UK’s Private Prison System Has A Disturbing Track Record
By Georgina Milner 14 private prisons currently exist in the UK and the government seems set to follow the USA’s example and expand the system….
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Lawmaker Proposes Implanting Microchips in People to Track Non-Violent Offenders Like “Pets”
By John Vibes Toledo, Ohio – This Tuesday, Toledo City Councilman Rob Ludeman suggested that criminals be implanted with microchips so they can be tracked…
California City Lays Down The Straw, Banning Use With Jail Time
By Aaron Kesel A city in California has bizarrely passed a law that bans the distribution of or sale of plastic straws, with the harsh penalty…
Why Indefinite Detention Is Un-American
By Stewart Jones June 15th, 2018, marked the 803 anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta, a monumental moment for the advancement of liberty….
Police State Defined—Man Facing Jail Time For Overdue $5 Movie Rental
By Rachel Blevins Tulsa, OK – A man who never returned the copy of the movie Ted he rented for $5 from a local store…
Wrongfully Imprisoned for 31 Years, and THIS is Considered Justice?
By Joe Jarvis After spending over three decades in prison for a crime he did not commit, Lawrence McKinney was cleared of the charges in…
E-Waste Recycler Sentenced To Over A Year In Prison For Fixing Old PCs and Selling Them
By John Vibes Computer technician and E-waste recycler Eric Lundgren is going to prison for 15 months for selling restore disks for computers, which would…
Thousands of People in Only One State have Been in Jail for Over a YEAR and Never Proven Guilty
By Jack Burns Nearly half a million Americans are currently being held in jail while they are denied their constitutional right to a speedy trial. The…
Disturbing Precedent: Mother Sterilized As Court Hands Down Order Recommending It
By Matt Agorist At the request of an Oklahoma court, a mother of seven has been sterilized as part of a judge’s order, setting a…
App That Crowdsources Bail Lets Anyone Help Disrupt America’s Mass Incarceration
By Carey Wedler The United States is known for having one of the highest incarceration rates in the world, fueled by the Drug War, a bought-off justice system,…
War on the Poor: Jeff Sessions Rescinds Legal Doc That Ended Debtors’ Prisons
By Rachel Blevins In addition to his “War on Cannabis,” Attorney General Jeff Sessions recently revealed that he is also in favor of a “War…
Tennessee Jails Offer Inmates Shorter Sentences In Exchange For Sterilization
By Dawn Luger In an effort to make sure those deemed “unworthy” of reproduction by the government do not reproduce, one Tennessee county is offering…
Jeff Sessions to Revive D.A.R.E. to Hook More Kids on Drugs and Bolster Prison Profits
By Claire Bernish In his sanctimonious quest to revive the laughably inept war on drugs, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions now champions this stellar plan:…
Mainstream Media Now Advocating “All Citizens” Spend Time in Prison as “Service” to Country
By Claire Bernish Corporate media achieved a new level of absurdity last week, when Jesse Ball, writing for the Los Angeles Times, suggested every American…