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Archives for September 2018

1,475 immigrant children lost

September 11, 2018 by Charles Stanley Longley

Months before the most recent border-crossing crisis, CNN reported that the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) was unable to locate nearly 1,500 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)

Dear Kid CAT by Mr. Milo

September 11, 2018 by Jessie Milo

Dear Kid CAT, You guys are awesome. Your work is impressive and helps change societies perception of us. I’d like to share my story with other youth … [Read more...]

Filed Under: ARTS, SAN QUEN-TOONS Tagged With: Kid CAT branch, letters

Unarmed killing sparks deadly force law conversation

September 11, 2018 by Rahsaan Thomas

‘Under current law, an officer can assume they are armed, and kill them if they flinch’ The questionable killing of Stephon Clark, an unarmed Black … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: ACLU, Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, deadly force, NPR, Stephon Clark

Suit alleges GEO operates ‘deadliest immigration center’

September 11, 2018 by Noel Scott

Eight Central American refugees have filed a federal lawsuit against the GEO Group, and the city of Adelanto in Riverside, reports Robert Kahn for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Adelanto, Central American refugees, Courthouse News Service, El Salvador, GEO Group, Human Rights Watch, Riverside

Sex registry wrongly labels children

September 11, 2018 by Wayne Boatwright

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The goal of the sex registry is to prevent sexual assault, but it is not working, according to a Reason Magazine article by Lenore Skenazy. A child is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: New Jersey, Reason Magazine, Sex Offender Registry, Sex Panic and the Punitive State, sex registry, sex traffickers

Prosecutors accepting guilty pleas: no executions

September 11, 2018 by William Harris

It’s now been four years since a Georgia jury handed down a death sentence. In the majority of the capital punishment cases, prosecutors are allowing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: DEATH PENALTY, Georgia, Prosecution Attorneys Council

Trump wants $1.2 billion to lock up more illegals

September 11, 2018 by Charles Stanley Longley

President Trump is asking for $1.2 billion to add 15,000 more beds to private prisons to lock up illegal immigrants. California detention centers have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: AZPM, California, Core Civic, Detention Center, Donald Trump, ICE, Jeff Sessions

Pipeline protester takes plea deal

September 11, 2018 by Joe Garcia

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Standing Rock activist Red Fawn Fallis recently accepted a federal plea deal in order to avoid facing trial for the attempted murder of a police … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Dakota Access Pipeline, native american

Overworked Texas correctional officers adopted unsafe practices

September 11, 2018 by William Harris

Mentally exhausted correctional officers practiced unsafe work habits, which led to the murder of a correctional officer and inhumane treatment of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: correction officers, texas

Largest private prison population

September 11, 2018 by Juan Haines

The United States has the world’s largest private prison population, according to a study by The Sentencing Project. The study compares America’s … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: California, California Department of Rehabilitation, cdcr, Core Civic, Department of Homeland Security, Federal Freedom of Information Act, GEO Group, ICE, Mississippi, Tallahatchie

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