On AlterNet: prison system

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "prison system"

Our Racist Justice System: How Troy Davis Has Spent 20 Years on Death Row, With Little Evidence Against Him

Jen Marlowe, ColorLines. June 1, 2011.

Davis's case has become an emblem for much of what is problematic about a capital punishment system that is riddled with racism, economic disparity and error.

The GOP's Shady Plan to Privatize Prisons

Suzy Khimm, Mother Jones. April 28, 2011.

In the name of balanced budgets, Republican governors and legislators are pushing controversial plans to privatize prisons.

A Crisis in New Orleans: The Incarceration Capital of America

Jordan Flaherty, CounterPunch. November 10, 2010.

New Orleans' jail, damaged by Hurricane Katrina, needs to be replaced. How big will the city make it, and in what direction will that take the city's criminal justice system?

"The Angola 3": Ex-Black Panthers Kept in Solitary Confinement for Over Three Decades [VIDEO]

Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. March 19, 2008.

In the scheme of human rights and the U.S. criminal justice system, the case of the "Angola 3" is one of the great injustices of our time.

New Report: One in 100 American Adults Currently in Prison

Chris Bowers, Open Left AlterNet: PEEK. February 28, 2008.

Military spending and incarceration rates are also both cornerstones of the booming Republican public sector economy.

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.

Deadly Staph Infection 'Superbug' Has a Dangerous Foothold in U.S. Jails

Silja J.A. Talvi, AlterNet. December 4, 2007.

With 19,000 deaths attributed to staph infections annually, there's cause for serious alarm. So why aren't we talking about our nightmarish prison system, the biggest incubator of them all?

Sexual Violence On the Rise in US Prisons

Liliana Segura, AlterNet: PEEK. August 17, 2007.

Liliana Segura: Last year there was a 21 percent jump in sexual violence in US prisons and in more than half the cases, the perpetrators were guards.

The Missing Link in the Paris Hilton Story

Guest Blogger, AlterNet: PEEK. June 27, 2007.

Samhita Mukhopadhyay: What is not being said in the media coverage surrounding Paris Hilton?

Colorado replaces immigrant workers with prison (slave) labor

Susan Wallace, AlterNet: PEEK. March 1, 2007.

Joshua Holland: What, the state got tough on immigrants but didn't turn into a workers' paradise?