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Feb 8, 2012 at 12:19 pm

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Blacks Receive 60% Longer Sentences For Same Crimes

A new study by M. Marit Rehavi of the University of British Columbia and Sonja B. Starr of the University of Michigan Law School shows that Black Americans receive almost 60% long prison sentences than white Americans who committed the same crime.

The study covered 58,000 federal criminal cases and found that there was a significant difference between the sentences given to Black people to those given to white people.

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According to

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Dec 9, 2011 at 9:49 am

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Mother Awarded $3.5 Million For Son’s Prison Death

New York will pay $3.5 million to a mother whose son died when two prison aides violently restrained him at the former Tryon Boys Residential Center in Fulton County, NY in 2006.

According to the lawsuit, Darryl Thompson stopped breathing and died shortly after prison workers failed to respond to his pleas for help.

The agreement, approved last week by a U.S. District Judge, awards

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Nov 28, 2011 at 1:56 pm

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Fatal Beating Of Inmate By Guards Reveals Brutal Prison Culture

MONTGOMERY, Ala.-24-year-old, Rocrast Mack, died after being brutally beaten by six prison guards after he had an incident with a female prison guard.

Mack was sentenced to 20 years in jail for selling $10 worth of crack cocaine to an undercover officer when he was 18 years old.

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Severely overcrowded, underfunded and understaffed, the state’s prisons have become incubators of disturbing levels of inmate-on-inmate violence, according to prisoner advocacy and

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Nov 21, 2011 at 12:40 pm

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America, A Country Of Inmates

With 2.3 million people behind bars, America leads the world in incarceration. The U.S. prison population has more than doubled in the past 15 years.

Despite the fact that African Americans and Latino Americans are less than 30% of the country, they comprise more than 60% of its inmates.

The New York Times reports:

Proportionally, the United States has four times as

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Oct 3, 2011 at 2:59 pm

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Big Business Or Slave Labor? What Prisoners Make In Jail

If you thought slavery or human exploitation was over, think again.

Many human rights organizations are condemining what they call human slavery in which Wall Street investors and big companies are investing in the prison industry as they don’t have to worry about strikes, vacations, compensation time or unemployment insurance. They dont have to deal with sicknesses or lateness. Many of these prisoners are threatened with solitary confinement if they refuse to

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Aug 17, 2011 at 4:07 pm

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Plaxico Burress: Jury Saw Me As Black Man With A Gun

Former New York Giants star Plaxico Burress spoke to Bryant Gumbel recently about how his race may have affected the jury’s decision in the 2009 gun possession case that landed him in prison for two years.

Burress, who was charged with illegally carrying and firing a gun at a Manhattan nightclub, told Gumbel that he expected the jurors to be compassionate about the incident, but later realized that he was wrong about

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Aug 4, 2011 at 12:08 pm

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Black Man Who Killed A Cop Released From Prison

MONTICELLO, MISS. — A Mississippi man jailed for shooting a cop he believed was a home invader was released after spending the last 10 years in prison.

Cory Maye, 30, celebrated his release with friends, family and the lawyers who defended him during his case.

Maye, who was arrested in 2001 for the shooting, plead not guilty during the case. At the time, he claimed he did not know the men

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Jul 20, 2011 at 3:22 pm

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Dr. Boyce: Getting Out Of Your Own Private Prison

I just spoke to my friend Ryan Mack about our “Never Going Back” initiative to attack the problems of mass incarceration and recidivism in America. During the conversation, I had a revelation: Most of us are just a step away from being incarcerated, or have yet to understand what it truly means to be free. Sure, the U.S. incarcerates more of its citizens than any country in the world, but it

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Jul 20, 2011 at 12:35 pm

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Mother Graduates From Parenting Course In Prison

NEW YORK — Tracy Lawrence, an inmate at Rikers island beamed in her cap and gown, after graduating from the facility’s parenting course, alongside her three kids and 11 other female prisoners.

Lawrence, 30, was sentenced to eight months in prison for gun possession.

“When the incident happened, I wasn’t thinking about my kids,” Lawrence said.

“But I now know I’m not the only one suffering. My kids are doing the time with

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Jul 19, 2011 at 11:49 am

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Say What?! Jailers Serve Inmates Rotted Meat?

NEW YORK — Rikers island jailers let $130, 816 worth of odious meat rot into a mess that let one boss think it was still good enough to feed inmates.

The 65,000 pounds of spoiled meat was discovered on July 11 after smells seeped from two freezer-trailers and caught the attention of a correction captain.

The NY Daily News Reports: