SouceCode - Prisons

Private Prison Update

Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:21:24 -0700

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Corruption and collusion are nothing new for private prisons, but with the "immigration scare" boosts from the Department of Homeland Security, the stakes are getting higher. SourceCode looks inside the private prison business - at the the buys offs and backroom deals that deliver profit for a few, and pain for many. Policy analyst Judith Greene, PCI Field Organizer Frank Smith, and legislators Buffie Mcfayden and Bob Ingles give you the Download.

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Silja Talvi with the Sentencing Project

Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:45:55 -0700

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There is a growing bi-partisan movement to repeal the unfair and racist mandatory sentencing guidelines that have filled U.S. prisons to overflowing, creating a market in bodies-in-beds that pays big for private prison corporations. Join In These Times reporter Silja Talvi and Michael Mauer from The Sentencing Project to find out more.

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Eyes in the Back of Your Head

Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:12:09 -0700

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There is an Art of Resistance�� SourceCode is proud to bring you this excerpt from filmmaker Clark Mackie�s community arts project. Mackie provided the gear, the words and images you�re about to see all come from ex-prisoners.

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Grassroots Success in Memphis

Sat, 15 Sep 2007 12:57:05 -0600

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Come to Memphis, where a remarkable collaboration between students, churches, schools and labor, organized by Grassroots Leadership, kept the Corrections Corporation of America from bringing a private prison to town. This project models how you can do the same in your neighborhood.

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Come to Memphis, where a remarkable collaboration between students, churches, schools, and labor, organized by Grassroots Leadership, kept the Corrections Corporation of America from bringing a private prison to town. This project is a model of what you can do in your own neighborhood.

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Malia Bruker

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Private Prisons: Commerce in Souls

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 14:37:18 -0700

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Corruption and collusion are nothing new for private prisons, but back-room boosts from the Department of Homeland Security, are raising the stakes. SourceCode looks inside the private prison boom, and at the growing opposition to this state-administered slavery. In These Times reporter Silja Talvi talks with The Sentencing Project, and Grassroots Leadership shares their success story in Memphis. Plus, a multi-media community arts project where former inmates create moving images while they tell their stories.

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BuzzFlash: Proxy War

Fri, 18 Nov 2005 14:20:13 -0700

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Scott Vogel on private security companies.

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BuzzFlash: Rights/Exception

Mon, 21 Nov 2005 16:54:26 -0700

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Scott Vogel of BuzzFlash on detainees.

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Activist Nation: Ella Baker Center

Fri, 18 Nov 2005 11:24:27 -0700

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The Ella Baker Center marches in Stockton, CA.

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The Ella Baker Center is working to close the California Youth Authority prisons, which are notorious for their human rights abuses.

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Help secure human rights!

Sun, 29 Jan 2006 13:06:03 -0700

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secure human rights and civil liberties!

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POCLAD is a collaboration of nine writers, educators, activists, former elected officials, directors of environmental, labor and human rights organizations, union organizers, and researchers scattered around the country. They work with politically active citizens, historians, lawyers, and others to explore the historical relationships between corporations and citizens, why citizen resistance has not curbed corporate power, and what we can do to change this.

National radio commentator, writer, public speaker, and author, Jim Hightower calls himself America's number one populist. He has spent has spent the last three decades battling the Powers That Be on behalf of the Powers That Ought To Be - consumers, working families, environmentalists, small businesses, and just-plain-folks. Check out his latest commentary at jimhightower.com

Restorative Justice

Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:41:50 -0700

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Is our current punitive justice system, based on retribution, working? The Restorative Justice Movement offers an alternative, and Marshall Rosenberg on Non-Violent Communication.

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Guilty Until Proven Innocent

Wed, 26 Oct 2005 12:50:38 -0600

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Since 911 restrictions on defense attorneys are eliminating "innocent until proven guilty". Accusals = guilt in the new world order. Defense Attorney Gail Shifman explains.

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