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news articles: Lawsuit to end seg
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Sunday, October 31, 2010. Lawsuit to end seg. Thursday, March 8, 2007. Lawsuit seeks to end segregation of mentally ill prisoners. By Jonathan Saltzman and Andrew Ryan, Globe Staff. An advocacy group filed a federal lawsuit today alleging that the state Department of Correction's segregation of mentally ill prisoners in isolated cells for 23 hours a day has led to numerous prisoner suicides and self-mutilations. Leslie Walker, the executive director of Massachusetts Correctional Legal Services and an att...
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news articles: Race Based Justice System Biggest Crime
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Sunday, February 5, 2012. Race Based Justice System Biggest Crime. Race Based Justice System Biggest Crime in US. Bill Quigley,Legal Director for the Center for Constitutional Rights; Professor, Loyola New Orleans:Posted: July 26, 2010 07:45 AM. The biggest crime in the U.S. criminal justice system is that it is a race-based institution where African-Americans are directly targeted and punished in a much more aggressive way than white people. African Americans are arrested for drug offenses at rates 2 to...
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news articles: February 2011
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Thursday, February 24, 2011. From the Nation: Obamas Drug War. By Michelle Alexander December 9, 2010. Among the very few people celebrating our country's fiscal crisis are criminal justice reformers. Bill Piper, national affairs director for the Drug Policy Alliance, gushed recently, "Budgetary issues is where I'm most optimistic. Given the fiscal climate, there could be real cuts in the federal budget. Next year is probably an unprecedented opportunity to defund the federal drug war.". This brings us t...
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news articles: Georgia Prisoners Strike and PLN Update
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Sunday, February 5, 2012. Georgia Prisoners Strike and PLN Update. Georgia Prisoners Strike for Wages, Better Medical Care and Food by Naomi Spencer. Prisoners at seven Georgia state prisons called a strike on Decem¬ber 9, 2010 to protest against unpaid labor practices, poor conditions and violations of basic human rights. Protesting prisoners demanded access to educational opportunities beyond General. Equivalency Diploma (GED) certification, improved living conditions, access to medical care, fruit...
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news articles: February 2012
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Sunday, February 5, 2012. Race Based Justice System Biggest Crime. Race Based Justice System Biggest Crime in US. Bill Quigley,Legal Director for the Center for Constitutional Rights; Professor, Loyola New Orleans:Posted: July 26, 2010 07:45 AM. The biggest crime in the U.S. criminal justice system is that it is a race-based institution where African-Americans are directly targeted and punished in a much more aggressive way than white people. African Americans are arrested for drug offenses at rates 2 to...
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news articles: fresh air for mental patients sought
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Sunday, October 31, 2010. Fresh air for mental patients sought. Fresh air sought for mental patients. Bill calls for daily outdoors time; some hospitals say it’s not needed. By Lee Hammel TELEGRAM and GAZETTE STAFF. The Legislature is considering a bill that would make fresh air not just a welcome break from the dreary walls in a psychiatric hospital, but a right of patients. The bill would guarantee daily access to fresh air for patients in both public and private psychiatric hospitals, according to Jon...
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news articles: Judi Chamberlin, writings took on mental health care
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Sunday, October 31, 2010. Judi Chamberlin, writings took on mental health care. Judi Chamberlin, writings took on mental health care. By JM Lawrence, Globe Correspondent January 20, 2010. In 1966 at age 21, Judi Chamberlin was locked in a New York state mental ward against her will after the newlywed suffered a miscarriage and couldn’t stop crying. 8220;Her life, her book, her words, her talks were so revolutionary,’’ said Dr. Daniel Fisher, executive director of the National Empowerment ...8220;The ment...
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news articles: From the Nation: Obamas Drug War
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Thursday, February 24, 2011. From the Nation: Obamas Drug War. By Michelle Alexander December 9, 2010. Among the very few people celebrating our country's fiscal crisis are criminal justice reformers. Bill Piper, national affairs director for the Drug Policy Alliance, gushed recently, "Budgetary issues is where I'm most optimistic. Given the fiscal climate, there could be real cuts in the federal budget. Next year is probably an unprecedented opportunity to defund the federal drug war.". This brings us t...
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news articles: Mentally Ill Inmates at Risk in Isolation, Lawsuit Says
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Sunday, October 31, 2010. Mentally Ill Inmates at Risk in Isolation, Lawsuit Says. March 9, 2007. Mentally Ill Inmates at Risk in Isolation, Lawsuit Says. BOSTON, March 8 — Placed in solitary confinement in a Massachusetts prison, Mark Cunningham tried to kill himself last year, advocates for inmates say. With that, Mr. Cunningham, who lawyers said had a long history of mental illness, including depression, became the 13th inmate to commit suicide in Massachusetts since November 2004. 8220;We aren’...
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news articles: November 2010
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Monday, November 1, 2010. Matz and Schumacher Win Lawsuit. Monday, September 13, 2010. Court Settlement Grants Wisconsin Seg Unit Better Conditions. Over 180 inmates held in Waupun Correctional Institute's segregation unit will find themselves soon living in more favorable conditions thanks to a settlement of the lawsuit brought against the Wisconsin Department of Corrections by inmates Matthew R. Schumacher and Shaun J. Matz. Complaints brought by Schmacher and Matz included:. The WI-DOC also agreed to ...
