On AlterNet: prison

"Isolation Rooms" in Elementary Schools: Are They Treatment or Punishment?

Laura Gottesdiener, AlterNet, Nov 29, 2012

Story | Topic: Civil Liberties

Many Former Prisoners Don't Know They Are Eligible to Vote

Anthony Papa, AlterNet, Nov 6, 2012

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10 of the Harshest Sentences for Pot in the U.S.

Kristen Gwynne, AlterNet, Oct 26, 2012

Story | Topic: Drugs

Why Is it So Hard for Police to Admit They've Messed Up?

Sue Russell, Pacific Standard, Oct 22, 2012

Story | Topic: Civil Liberties

Kids in Solitary Confinement: America's Official Child Abuse

Jean Casella, James Ridgeway, Comment Is Free, Oct 11, 2012

Story | Topic: Civil Liberties

10 Years in Prison for Legally Growing Medical Pot? The Feds' Insane Assault on Perfectly Legal Activity

Barry Scott Sussman, Online Publishing Company, Oct 9, 2012

Story | Topic: Drugs

The Unbelievable Inhumanity of Solitary Confinement - And Punishment for as Little as Reading a Book

Laura Gottesdiener, AlterNet, Oct 5, 2012

Story | Topic: Civil Liberties

Report: Drug Sentences Drive Federal Prison Growth

Phillip Smith, Drug War Chronicle, Sep 14, 2012

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Should Kids Go To Jail for Skipping School?

Annette Fuentes, Economic Hardship Reporting Project, Sep 7, 2012

Story | Topic: Education

Montana's First Medical Weed Caregiver Dies in Federal Prison

Phillip Smith, Drug War Chronicle, Aug 31, 2012

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