prisoners’ rights
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Bradley Manning faces new abuse in prison
Bradley Manning, accused of leaking classified materials to Wikileaks, continues to suffer under deplorable conditions at the Quantico military base…
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Victory in Lucasville prisoners’ hunger strike
Just a month after the uprising of Georgia prisoners, a courageous hunger strike by three men locked up at the…
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Given life sentences for $11 crime, Scott sisters finally released
The racist character of the justice system could not be more evident, given disproportionate sentencing of Black defendants to death…
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White House working hard to keep Guantanamo Bay prison open
U.S. President Barack Obama pledged to close the Guantanamo Bay prison two years ago. However, we cannot expect the prison,…
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Strike is over, but Georgia prisoners’ struggle continues
Georgia inmates' eight-day strike in December to improve prison conditions was a historic and powerful example that struggle is possible,…
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Georgia prisoners strike for end to cruel and unusual punishment
On Dec. 9, prisoners in six state prisons in Georgia went on strike demanding to be paid for the work…
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Obama issues first pardons, ignores Mumia, Peltier, Cuban Five and others
On Dec. 3, Pres. Obama granted nine pardons, the first since he took office, absolving the recipients of various minor…
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City of Long Beach forced to pay $8 million for wrongful murder conviction
On Aug. 11, the city of Long Beach paid nearly $8 million to settle a lawsuit brought by a man…
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