News & Commentary about Mass Incarceration
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Oct 15, 2013
Should It Cost Less to Get Out of Jail if You're Rich?
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Oct 8, 2013
Meet the Company Making $1.4 Billion a Year off Sick Prisoners
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Oct 4, 2013
After 42 Years in Solitary, Herman Wallace Dies a Free Man
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Oct 1, 2013
Meet the Prison Phone Company Profiting Off Love
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Sep 27, 2013
Breaking the Addiction to Incarceration: Weekly Highlights September 27, 2013
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Sep 24, 2013
We Know That Stop-and-Frisk is All Kinds of Horrible: So Why Is it Expanding Nationwide?
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Sep 18, 2013
The 1980s Called. They Want Their Mandatory Minimums Back.
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Sep 17, 2013
CCA At It Again: Held in Contempt for Understaffing Prison and Lying About It