Prisons
Prison privatization efforts stall in Florida
February 14, 2012Stiff opposition and a divided Florida chamber have temporarily halted a move to privatize 27 prisons in South Florida.
Read moreCalifornia inmates resume hunger strike
October 5, 2011"This is the largest prisoner strike of any kind in recent US history," says Ron Ahnen of California Prison Focus.
Read moreJustice Scalia and the Dybbuk
June 1, 2011It seems that, for second time since I can remember, a federal justice has been possessed by a dybbuk, an evil spirit in Jewish mythology.
Read moreSupreme Court rules Calif. must reduce inmates
May 24, 2011After a long court battle, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, 5-4, on May 23 that California must lower its prison population by tens of thousands in the next two years, so the state can provide decent...
Read moreSupreme Court hears case for Calif. prisoners’ rights
December 1, 2010The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Nov. 30 in the long legal battle over the rights of California prison inmates to decent health care.
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