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When Texas was fertile ground for prison bands

"[T]he most moving lyrics are about loneliness, heartache and how incarceration strains families."

“The musicians skated around problems. The officers treated us better. Every song you did on the albums, you’d get $10 for writing it, and if you […]

American Illustration 43 winner DIEGO MALLO @diego.mallo
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Jacob Wideman is incarcerated for stabbing his summer camp roommate Eric Kane when he was 16.

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Away From Cameras, These Prison Infirmaries Become ‘Torture Chambers’ — The Marshall Project After guards beat Robert Brooks to death in December, The Marshall Project found dozens more allegations of abuse in medical rooms lacking cameras.

Nobody should be afraid of a room that is supposed to help and heal. Nicknames of “torture chambers” and the “slaughterhouse” given by inmates due to rape, assault, and death. So many problems to focus on in the US while #Trump is busy golfing. #themarshallproject

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David Wood Wants DNA Tests That May Delay Execution — Or Prove His Innocence The case of a victim’s mother and one of the longest-serving death row prisoners shows how capital appeals can seem both endless and rushed.

@corinnabarrettlain.bsky.social, author of SECRETS OF THE KILLING STATE, was quoted in @themarshallproject.org
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I feel that not getting them a firefighter job once they leave prison is worse than basically having no pay.
With how many people the US imprisons, you'd think fire departments would be more reasonable.

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Getting shot in the back of the head by a government agent who works at a for-profit prison used to be dystopian fiction, not a real thing that real people discuss as a serious topic.
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By changing the words we use, we create space for empathy, understanding, and meaningful reform. Let’s work together to see the person, not just the label.
#missouri #incarceration #prison #prisons #themarshallproject #humanity #nonprofits

Hospitals gave patients meds during childbirth, then reported them for illicit drug use Hospitals across the country reported mothers to authorities after they tested positive for medications used routinely in millions of births.

Hospitals Medicate Moms, Then Accuse Them of Drug Use - Drug testing of #pregnant women, common since the #1980s, aims to spot newborns needing withdrawal care. #TheMarshallProject and #Reveal found tests yield false positives, flawing reports to welfare agencies. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

‘They Didn’t Believe the Camels Were Ours’ What a journalist’s seven-year walk around the world reveals about global policing.

On average, @PaulSalopek is stopped by police every 100 miles of the trail: www.themarshallproject.org/2015/03/23/they-didn-t-b... #themarshallproject #EdenWalk

‘They Didn’t Believe the Camels Were Ours’ What a journalist’s seven-year walk around the world reveals about global policing.

On average, @PaulSalopek is stopped by police every 100 miles of the trail: www.themarshallproject.org/2015/03/23/they-didn-t-b... #themarshallproject #EdenWalk