All posts tagged "prison system"
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Camps and Detainment
American Inmates Stage Nationwide Prison Labor Strike over ‘Modern Slavery’
August 21, 2018Prisoners in 17 states across the country started a two-week strike Tuesday, calling for an end to “modern slavery.” Prisoners...
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Controlling the Herd
Innocent Until Proven Guilty, But Only If You Can Pay
July 16, 2018Here's how America's bail system traps poor people in jail.
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Camps and Detainment
Wisconsin Prison Investigated After Bipolar Inmate Dies From Dehydration
April 26, 2017A bipolar Milwaukee County Jail inmate died of dehydration seven days after water to his solitary...
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Camps and Detainment
Too Poor to Make Bail? They’ll Cage You for That: Lawsuit Exposes Horrors of the US InJustice System
May 25, 2016You can be caged for just about anything in the US now - including being too...
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Crime/Police State
The Modernized Slave Labor System: Also Known as the Prison Industrial Complex
November 29, 2014The United States prison system is not only a machine for mass incarceration, but a machine...
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Camps and Detainment
Kids For Cash Scheme Exposes Horrors of For-Profit Prisons: Documentary
March 3, 2014Two million children are arrested every year - 95% for non-violent crimes; and the United States...
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Controlling the Herd
20 years ago, this comic predicted…
January 2, 2014How Did Tom Tomorrow Know Yesterday? 20 years ago, a comic predicted what some are only...