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A Brief Case for Prison Abolition
• http://inthesetimes.com, BY Dayton MartindaleWe know prisons are racist, classist and abusive. Are they also obsolete?
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Prisons & Incarceration in America
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The US Coast Guard is operating floating prisons in the Pacific Ocean, outside US legal protections
• pri.org By Traci TongIf you've followed the War on Terror at all, you're almost certainly familiar with the US detention facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba -- a US prison that exists outside the realm of the US justice system.
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Charles Manson: The Eco-Warrior Who Wanted to Kill Humans to Save the Earth
• https://www.prisonplanet.comNotorious cult leader wanted to wipe out 50 million to stop the polar ice caps melting
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Helter Skelter: Cult Leader, Murderer Charles Manson Dies at 83
• https://www.prisonplanet.comThe notorious murderer and cult leader Charles Manson who orchestrated the brutal killing of several people and preached about a future apocalyptic race war passed away on November 19 at the age of 83.
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Jurors Must Stand between the State and Its Victims
• https://fee.org, by David GornoskiIf a person is not accused of theft, fraud, harming a minor, or physical violence, there is no place for them in a cell.
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Teen says juvenile detention center used inmates as 'sex slaves'
• nypost.com By Kaja WhitehouseAn 18-year-old Bronx resident claims in a new lawsuit that workers at a juvenile detention center have been using their teen jailbirds as "sex slaves."
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Dear America: If You Want to Stop Racism, Tear Down the Drug War--Not Statues
• thefreethoughtproject.com By Matt AgoristWe cannot change the future by trying to erase the past. Tearing down a statue is not a solution to racism -- ending the drug war is.
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DHS: 23% of all federal prisoners are illegals, just 7 of 42,034 saved from deportation
• washingtonexaminer.com by Paul BedardNearly one-quarter of all federal inmates are illegal immigrants and virtually all are in deportation proceedings or already face removal orders, according to a new Homeland Security report.
