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Search results for "incarceration" ...
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Billions Behind Bars: Inside America's Prison Industry
An investigation of the controversial and profitable business of private prisons.
Tags: prison; private; incarceration
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Our Youngest Killers: Juveniles Serving Life w/o Parole in Massachusetts
An investigation into the incarcerations of Massachusetts teens sentenced to life in prison reveals parole reveal inequities in the 1996 law.
Tags: Parole; Life Sentenve; Juvenile
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Women in Prison
The series examined reasons leading to Oklahoma's No. 1 U.S. ranking for its rate of incarcerating women. The Tulsa World found that while the state ranked in the mid-range for arrests of women, it jumps significantly when it comes to sentencing.
Tags: prisons; female prisoners; women in prison
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Bad Detective
In Orange County, incarcerated defendants representing themselves in court had no choice but to hire one well-connected private investigator who mostly just pressured them to take deals offered by prosecutors. In at least one case, the investigator blackmailed an inmate to accept a plea deal.
Tags: courts; private investigator; blackmail; plea bargain; law enforcement
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Blood Brother
Dale Jameton was highly ranked in the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas, a white supremacist prison gang that ordered killings and ran a sophisticated drug distribution network inside the prison walls. The story shows how prison can change a man for the worse, shown through Jameton's story of how he killed two people within weeks of being released from a decade in prison.
Tags: jail; incarceration; murder; cartel; smuggling; racism;
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Locking up criminals locks in rising costs
The paper examined the state's philosophy on being tough on crime but in a time of economic downturn, it may be better to increase the use of less costly probation for nonviolent offenders.
Tags: incarceration; drug problem; sentencing; imprisonment rate; computer-assisted analysis; treatment;
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Crime and Punishment
The "Crime and Punishment" series examines who Canada's criminals are and monetary and social costs associated with tougher penal policy.
Tags: penal system; criminal records; prisons; cost of incarceration; thoughts on penal policy; race-based crime; convictions
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Tainted Trials, Stolen Justice
Reporter Fred Tulsky conducted an in-depth analysis of the justice system in Santa Clara County. His findings highlighted the inconsistencies, failures and corruption that led to the incarceration of several innocent people.
Tags: justice; corruption; criminal justice; courts; jury trials; prosecution; defense; judges; Santa Clara County; CAR; evidence; incarceration; innocence
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Drug war enforcement hits minorities hardest
"According to federal data, blacks make up just 13 percent of the nation's illicit drug users, but they are 32 percent of those arrested for drug violations and 53 percent of those incarcerated in state prisons for drug crimes. ... The story explains why such disparities exist by examining the different ways drugs are sold in urban areas compared with suburban areas, and the different ways law enforcement respond to drug crimes in those areas."
Tags: drugs; minorities; inmates; Illinois; prisons; drug free zones; Chicago