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Tag: Prisons

Courtesy of The Marshall Project/PBS via NNPA Newswire
Posted inBlack Experience, National

Mass Incarceration of Women and Minorities a New Crisis

by WI Guest Author May 6, 2019December 21, 2021

Despite a narrowing disparity between incarcerated black and white women, females have emerged as the new face of mass incarceration.

Posted inNational

4 Percent of Those Sentenced to Die are Innocent

by Washington Informer May 12, 2014October 30, 2020
Posted inPolitics

US Weighs Clemency for Inmates Jailed for 10 Years

by Washington Informer April 24, 2014October 30, 2020
Posted inBusiness

Prisons Profit from ‘Lock Up’ Quotas

by Washington Informer November 12, 2013October 30, 2020
Posted inPolitics

FCC Reduces Prison Call Rates

by Washington Informer August 15, 2013October 30, 2020
Posted inColumnists, Marc Morial, Op-Ed, Opinion

To Be Equal: Florida Atlantic University Should Take Prison Company Name off Stadium

by Marc H. Morial March 4, 2013October 30, 2020

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