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On AlterNet: inmates

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "inmates"

Millions in the Slammer: We Must Reverse America's Zeal to Incarcerate

Millions in the Slammer: We Must Reverse America's Zeal to Incarcerate

Nomi Prins, The Women's International Perspective. December 30, 2007.
The U.S. has the most prisoners and the highest jailing rate of any country -- the insanity must stop.

U.S. Prisoners Exposed to Deadly Chemicals in Toxic Sweatshops

U.S. Prisoners Exposed to Deadly Chemicals in Toxic Sweatshops

Christopher Moraff, In These Times. January 24, 2007.
For more than a decade, the Federal Prison Industries has been forcing inmates to handle toxic "e-waste" containing arsenic, mercury, lead and other cancer-causing chemicals.