added 2007 Fri Jun 8 3:34:54 by TechnologyExpert
Despite denials by their governments, senior security officials in Poland and Romania have confirmed to investigators for the Council of Europe that their countries were used to hold some of America's most important prisoners captured after 9/11 in secret.
Despite denials by their governments, senior security officials in Poland and Romania have confirmed to investigators for the Council of Europe that their countries were used to hold some of America's most important prisoners captured after 9/11 in secret.
added 2007 Tue May 22 19:52:19 by trnscndr
That the US is no longer the freest nation on the planet is one that draws more consensus than the popularity of our President as we become aware that more and a higher population per capita in the US is under strict control of our prison system than anywhere in the world. Stats released in the fall confirm that we break a new record. And records a
That the US is no longer the freest nation on the planet is one that draws more consensus than the popularity of our President as we become aware that more and a higher population per capita in the US is under strict control of our prison system than anywhere in the world. Stats released in the fall confirm that we break a new record. And records a
added 2007 Mon May 21 19:25:47 by berkeley
As the costs for fixing the state's troubled corrections system rocket higher, California is headed for a dubious milestone -- for the first time the state will spend more on incarcerating inmates than on educating students in its public universities.
As the costs for fixing the state's troubled corrections system rocket higher, California is headed for a dubious milestone -- for the first time the state will spend more on incarcerating inmates than on educating students in its public universities.
added 2007 Sun Apr 29 20:33:42 by tehranchik
The Bush administration's continuing reliance on secret CIA prisons violates basic human rights standards, Human Rights Watch said today.
The Bush administration's continuing reliance on secret CIA prisons violates basic human rights standards, Human Rights Watch said today.
added 2007 Fri Apr 20 10:44:41 by Varadinum
United Future leader Peter Dunne will complain to the Human Rights Commission over a ban on communion wine in prisons. Wine, which is classed as a banned drug under the 2004 Corrections Act, is not allowed in prisons -- outraging Catholics who say it is a denial of religious freedom.
United Future leader Peter Dunne will complain to the Human Rights Commission over a ban on communion wine in prisons. Wine, which is classed as a banned drug under the 2004 Corrections Act, is not allowed in prisons -- outraging Catholics who say it is a denial of religious freedom.
added 2006 Mon Jul 31 17:48:08 by TimALoftis
Fewer than three prisoners in every 1,000 report they were sexually abused or harassed, but that probably is not the whole story, a government study says.
Fewer than three prisoners in every 1,000 report they were sexually abused or harassed, but that probably is not the whole story, a government study says.
