Prison Human Rights Issues Society and Culture United States

Prison Human Rights Issues Society and Culture United States

This category is for documents, allegations, or issues of human rights abuses in U.S. Prisons.

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Native American Spiritual Freedom in Prison - Native Web's views on spiritual freedom in U.S. prison
The Fortune Society - Staffed primarily by ex-offenders, the society is a not-for-profit community-based organization dedicated to educating the public about prisons, criminal justice issues, and the root causes of crime. Helps ex-offenders and at-risk youth break the cycle
Virginia's First Supermaximum Security Prison - Red Onion State Prison was the first of two supermaximum security prisons to open in Virginia in the past year. Intended to hold the state's most dangerous inmates, Red Onion -- and its twin, Wallens Ridge State prison -- restrict inmate movement and acti
Frontline Primer - How the "Drug War" has led to numerous imprisonments with little or no evidence except from "snitches," reducing their own sentences by fingering innocent (often black) people.
Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants - Crime reduction through reform of the criminal justice system in America. CURE
PrisonZone - Authentic prison photos and prison art.
Red Onion State Prison - Super-Maximum Prison in Virginia. "The day I arrived I was told that I was at Red Onion now and if I act up they would kill me and there was nothing anyone could or would do about it."

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