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Facing overcrowded prisons, US wants to cut drug sentences
US federal prisons are overcrowded and are housing more than 40% of inmates than they were designed to hold. The number of inmates held in federal custody has increased by 500% and continuously...
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Shanesha Taylor Regains Custody of her Kids!
If you’ve been reading the PLAP blog regularly, then you’ll remember the post titled “Mothering Between a Rock and a Hard Place” that told the story of Shanesha Taylor and her struggle as a poor,...
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You’re Old and Finally Out of Prison: What Happens Now?
“People talk about the euphoria you feel about getting out,” he said. “I didn’t feel anything like that. I was scared to death and I certainly wasn’t happy. You don’t spend three decades in an...
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“The Throwaways”: New Film Spotlights Impact of Police Killings and Mass...
New documetary film “The Throwaways” follows Ira McKinley, a filmmaker and ex-convcit, as he guides viewers through nearly empty city of Albany, New York while shedding light on the prison and...
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Coverage of Pumpkin Fest Riot Compared to Ferguson Protests Exposes Media’s...
Above, a photo from the scene at Keene State College’s Pumpkin Fest this weekend. We’ve been hearing about the Ferguson protests since the day Michael Brown was shot and killed by white police...
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PLAP’s Own Joel Thompson on HuffPost Live: Questions Over 15 Deaths in New...
HuffPost Live Segment “Questions Over 15 Deaths in New York Jail” HuffPost Live had a segment dedicated to the lack of healthcare prisoners receive while incarcerated, and most importantly, why we...
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Changing Prison From the Inside Out
Mark Olmsted vowed to never forget his fellow inmates that he would leave behind after his release from a nine month prison stint, and he certainly did not. When he got out he continued to keep in...
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Why Isn’t Prison Justice on the Ballot This Tuesday?
Help Lady Liberty Out and Read the Full Article Here. It seems as if criminal justice reform has been a mainstream topic since the 1970′s, but continuously we see prison reforms being halted or...
View Article“Prison is Not for Punishment in Sweden. We Get People into Better Shape”
“Our role is not to punish. The punishment is the prison sentence: they have been deprived of their freedom. The punishment is that they are with us,” says Nils Öberg, director-general of Sweden’s...
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