Tag Archives: BOP

“Revolving Doors” never hit anyone in the ass on their way out. But they should.

Inside the Private Prison Industry’s Alarming Spread Across America | Alternet While the total prison population in the country grew 16% between 2000 and 2011, the state private prison population grew 106% … Christopher Petrella, a researcher at UC Berkeley … Continue reading

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Push back against Bureau of Prisons retaliation against John Kiriakou

CIA torture whistleblower John Kiriakou recently resumed speaking with the press and writing his ‘Letters from Loretto’ after the Bureau of Prisons reneged on their deal to give him 9 months in a halfway house. Unfortunately, prison officials have chosen … Continue reading

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Intractability in injustice … Leonard Peltier’s persecution

The few drops of Native American blood that course through me only brought me humiliation once. When I lived in Sioux City, a date excused himself to use a diner restroom after learning of those few drops … and exited … Continue reading

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Incarceration Nation – Just say “know,” as in I know what y’all are doing, and I want it stopped.

Mother Jones just reported, “Less than a month after retiring from his post as Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Harley G. Lappin has been hired to a top positon at the nation’s largest private, for-profit prison contractor, … Continue reading

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