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Prison Food Is Making U.S. Inmates Disproportionately Sick: The Atlantic: Joe Fassler & Claire Brown 12-27-2017

12/30/2017

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​Lapses in food safety have made U.S. prisoners six times more likely to get a food borne illness than the general population.

This won’t surprise anyone: The food served in correctional institutions is generally not very good. Even though most Americans have never tasted a meal dished up in a correctional kitchen, occasional secondhand glimpses tend to reinforce a common belief that “prison food” is scant, joyless, and unsavory—if not even worse.

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Article: Atheists File Discrimination Complaint - Patheos 12/20/2017

12/23/2017

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Atheists file discrimination complaint against Wyoming Department of Corrections 
December 20, 2017 - Hemant Hehta

While people of faith are allowed to gather, study, and discuss their views, the atheists aren’t given the same opportunity (despite requesting it). That’s because the Department doesn’t even recognize “Humanism” as a valid “Faith Group.”
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Article: The Big Business of Prisoner Care Packages: Vox New/ The Marshall Project - December 21st, 2017

12/21/2017

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The big business of prisoner care packages
Vox News by Taylor Elizabeth Eldridge | Dec 21, 2017

​It’s the holiday season, but many incarcerated Americans won’t get presents directly from home.
To stop drugs and weapons from entering jails and prisons, many corrections agencies bar family members from mailing packages or bringing them during visits. Those who want to send food, clothing, and other gifts to incarcerated relatives — at any time of year — often must go through private vendors.
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Article: Prison Writing and the American Will: The Angolite

12/18/2017

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Prison Writing and the American Will
By Andrea Jones

​In the midst of the California prison system’s crackdown on dissent, inmates across the country lack the crucial tool: freedom of expression.

As prisoners in California entered the tenth day of statewide hunger strikes staged in opposition to the long-term solitary confinement policies of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), news broke that administrators were countering activism with reprisal.

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Video: Unfair: The New Science of Criminal Injustice - Adam Benforado @ the Commonwealth Club

12/15/2017

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Adam Benforado @ the Commonwealth Club - Unfair: The New Science of Criminal Injustice
A child is gunned down by a police officer; an investigator ignores critical clues in a case; an innocent man confesses to a crime he did not commit; a jury acquits a killer. The evidence is all around us: Our system of justice is fundamentally broken. 
 
But it’s not for the reasons we tend to think, as law professor Adam Benforado argues in this eye-opening, galvanizing book. Even if the system operated exactly as it was designed to, we would still end up with wrongful convictions, trampled rights, and unequal treatment. This is because the roots of injustice lie not inside the dark hearts of racist police officers or dishonest prosecutors, but within the minds of each and every one of us.

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Podcast: Written Inside: Stories about prison cells - WBEZ

12/9/2017

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Written Inside: Stories About Prison Cells From WBEZ
Written Inside is a podcast about life inside a maximum-security prison cell. Adapted from essays written at Stateville Correctional Center near Chicago, these intimate stories speak to the everyday experience of being incarcerated. Each inmate's story is voiced by a Chicago actor. Created by journalist Alex Kotlowitz and produced by WBEZ Chicago.

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Article: For Moms In Prison, Distance Can Hurt As Much As Time - HUFFINGTON Post December 2016

12/7/2017

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For Moms In Prison, Distance Can Hurt As Much As Time
by Kim Bellware
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On board a pair of buses making the nearly three-hour journey to central Illinois from Chicago a week before Christmas, everyone has a number. The passengers are bundles of sleepy children, some accompanied by grandparents, who offer up a “one,” “three,” maybe “four.” The numbers represent the months ― and in some cases years ― since they have seen their mothers at the Logan Correctional Center.

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