Advocacy Letters to Legislators WhyWrite Legislators care about re-election and about passing bills Letters provide a written record of constituents’ concerns and positions and communicate a seriousinterest in an issueRemind them that they work for you, and you are...
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The study tells us what we have long known - the harm of solitary confinement is far beyond punishment and far deeper than revenge. CCR_StanfordLab-SHUReport
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Prison reform is more than just reducing the number of people in prison. It has to start from the ground up....
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Tucson Draws the Line on Prison Privatization Saturday, May 19, 2018 By Joe Watson, Truthout | Op-Ed (Source: Pixabay) On Tuesday, May 8, Tucson, Arizona, passed a long-overdue resolution banning the privatization of its jails and detention centers. One more...
read moreWhy Are For-Profit US Prisons Subjecting Detainees to Forced Labor?
Inmates stand in the yard at the privately-run Arizona State Prison-Kingman in Golden Valley, Ariz. (photo: Patrick Breen/AP) Why Are For-Profit US Prisons Subjecting Detainees to Forced Labor? By Azadeh Shahshahani, Guardian UK 18 May 18 Private prisons have for...
read moreMore women in prison than ever
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read moreCore Civic (CCA) and Slave Labor
IMMIGRANT DETAINEE ACCUSES ICE CONTRACTOR CORECIVIC OF LOCKING HIM IN SOLITARY OVER $8 Ryan Devereaux, Spencer Woodman April 19 2018, 7:34 a.m. IT WAS LATE March and Arafat Hasan Riad was entering his seventh day in solitary confinement. Speaking over a fuzzy phone...
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Dignity for women in Jail
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