ensnared in the criminal justice system.

Some may have heard that there are about 2.3 million people behind bars, but that figure tells only part of the story. Yes, in a stunning array of 1,719 ...

 

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  2. Ohio: Almost $3 Million Settlement in Suit Brought by Two Wrongfully Convicted Men, by Matthew Clarke
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  13. Prisoners in Kenya and New Zealand, Unlike Counterparts in U.S., Win Right to Vote, by Derek Gilna
  14. New Policies for Federal and State Prisoners Guarantee Feminine Hygiene Products, by Derek Gilna
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  19. Innovative Use of Peanut Butter by Alabama Prisoners, by David Reutter
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  21. California: Protest Over Bay Area Jail Conditions, by Dale Chappell
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  23. Challenge to Three-drug Execution Protocol Revived by Eleventh Circuit, by David Reutter
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