Tag: prisoners
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May 29, 2008 12:05 PM EDT --
Once in a while, you come across a reassuring piece of news which proves that computers will never replace humans. Call it innovativeness - or just plain lunacy - but we humans are in a different . . . more
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February 05, 2008 06:53 PM EST --
The prison population in the United States, one of the largest in the world, is growing at an alarming rate. The cost of housing these prisoners and building new prisons is becoming a real financial . . . more
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February 13, 2008 08:49 PM EST --
Let's trade Mexico for some bad Americans. Here's the idea: We give them a child abuser and we keep a good Mexican illegal. I know many more bad Americans than I do illegal aliens, . . . more
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March 23, 2008 12:11 AM EDT --
So the Supreme Court must resolve the issue. Apparently feeding nutrabars to prisoners who act up, is cruel and unusual punishment. It's not tasty.
Now, here's Vermont's reasoning. . . . more
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July 03, 2008 12:26 PM EDT --
I was reading an article about how the British government is planning to keep track on current and former prisoners by implanting a microchip under the skin. They are getting a lot of criticism from civil . . . more
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August 19, 2007 08:52 PM EDT --
Do prisoners in jails and prisons in the USA have to many freedoms, rights, and privileges? YES, Absolutley with out a doubt! Hey, if you aint got kids to worry about and you are tired of paying bills . . . more
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June 20, 2007 03:50 PM EDT --
There was a newspaper report of a mix-up in an Ottawa Detention Centre in the Spring of 2003, that may provide a clue in how to prevent the over-crowding of jails.
A high-risk offender, . . . more
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August 28, 2007 09:26 AM EDT --
FORTY-FIVE CALIBER BEER
© Robert Charles Burnham
A forty-five caliber beer
Its liquid bullets gun me down
Naive, I was unprepared
Telling the barkeep to chamber another round.
A double-edged . . . more
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September 13, 2007 04:38 PM EDT --
This week, for me, has been a week of remembering the forgotten. The prisoners of war who are tucked away within the recesses of the depth of the Earth, . . . more
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May 02, 2008 12:09 PM EDT --
Written by Lynn Andriani -- Publishers Weekly, 5/1/2008 2:42:00 PM
At a press conference in New York this morning PEN announced its intent to petition the Chinese government to free . . . more
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June 01, 2007 01:05 PM EDT --
I received a website link today that piqued my interest. It is about a Sherriff in Arizona that has done some controversial and extreme things to get the point across to prisoners that they are not in . . . more
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August 19, 2007 06:32 PM EDT --
The New York Times reported that female prisoners all over our counrty are being handcuffed to their beds while in labor-- even to the extent of having both legs locked together-- while in labor. What . . . more
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September 02, 2006 10:55 AM EDT --
Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock....Clocks tick on, weaving their infinite thread of time, enmeshing us all....
Peter opened his eyes, and the room snapped to focus.Jeez, what a hole. And to think . . . more
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August 07, 2008 07:48 PM EDT --
Do You Really Believe in the Death Penalty?
Why ?
Finally free after 23 years !!!
April 16, 2008
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November 22, 2006 03:45 AM EST --
Although it occurred 34 years ago, it seems like only yesterday. Using the reference point of the Republican National Convention, I've narrowed down the exact date of this little reported incident . . . more
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September 14, 2007 03:51 AM EDT --
I know this may sound silly, but for my 6th year wedding anniversary my husband & I went to the Old Historical Idaho State Penitentary for a day. Located in Boise, Idaho.
What . . . more
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April 04, 2007 02:05 AM EDT --
The Bush Gang is looking to 'escalate (the UK/Iranian prisoner issue) into an irreconcilable confrontation'. Neocons, like John Bolton see this issue as their' casus belli to expand it's . . . more
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April 24, 2008 08:35 AM EDT --
[ The following was sent to me by an old buddy who lives & works in Kyiv, Ukraine. Jim is a reporter & journalist of many eyars experience. He is one of the few journalists I trust! Here is an . . . more
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January 17, 2007 02:18 PM EST --
I am a dedicated advocate for Voice of the Martyrs, an organization dedicated to serving the persecuted church, and they have a website where you can compose letters in the native tongue of prisoners . . . more
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May 02, 2008 09:25 AM EDT --
Remember the flap a few months ago; when it was revealed that the United States was transporting prisoners suspected of belonging to Al Qaeda to Arab countries, where the security agencies were . . . more
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