Jailhouse Blues

Why Are Prisoners Committing Suicide in Pennsylvania? The Nation, April 2012
An investigation the effects of solitary confinement on mentally ill prisoners in Pennsylvania. Also see this account from the Arizona Republic: 19 prisoners in Arizona have killed themselves in the last two years, many of them while in solitary confinement?a widespread practice in the state.

The Devil?s Playground, Westword, February 2011
Earlier this year the Justice Department laid out new rules aimed at eliminating widespread sexual abuse in U.S. prisons. This article chronicles the ordeal of one inmate who tried to report rape in a Colorado prison.

Uncompromising Photos Expose Juvenile Detention in America, Wired, April 2012
America locks up children at a quicker rate than all other developed countries, with about 60,000 juveniles imprisoned on any given day. Photographer Richard Ross spent five years photographing the little-seen conditions inside 350 correction centers across the U.S.

For Teens Guilty of Murder, Penalties Can Vary Widely, New England Center for Investigative Reporting, December 2011, and Direct Fail: Colorado?s Policy of Sending Teens to Adult Court, 5280, December 2011
In light of the Supreme Court?s decision this week ?to strike down mandatory life-without-parole sentences for juveniles, it?s worth revisiting these exposes of juvenile justice in Colorado and Massachusetts, two states that often sentence teens as adults.

A Death in Texas: Profits, Poverty and Immigration Converge, Boston Review, December 2009
Privately run immigration detention facilities have proliferated along the U.S.-Mexico border. But the small towns where they?re located have rarely benefited. (Such tales aren?t limited to the border, as this report from Georgia tells.)

Private Prisons Profit From Immigration Crackdown, Federal And Local Law Enforcement Partnerships, Huffington Post, June 2012
The country?s two largest private prison companies have spent tens of millions on lobbying in the past decade and doubled their campaign contributions, as the government launched tougher immigration rules. Since 2005, they?ve also more than doubled their revenues from immigration detention.

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