Military torture tactics are creeping into US police enforcement

The DOJ really needs to step in on this. What bullshit!

Is the US Getting Domestic Indefinite Military Detention for Thanksgiving?

Is the US Getting Domestic Indefinite Military Detention for Thanksgiving?: "A bipartisan group of senators is poised to force through dramatic changes to how the US government handles suspected terrorists—over the objections of the White House and Senate Democratic leadership.

Legislative language that emerged from the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday afternoon would mandate the automatic, indefinite military detention of noncitizens apprehended in the United States who are suspected members of Al Qaeda or associated groups. The wording, which is part of a must-pass bill to fund the military, also appears to allow the indefinite military detention of citizens and legal permanent residents. The bill would also extend restrictions on transfers of detainees from Guantánamo Bay, though only for one year...."

Jails chaplain witnesses brutal assault on inmate - LA Prison

ACLU Report Confirms Horrific Deputy-on-Inmate Brutality in LA Jails

What Do Our Jails Say About Us?

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California Ending Death Penalty?

Ohio Becomes First American State To Sell Prison To Private Company

Ohio Becomes First American State To Sell Prison To Private Company: "COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A lockup along the shores of Lake Erie has become the first state prison in the nation to be sold to a private company.

Lake Erie Correctional Institution in northeastern Ohio's Ashtabula County is the only one of five state prisons up for sale that will be sold, state officials said Thursday. Corrections Corporation of America will buy it for $72.7 million, more than the $50 million needed from the privatization effort to balance the state's prison budget.

The four other prisons for sale didn't generate offers advantageous to taxpayers, state officials said.

CCA, the nation's largest prison operator, takes control of the Lake Erie facility in Conneaut on Dec. 31, pending the outcome of a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the move....."

Hartmann: Immigrants for Sale

Prisoners: America's New Cheap Labor (ALEC Exposed)

WTF?! :|

Justice: blind and bound

Justice: blind and bound - Daily Kos: "I will no longer recite the Pledge of Allegiance to my country without amending the final sentence. Instead of "with liberty and justice for all," I will say "with incarceration and injustice for too many." Lyrics from Native American folksinger Buffy Sainte Marie's "My Country Tis of Thy People You're Dying" echo in my mind as I see the stars and bars waving in the wind. "[…]hands on our hearts we salute you your victory-choke on your blue white and scarlet hypocrisy." To sing "my country tis of thee sweet land of liberty" is to speak with a twisted tongue. Justice is not only blind—she is gagged. Freedom is denied to many of our citizens who remain shackled, bound, and who suffer cruel and inhumane treatment. There are dogs in animal shelters who receive better treatment and have more space than some inmates who are locked away in solitary..."

This Country Beats France - Sicko

It would be so wondrous to live in a country like this!

Thom Hartmann: Who should be in jail - Casey Anthony or the Banksters

Thom Hartmann: Should CEOs join illegal immigrants in the tent city

"Does cruel and unusual punishment mean anything to you?!"
~Remember the Titans

Mustang Redemption

Prison Cowboys - Mother Jones

Mustang Redemption - Mother Jones

I love horses and I thought this program was pretty awesome when I saw it on Mother Jones. The first link is the photo essay and the second link is a longer article on it.