Alabama Judge Offers Deal to Defendants: Give Blood or Go to Jail
By Joshua Krause Even though debtors prisons have been outlawed in the United States since 1833, the practice has made a resurgence in recent years….
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The US Prison System Is Actually Larger than Soviet Gulags
By Joshua Krause Many Americans are quite convinced that they live in one of the freest nations on the planet. Even if they don’t think…
NY Inmates Left Behind the Escape Suffered Gitmo Style Retribution
By Heather Callaghan While America turned wide eyes to the excitement of the “manhunt” after two inmates escaped Clinton Correctional Facility this summer, a different…
Ireland Refuses to Extradite Man to US Because Prison System is Too Inhumane
By Cassius Methyl Throughout the world, the U.S. prison system is often seen as inhumane and excessively large. The American prison system is so reviled,…
Kalief Browder, Jailed at Rikers as a Teen for 3 Years Without Trial, Kills Himself
By Lily Dane Kalief Browder, the young man who was held for years in New York’s Rikers Island prison as a teen without trial or conviction,…
Disturbing INFOGRAPHIC: America’s Prison Pop. Numbers Keep Increasing
Source By Andrew Pontbriand We don’t just have the world’s largest prison population per capita, we blow every other country out of the water. Amazing…
Prison Labor is Industry’s “Best Kept Secret in Outsourcing” and What Has Killed Your Job
Mac Slavo Activist Post There’s “free trade.” There’s “fair trade.” And then there’s what’s really happening. The realities of globalization have made the price of…
Short on Cash, “Poor Americans Ending Up in Modern-Day Debtors’ Prison” Over Traffic Fines
Mac Slavo Activist Post For ages, those who were too poverty-stricken to pay judgments and other outstanding debts were locked up, and forced to work…
UN Rips US For Being Only Nation To Sentence Kids To Life in Prison
John Vibes Activist Post This Monday, the United Nations formally criticized the US government for their treatment of children prisoners. UN representatives pointed out that…
Man Left Sitting in Prison for Months for “Possession” of Vitamins
Amanda Warren Activist Post Unfortunately, the police state has reached the point of consummation. While a person should be able to go out unmolested and…
Virginia House Votes 96-4 to Take Second Step Against NDAA Indefinite Detention
Michael Boldin Activist Post Today, the Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill to push back against federal indefinite detention powers. The vote was 96-4….
Virginia’s New Anti-NDAA Detention Bill Turns the Table on Feds
Kelli Sladick Activist Post A bill introduced in the Virginia assembly would take the next step in stopping illegal federal kidnapping under the 2012 National…
Prison State America: Inmates becoming corporate slaves in for-profit facilities
By Ben Swann on RT For-profit prisons have created a “neo-slavery” in the US, according to award-winning journalist Chris Hedges. Inmates work eight hours per…
Former Marine and Guantanamo Guard Claims the CIA Murdered Detainees
Chris Carrington Activist Post Army Staff Sergeant Joseph Hickman joined the Marines in 1985, and was on duty when three detainees held at a black site…