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Originally posted on PhotoPhemera: (Photo taken in Phnom Penh, Cambodia in Tuol Sleng S 21 Prison) “The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.” ― Karl Kraus I had a dream...
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Privatising Queenland’s Prisons
Originally posted on sekendchanceblog: Hidden deep in the lush, rural and rugged bush land of the Lockyer Valley resides an enigma of an estate. A fortress encumbered with the responsibility of...
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Why Scandinavian Prisons Are Superior
Originally posted on TheThresh.com: The Atlantic By Doran Larson It’s a postcard-perfect day on Suomenlinna Island, in Helsinki’s South Harbor. Warm for the first week of June, day trippers mix with...
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Matt Gurney: Why prisons will be 21st-century asylums for years to come
Originally posted on National Post | Full Comment: Ahead of a Human Rights Commission case launched against it, the Ontario government settled this week with Christina Jahn. Jahn, a 43-year-old woman,...
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Highlighting the plight of pregnant women and babies in Nigerian prisons
Originally posted on Lawyers Alert: - Angela Uwandu, ASF France Head of Office Women and children in the Nigerian prisons across the country are plagued with several concerns. These issues range from...
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Vera Institute’s Sentencing & Corrections Headlines
AK – New Prisoner Re-Entry Center Takes Aim at Alaska’s High Criminal Recidivism Rate FL – Florida Prison Healthcare Providers Sued Hundreds of Times ID – Juvenile Detention Center Audited for Rape...
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Ohio adds new execution method after supplies of go-to lethal injection drug...
From the article: “The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction on Friday announced it would soon allow a new chemical cocktail to be shot intravenously during lethal injections.” Read more here.
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Prison company leaving Idaho after problem-filled decade
From the article: “Private prison giant Corrections Corp. of America will leave Idaho after more than a decade marked by scandal and lawsuits surrounding its operation of the state’s largest prison.”...
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