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Tag: Prisons

U.S. companies make a killing off prison labor

December 1, 2015 Madonna Gauding Capitalism, Prison, Privatization 7 comments

In 1865, the 13th amendment abolished slavery, but there was a loophole. Prisoners were exempt. Since the passage of the amendment, prisons and businesses

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Mass incarceration–the new Jim Crow

January 28, 2014 Abby Mitchell Charity & Justice, Civil Rights, Human Rights, Police, Poverty, Prison, Youth issues One comment

I think it’s time to talk about an issue that isn’t glamorous or infamous, but it is so subtle and so completely off the

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IL Governor denies press access to prisons

August 21, 2012 Mike Davis Charity & Justice, Civil Rights, Crime/Violence, Illinois/Midwest, Media, States Leave a comment

Past reporting by this writer on prison conditions may have been shocking, but so is the Illinois Governor’s efforts to keep the media from

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