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LAMAR HANKINS | ACTIVISM | Rules for troublemakers
My prison experiences caused me to understand how much I had taken on faith about administrators. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | February 24, 2023 At age 78, I continue to see the value in and the … Continue reading
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Tagged Activism, Civil Rights, Lamar Hankins, Mano Amiga, Prison Conditions, Rag Bloggers, Saul Alinsky
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Taking my students to prison
A man smiled widely and pressed his face against the slit.’That’s my brother,’ Sofia said, her eyes filling with tears. By Jean Trounstine | The Rag Blog | April 9, 2015 Every semester my students from Voices Behind Bars, a … Continue reading
Jean Trounstine : The Plight of California’s Prisons
Cruel and unusual: Overcrowded California prisons. Image from TheBusySignal.com. The plight of California’s prisons: Hunger strike, sterilization, and valley fever While we complain of 100 degree heat and take solace in our air-conditioned homes, prisoners across the country are suffering … Continue reading
Tony Platt : Prison Strike at Pelican Bay
Image from Los Angeles Times. The shame of California: Prison strike at Pelican Bay This strike has drawn worldwide attention to the widespread use of torturous practices by the United States against its own citizens. By Tony Platt / The … Continue reading
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Tagged California, Criminal Justice, Incarceration, Pelican Bay Prison, Prison Conditions, Social Action, Tony Platt
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Diana Claitor : Why We Need To Protect Texas Inmates
Texas Jail Project protests at Taylor County Jail in 2008. Image from Abilene Reporter-News. Texas Jail Project director Diana Claitor will be Thorne Dreyer‘s guest on Rag Radio on KOOP 91.7 FM in Austin, Tuesday, October 19, 2-3 p.m. (CST). … Continue reading
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Tagged Criminal Justice Reform, Diana Claitor, Prison Conditions, Texas
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Prisoner Tortured to Death in Arizona
In this undated photo released by the Arizona Department of Corrections, Marcia Powell, 48, is seen. Powell died Wednesday, May 19, 2009 at a hospital after spending four hours in a holding cell the day before at Arizona State Prison … Continue reading
Children of Inmates: A Problem Needing a Solution
Children of inmates play during a party for the children inside Santa Monica women’s prison in Lima, September 25, 2008. The prison allows children of the inmates to stay with their mothers till they are three years old. There are … Continue reading
Crowded Classrooms and Crowded Prisons – Why Is It So Hard to See the Connection?
The Dog Eats Its Tail: Oversized Classes, Overpopulated PrisonsBy Jesse Hagopian / March 7, 2009 One in thirty one. As a public school teacher I am quite familiar with this figure — it’s a typical teacher to student ratio in … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Education, Educational Reform, Prison Conditions, Prison Overcrowding
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Life in American Prisons: Radicalizing the Masses
The Radicalization Of An American PrisonerBy George Peter Jr. / December 5, 2008 During a hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee in 2006, high- ranking F.B.I. officials testified that the Bureau considered U.S. prisons to be “fertile grounds for extremists”, … Continue reading
Ritmo : Inhumane Texas Detention Center Should be a Crime. Cheney or No Cheney.
Federal detention center in Raymondville, Texas. ‘Willacy County is home to the largest of a new generation of detention camps where thousands of undocumented immigrants live in massive tents with poor food, non-existent health care, facing months if not years … Continue reading
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Tagged Cheney, Criminal Justice, Detention, Immigration, Prison Conditions, Prisons, Private Prisons, Texas
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