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Prison Breakdown

Overcrowding has pushed California's prison system to the brink

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Perverse Justice

Jose Padilla’s conviction raises questions about whether detainees who undergo extreme isolation can be given fair trials

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Inside the Death Chamber

The following transcript was adapted from "Witness to an Execution," a radio documentary produced by Stacy Abramson and… more

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Rethinking Lineups

In the mid-'90s, inspired by a spate of DNA exonerations, academics began to study whether eyewitness identifications using… more

vol. 31, iss. 04    ,

Stunning Revelations

The untold story of Taser-related deaths

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Abandon Hope, All Who Enter Here

A falsely accused "enemy combatant" describes his imprisonment in Guantanamo.

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Tracking the CIA Torture Flights

In their new book Torture Taxi: On the Trail of the CIA's Rendition Flights, A.C. Thompson and Trevor Paglen detail how the CIA transports detainees worldwide.

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Police Torture and the Need for Repair

Special prosecutors Edward Egan and Robert Boyle report that Chicago Police led by Commander Jon Burge likely tortured dozens.

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Convict Nation

The American prison system grew by more than 1,000 new adult prisoners per week in one year, confirming our position as the world's unsurpassed leader in mass incarceration. Statistics obscure the everyday pain for millions upon millions of Americans who feel like nearly everybody has given up on them.

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New Orleans Defendants Lost in Legal Swamp

Post-Katrina, thousands still wait in jail for justice from a broken system

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Science: The Drug Wars Latest Victim

The war on drugs is an attack on rationality. Reason lost yet another skirmish recently when the Food… more

vol. 30, iss. 06   

No Room in Prison? Ship Em Off

Prisoners have become unwitting pawns in a lowest-bidder-gets-the-convict shuffle game

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Reporting on Americas Most Unwanted

Immersion journalists Sasha Abramsky and Steve Bogira bring the lives of the impoverished, adjudicated and disenfranchised to life.

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Race Riot?

It's far too easy to pin recent violence in the L.A. County Jail on ethnic tensions

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Walking to Guantnamo

Peace marchers aim to keep the abuse of 'enemy combatants' visible

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Witness for the Prosecution

Abramoff's plea agreement could land him in the middle of a murder trial

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Reflections on Tookies Execution

Last month's execution of Stanley Tookie Williams is part of a grotesque revenge ritual that likely will deepen… more

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Christmas in New Orleans

Picture Santa's sled with a rolling kitchenette attached and you have some idea about the size of a… more

vol. 30, iss. 01    ,

Cops and Harm Reduction Hotties, Oh My!

You wouldn't have expected it during any other week, but for a few days in mid-November, pot smoke… more

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Give Me Cognitive Liberty

Psychoactive drugs offer access to varied states of consciousness; restriction of this access is a fundamental form of… more

vol. 29, iss. 04   

Breaking Rank

Former Seattle police chief Norm Stamper takes on the drug war, domestic violence, community policing, and the WTO

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Liberalisms Brain on Drugs

Where does drug policy fit into the debate on liberty?

vol. 29, iss. 24   

So Very Sorry

Occasionally I speak publicly about the racial disparities that afflict the prison-industrial complex. I often end my talks… more

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