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These former prisoners are fighting mass incarceration | Rattling the Bars
phillynews215 10/25/2023
*Editor’s note: At 00:56, host Mansa Musa misspeaks when quoting a report and says that 55 million people are in the system of mass incarceration; the correct number is 5.5 million. Over 1.9 million people…
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How Maryland discriminates against women prisoners | Rattling the Bars
phillynews215 10/23/2023
Jessup, Maryland is home to the state’s only women’s prison, the Maryland Correctional Institute for Women, commonly known as “The Cut”. For years, advocates fought for a women’s pre-release center, which would house prisoners eligible…
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They were released from Guantanamo. But the horrors didn’t end | Rattling the Bars
phillynews215 10/22/2023
The revelations of widespread torture of detainees at the illegal US naval base in Guantanamo, Cuba, rattled the American conscience during the Bush Jr. administration. Two decades later, detainments at Guantanamo continue, but the public…