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How Did a Form of Torture Become Policy in America’s Prison System?

Alternet  By Andrew Gumbel The cruel rise of solitary confinement in America. Photo Credit: Shutterstock.com/Scott Richardson October 11, 2013  | In 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville visited the Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia to observe first-hand the effects of a peculiar — and,… Continue Reading →

#India – Priest gets jail for not allowing Dalit woman to enter temple #Vaw #Justice

TNN | Oct 1, 2013, 06.57 PM IST RAIGARH: A local court on Tuesday sentenced a priest to two years’ rigorous imprisonment for not allowing a Dalit woman to enter a temple in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh. District judge Anil Kumar Shukla sentenced priest Raja… Continue Reading →

Herman Wallace – Justice deferred to the end #mustread

Herman Wallace was held in an isolation unit for over 41 years. © Private “> Enlarge “> Herman Wallace when he was first arrested. © The Mob Film Company Ltd 2009 Today is a sad day for human rights and… Continue Reading →

Press Statement- Release Jayeeta Das Unconditionally!

COMMITTEE FOR THE RELEASE OF POLITICAL PRISONERS 185/3, FOURTH FLOOR, ZAKIR NAGAR, NEW DELHI-110025 28/08/2013 Condemn and expose the state-sponsored intimidatory tactics of the lawless security agencies of West Bengal on people’s activists and their kin! As part of the… Continue Reading →

California inmate in prison hunger strike ‘Each minute has been torturous’

Hundreds of inmates across the state enter second month of protest against ‘inhumane’ solitary confinement units Rory Carroll in Los Angeles Friday 9 August 2013 The Guardian California’s prison hunger strike is pitting hundreds of inmates against authorities in a… Continue Reading →

#India – Do three more orphans matter? #Sonisori

Sunday, Aug 11, 2013, 13:43 IST | Agency: DNA Mallika Sarabhai In “Have you been following the Soni Sori story?” my friend asked me on the phone one morning, a couple of days ago. Of course I had, and I… Continue Reading →

Soni Sori’s Husband, Anil Futane, Passes Away

By the time he was acquitted, Anil Futane was beaten so severely in jail he became paralyzed. With his death on 2 August, serious questions are being raised about the working of the police force in Chhattisgarh   ANIL MISHRA… Continue Reading →

Rap in Support of Soni Sori ,tribal teacher behind bars #Vaw #Raptivism #mustshare

Association for India’s Development Johns Hopkins University chapter volunteer Nirvan Sengupta performing a Rap in Support of Soni Sori on March 08, 2013 at Johns Hopkins University Homewood Campus on Gilman Quad.   Who is Soni Sori ? Soni Sori… Continue Reading →

America’s private prison system is a national disgrace

Jill Filipovic An ACLU lawsuit against a prison in Mississippi is the latest to detail flagrant abuses at a private correctional facility Jill Filipovic Thursday 13 June 2013 guardian.co.uk The privatization of traditional government functions – and big government payments… Continue Reading →

Die a thousand deaths—the endless wait of UP’s death row inmates #Deathpenalty

NIRALA TRIPATHI Karan Singh, Babloo, Rakesh Kumar, Barabanki Jail In jail for 9 years now for murder of a cousin’s wife. Hoping HC will overturn death verdict. No Noose Ends Here Die a thousand deaths—the endless wait of UP’s death… Continue Reading →

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