On AlterNet: prisoners

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

The Holiday Season is a Time for Clemency

Anthony Papa, AlterNet. December 19, 2011.

A former drug war prisoner explains how clemency set him free, and why he has made it his mission to help other prisoners find freedom.

Obama Makes a Few Pardons on Unfair Drug Convictions, But Has Granted Fewer Requests for Clemency Than Any President in the Last Century

Steven Wishnia, AlterNet. November 23, 2011.

Obama pardoned three marijuana offenders and commuted the sentence of one crack offender, but the implications of his actions are not as optimistic as they may sound.

How Many Drug War Prisoners Were Convicted on Faulty Evidence?

Anthony Papa, AlterNet. November 18, 2011.

Testing errors at one crime lab led to 3,000 drug convictions in need of review and point to chronic failures in the criminal justice system.

Who Guards Corrections Corporation of America as it Guards Our Immigration Prisons?

Travis Packer, Immigration Impact. January 5, 2011.

A federal prosecutor is likely investigating claims that CCA used inmate violence to force prisoners to snitch on one another or be moved to extremely violent units.

Historic Georgia Inmate Strike: Prisoners Demand Human Rights, Education, Wages for Work

Bruce Dixon, Glen Ford, Black Agenda Report. December 17, 2010.

Georgia prisoners have began a courageous, peaceful and nonviolent protest strike for educational opportunities, wages for their work, medical care and human rights.

Imagine What Father's Day Is Like for All the Dads and Sons in Prison

Stephen H. Phelps, AlterNet. June 18, 2010.

We can only celebrate Father's Day correctly if we include all fathers -- black, white, brown, rich and poor.

Sex, Beer, Heroin and Cocaine: How Prosecutors Pay Off Criminal Snitches

Ryan Blitstein, Miller-McCune.com. November 26, 2009.

All too often, prosecutors aid and abet the crimes of their informants. And that's just one disheartening outcome of American law enforcement's bungled dealings with snitches.

Prison Officials Have Banned an Inmate From Reading Obamaâ€™s Books

Ian Millhiser, ThinkProgress AlterNet: PEEK. July 10, 2009.

Obama wrote that â€œthe dealth penalty does little to deter crimeâ€ and said "no innocent person should end up on death row.â€

Terrorists Ramzi Yousef and Timothy McVeigh Weren't in Gitmo; They Were Convicted and Safely Sent to U.S. Jails

National Security NetworkMay 22, 2009.

The federal prison system has already held for extended periods of time a large number of convicted terrorists, with no public mishap.

Waiting to Die: The Cruel Phenomenon of "Death Row Syndrome"

Michael J. Carter, IPS News. November 7, 2008.

As prisoners across the country spend decades awaiting execution, the psychological effects are devastating.

McCain Takes His Party Prisoner

Leslie Savan, The Nation AlterNet: Election 2008. October 9, 2008.

John McCain is his own worst prisoner. And jailer too.

McCain Loses It: Calls Americans 'My Fellow Prisoners'

Jed Lewison, Huffington Post AlterNet: Video. October 8, 2008.

Gaffe tops off already controversial campaign rally.

Suicide Note from a Guantanamo Bay Detainee

ZP Heller, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. August 13, 2008.

From "My Guantanamo Diary: The Detainees and the Stories They Told Me"

Human Rights Report Blasts "Hollowness of U.S. Administration's Call for Democracy Abroad"

Sanjay Suri, IPS News. May 29, 2008.

From police tasers to Gitmo, a recent report by Amnesty International takes the United States to task on human rights.

Even the FBI Is Outraged over U.S. Torture

Robert Scheer, Truthdig. May 29, 2008.

The Justice Department has issued a report on torture, citing testimony by scores of FBI officials outraged over our treatment of prisoners.

What if 5.3 Million More Americans Could Vote?

Erika Wood, AlterNet. April 21, 2008.

Millions of people in the U.S. can't vote because of felony convictions. Restoring their right to vote means restoring democracy.

When the One You Love Is Behind Bars

Silja J.A. Talvi, Colors Northwest. February 2, 2008.

A justice system reporter explains how she fell in love with a jail-bound man and how their relationship was strained by his prison sentence.

Behind the Denials: Iranians and Brits Traded Prisoners

Patrick Cockburn, CounterPunch. April 6, 2007.

The stand-off over the 15 British sailors and marines captured by Iran ended with a de facto prisoner exchange, despite denials by Britain and Iran that a swap was intended.