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Top 10: Notorious Prisons The following is a list of the 10 most notorious jails on earth; they are the worst of the worst and the lowest of the low.   |
Salon.com
March 29, 2001
Maria Russo |
Psycho factories Nonviolent criminals go in and sadistic thugs come out, but with military spending down, America's small towns are hooked on prisons... |
Salon.com
January 23, 2001
Ashley Fantz |
The jail from hell If you ever go to Memphis, you better walk right. A chilling report on one of the worst places in America... |
Salon.com
March 29, 2000
Nell Bernstein |
When the jailhouse is far from home Kids with parents behind bars share the pain of incarceration. |
ifeminists
September 16, 2003
Wendy McElroy |
Confronting Prison Rape A bright light is about to be shone on an almost unseen social problem: prison rape. On Sept. 4, President Bush signed the Prison Rape Elimination Act, which provides for an annual Department of Justice review on the rate and effects of prison rape. Why should you care? |
Salon.com
May 8, 2002
Nell Bernstein |
Punishment for the whole family California prison officials want to prohibit parents convicted of drug offenses from touching their children -- even infants and toddlers -- for one year... |
Salon.com
July 26, 2001
Arianna Huffington |
Busting the prison-industrial complex After years of tougher sentencing laws and increased incarceration of juveniles, the tide in California is beginning to turn... |
Reason
August 2003
Jesse Walker |
Rape Behind Bars A left/right coalition has assembled behind H.R. 1707, the Prison Rape Reduction Act of 2003. The bill would conduct more complete research on the problem and would "provide information, resources, recommendations, and funding to protect individuals from prison rape." The Justice Dept. opposes it. |
AskMen.com
Nick Clarke |
How To: Survive Jail Entering prison is not like your first day at school -- it's worse. |
Salon.com
July 16, 2002
Arianna Huffington |
Send the bastards to jail! Unlike the majority of nonviolent drug cases, corporate wrongdoers rarely do any time behind bars. |
Salon.com
March 29, 2001
Damien Cave |
The business of law and order The author of "Going up the River" says that the booming private-prison industry is due for a bust... |
BusinessWeek
July 4, 2005
Geri Smith |
Sister Of Mercy "The Prison Angel" provides an effective portrayal of the human side of Mexico's broken justice system through the tale of an American nun ministering to inmates in Tijuana's toughest jail. |
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The War On The War On Drugs Mexico enacted a controversial law Thursday decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana, cocaine, heroin and other drugs while encouraging free government treatment for drug dependency. |
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Infinite Jail Terms For Sex Crimes? The Supreme Court will decide the constitutionality of a federal law that permits sex offenders to be kept behind bars after they complete their prison terms. |
Reason
March 2009
Jacob Sullum |
Misery Gets Company Incarceration record |
Salon.com
July 31, 2000
Bruce Shapiro |
Hard time for soft crimes Two million Americans are locked up, most for nonviolent drug offenses. Some maverick Republicans -- yes, Republicans -- are trying to change that. |
Reason
May 2007
Cathy Young |
Assault Behind Bars How big a problem is prison rape in the U.S. -- and what can be done about it? |
Salon.com
January 12, 2001
Earl Ofari Hutchinson |
Hardest hit by the prison craze Oklahoma executes black woman Wanda Jean Allen at a time when black women have become the new menace to society. |
AskMen.com
Mr. Mafioso |
Mafioso: Worst Prisons In America If you ever have to serve time, pray you don't have to do it in one of these, the worst prisons in America. |
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Typo Costs Man 3 Years A Thai man has been released from an Indonesian prison after spending three extra years behind bars because of a typo in his paperwork, a report said Friday. |
Real Travel Adventures
January 2008
Antonio Graceffo |
Philippines Progressive Rehabilitation Program A penal colony in the Philippines may serve as an innovative model for prisoner reform. |
Reason
February 2008
Radley Balko |
Soundbite: Prisoner of Pain Richard Paey, a paraplegic with multiple sclerosis, served three years of a 25-year prison sentence before Florida's Republican governor, Charlie Crist, pardoned him. |
Salon.com
August 29, 2000
Bruce Shapiro |
Prison politics Under Gov. George W. Bush, Texas has the largest -- and fastest growing -- incarcerated population in America. |
