Prisons
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Mass Incarceration of Women and Minorities a New Crisis
Despite a narrowing disparity between incarcerated black and white women, females have emerged as the new face of mass incarceration.
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4 Percent of Those Sentenced to Die are Innocent
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) –Since 1973, more than 300 innocent defendants have been sentenced to…
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US Weighs Clemency for Inmates Jailed for 10 Years
ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is encouraging many nonviolent federal prisoners to apply for early…
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Prisons Profit from ‘Lock Up’ Quotas
by La Risa R. Lynch Special to the NNPA from The Final Call “When you make prisons into a profit,…
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FCC Reduces Prison Call Rates
2-1 Vote Makes it More Affordable for Inmates to Phone Family, Friends by Stacy M. Brown Special to the NNPA…
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To Be Equal: Florida Atlantic University Should Take Prison Company Name off Stadium
By Marc Morial NNPA Columnist GEO Group “is a terrible company with a well-publicized track record of abuse and neglect…
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