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Liberty For Salenew

Should Ohio inmates be commodities in a for-profit venture?
Cincinnati CityBeat  |  German Lopez  |  09-20-2012  |  Crime & Justice

Riot in North Bumblef*cknew

A private-prison disaster in Oklahoma reveals the dangers of California's reliance on Corrections Corporation of America.
San Diego CityBeat  |  Dave Maass  |  03-16-2012  |  Policy Issues

There's Little Justice for Incarcerated Womennew

Progress is being made to try to make the criminal justice system more "gender-responsive," but the change is very slow in coming. In the meantime, girls and women locked up in the system often come back to their communities sicker, more miserable and more alienated than before.
Santa Fe Reporter  |  Silja JA Talvi  |  12-04-2008  |  Crime & Justice

The Immigrant Who Won't Leavenew

Immigration authorities have busted a gut trying to deport self-styled businessman Emmanuel Agyeman. Even seven tumultuous years in an Arizona prison couldn't budge him.
Phoenix New Times  |  Paul Rubin  |  04-19-2005  |  Immigration

Life in Prison Can Be a Riotnew

Low pay and high staff turnover contributed to the problems at Crowley County Correctional Facility, a private prison in Colorado. An investigation found that a July 20 riot there may have been due to improper use of force by staff.
Westword  |  Alan Prendergast  |  12-29-2004  |  Crime & Justice

Shipping Inmates to Private Prisons Costs Colorado Plentynew

Colorado inmates exiled to a private Mississippi prison called Tallahatchie have staged protests against substandard conditions there.
Westword  |  Alan Prendergast  |  12-29-2004  |  Crime & Justice

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