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  • June 2008

    • California to End Last Outpost of Segregation: Prisons

      Christian Science Monitor  |  Jun 15, 08 5:51 AM CDT

      California to End Last Outpost of Segregation: Prisons

      (Newser) - California will fully integrate its prison system next month, making it one of the last states to do so, the Christian Science Monitor reports. The state will end the practice of separating new arrivals to the nation's largest prison system based on race. Both guards and inmates are bracing for a spike in racial violence in cramped cells. More »

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      California  • segregation  • racial tension  • prison system  • integration  • California Department of Corrections

  • February 2008
  • November 2007
  • September 2007

    • Americans Losing Taste for Death Penalty

      Economist  |  Sep 2, 07 7:34 AM CDT

      Americans Losing Taste for Death Penalty

      (Newser) - Capital punishment seems to be dying a slow death in the US. As public sentiment shifts toward life sentences, the number of death sentences has dropped 60% since the mid-'90s and the number of executions has fallen 46% since 1999, reports the Economist. Then there’s Texas, which has carried out some 40% of the nation's 1,000 executions since 1976. More »

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      crime  • death penalty  • capital punishment  • execution  • death row  • prison system

  • July 2007
  • April 2007

    • Pay-to-Stay Prisons Have a Lock on Style

      New York Times  |  Apr 29, 07 4:12 PM CDT

      Pay-to-Stay Prisons Have a Lock on Style

      (Newser) - Californians convicted of minor, non-violent crimes can pony up to stay in jail cells that look more like college dormitories, the New York Times reports. For $75 to $127 a day these in-the-know inmates are separated from violent offenders and, in some cases, allowed a cell phone, laptop, or iPod. More »

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      California  • prison  • jail  • prison system  • convict

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