Tag: prison
DOJ Inspector General investigates prison guards killing inmate with pepper spray
“He died because of the mace. You do not mace an asthmatic...They murdered my son."
Video reveals mother of 5 starving to death in jail cell
"...since this incident, our employees have received comprehensive training in crisis intervention.”
Reconsidering criminal punishment
We know that the prison system is expensive to maintain and not particularly effective. So what are other solutions to crime?
DHS is locking immigrants in solitary confinement
Immigration detention is expensive, inhumane and unnecessary.
‘I will not give up:’ Appeals court rejects Chelsea Manning’s bid...
"While disappointing, we can still raise issues as the government continues to abuse the grand jury process."
Video shows officer shooting unarmed man in jail cell
Although the officer violated policy by wearing his Taser on the same side as his firearm, Bucks County District Attorney Matt Weintraub determined that the error did not constitute a violation of law.
Former New Jersey police officer sentenced to federal prison after recording...
On Tuesday, Then was sentenced today to six months in prison for concealing the assault of an attempted suicide victim by another police officer at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Paterson, New Jersey.
Former judge sentenced to prison for federal bribery charges
Former Reeves County Judge Jimmy Galindo admitted to accepting bribes along with a Texas politician in exchange for securing lucrative government contracts.
Video shows jail attendant assaulting handcuffed man
“This kind of incident does create a blemish. It is painful to watch.”
Former LA County Sheriff faces 3yrs in prison after losing appeal
On Wednesday, a three-judge panel from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decided Lee Baca’s rights had not been violated during his trial – the appeals panel determined that the trial was fair and the conviction legally sound.
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Nearly all plant-based meat alternatives Contain mycotoxins
The researchers found that 100 percent of the plant-based meat substitutes contained at least one of 19 different types of mycotoxins, often showing high "co-occurrence" (multiple toxins in a single product).
Supreme Court rulings and new Southern maps intensify battle over Black voting power before...
A series of redistricting fights in Alabama, Tennessee, and Virginia is reshaping the struggle over voting rights and congressional control as critics warn that recent Supreme Court decisions are accelerating the erosion of protections for Black voters.
The electric car is the only winner in the latest Iran war
The Hormuz Choke Point and the Twilight of Petroleum.
Wow! Losing the war PLUS losing the peace – the frenzy of fiascos ravage...
What other blundering buffoons ever lost a war (of choice), then willfully lost the peace via threats, phony bluffs and tin-ear, belligerent BS?
Could Trump’s Iran fiasco be America’s Suez crisis?
The U.S. war on Iran today, but similarities in the larger context, suggest that the United States is facing the same kind of “end of empire” moment that the British Empire faced in that historic crisis.