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Prisons for Profit
"Corporations are running many US prisons, but are they putting profits before prisoners? America passed a grim milestone this year: One in every one hundred Americans is now behind bars. This week, NOW... ...
Racial Disparities Persist in Drug Arrests
Reuters: "The US 'war on drugs' disproportionately targets urban minority neighborhoods with African Americans being arrested and imprisoned on drug charges at much higher rates, according to a pair of... ...
What if 5.3 Million More Americans Could Vote?
Across the country there are 5.3 million Americans who are denied the right to vote because of a felony conviction in their past. Nearly 4 million of these people are not in prison; they live, work, pay... ...
ACLU: Torture of Detainees Continued After 2003 Directive
Adam Goldman, of The Associated Press, reports "the military continued to use abusive interrogation methods on detainees after a 2003 directive meant to end such practices, the American Civil Liberties... ...
A Corrosive Stain On The US Soul
By Anthony Lewis I grew up believing that Americans did not torture prisoners, as Hitler's and Stalin's agents did. There were rogue episodes of American brutality, but to make torture a national policy?... ...
Documents Describe Murder And Torture Of Prisoners In U.S. Custody
By ACLU The American Civil Liberties Union obtained documents today from the Department of Defense confirming the military's use of unlawful interrogation methods on detainees held in U.S. custody in... ...
Third Guantanamo Detainee to Boycott Trial
Carol J. Williams reports for The Los Angeles Times, "A Sudanese prisoner with long ties to Osama bin Laden told the war-crimes tribunal here Thursday that the Sept. 11 attacks dealt heavy blows to US... ...
USA 2008: The Great Depression
David Usborne, The Independent UK, reports: "We knew things were bad on Wall Street, but on Main Street it may be worse. Startling official statistics show that as a new economic recession stalks the United... ...
Mukasey Admits Government Knew Of Call About 9/11, Before 9/11
http://www.prisonplanet.co m/articles/april2008/04010 8_government_knew.htm --- ----- Mukasey Hints US Had Attack Warning Before 9/11 By David Edwards and Muriel Kane When Attorney General Mukasey delivered... ...
Pentagon Holds Thousands of Americans "Prisoners of War"
Penny Coleman, writing for AlterNet, says the Pentagon holds thousands of Americans "prisoners of war." She says: "There are at least 60,000 of them, but they're not on the DOD's list of soldiers missing... ...