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Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT By Rachel Maddow and Margaret Winter Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/08/25/alabama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/08/25/alabama/index.html?source=rss Alabama now lets HIV-positive inmates out on work release -- but de facto segregation of the HIV-positive continues By Abigail Kramer Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2009/05/28/pregnant_prisoners_restraints/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2009/05/28/pregnant_prisoners_restraints/index.html?source=rss New York becomes the fourth state to ban an inhumane practice By John Goetz and Britta Sandberg Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/04/28/poland_prison/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/04/28/poland_prison/index.html?source=rss It has long been clear that the CIA used the Szymany military airbase in Poland for extraordinary renditions. Now there is new evidence of a secret torture prison nearby. By Baz Dreisinger Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2009/03/31/road_to_redemption/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2009/03/31/road_to_redemption/index.html?source=rss As blockbuster rapper T.I. heads for prison, his reality series prompts the nagging question: Can you really scare kids straight? By Andrew O'Hehir Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/03/18/hunger/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/03/18/hunger/index.html?source=rss British artist Steve McQueen's devastating film "Hunger" captures the filthy, excruciating details of IRA prisoner Bobby Sands' legendary hunger strike. By Abigail Kramer Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/04/06/rockefeller_laws/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/04/06/rockefeller_laws/index.html?source=rss New York finally overturns the egregious laws that left minor offenders like Elaine Bartlett in prison for 16 years. By Abigail Kramer Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/02/13/golden_girls/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/02/13/golden_girls/index.html?source=rss A disturbing look at the growing number of geriatric women in prison. By Andrew Leonard Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/28/solar_powered_penitentiaries/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/28/solar_powered_penitentiaries/index.html?source=rss At California's green bleeding edge: Solar powered penitentiaries By Andrew O'Hehir Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/05/24/mcqueen/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/05/24/mcqueen/index.html?source=rss In this podcast interview from Cannes, the British artist turned filmmaker talks about Bobby Sands, Abu Ghraib and his sensational feature debut, "Hunger." By Andrew O'Hehir Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/04/11/dhamma/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/04/11/dhamma/index.html?source=rss Buddhism without parole, in Alabama's darkest prison. Plus: Hot housewife seeks Asian stud, physics geek goes nutzoid and more. By Carol Lloyd Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/02/07/mothers_in_prison/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/02/07/mothers_in_prison/index.html?source=rss Mexico City lets incarcerated women keep their children until the age of 6. Nice thought, but sounds a little wacko to us. By Lynn Harris Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/12/12/brazil_jail/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/12/12/brazil_jail/index.html?source=rss Now on trial: Brazil's criminal justice system By Robin Templeton Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/08/23/nola_prisons/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/08/23/nola_prisons/index.html?source=rss Two years after Hurricane Katrina, the city's prisons are overflowing and inmates have mysteriously died behind bars. Critics denounce a justice system in tatters. By Carol Lloyd Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/05/03/immigrants/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/05/03/immigrants/index.html?source=rss Are kids with pending immigration cases being treated as prisoners? By Peter Kurth Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/05/01/wormwood_scrubs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/05/01/wormwood_scrubs/index.html?source=rss After a nightmare flight from New York to London, I was thrown into a Victorian hellhole of a prison alongside drug smugglers and rapists. This is my story. By Adrienne So Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/10/02/prison/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/10/02/prison/index.html?source=rss Moving away from the purportedly gender-neutral "an inmate is an inmate, so all inmates wear men's shoes" school of correctional management. By Janelle Brown Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/06/01/mexico_drugs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/06/01/mexico_drugs/index.html?source=rss Thousands of Americans buy cheap prescription drugs in Mexico. Some end up in squalid south-of-the-border prisons. By Marissa Kantor Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/04/11/earley/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/04/11/earley/index.html?source=rss A crusading journalist with a bipolar son says jails have become warehouses for the mad -- and argues for forced commitment. By Sarah Goldstein Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/03/02/pregnancy_shackles/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/03/02/pregnancy_shackles/index.html?source=rss Prisons often force female inmates to remain shackled while in labor. By Alan Berlow Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/12/09/warner_clemency/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/12/09/warner_clemency/index.html?source=rss The testimony of one bogus witness put Larry Fowlkes away on murder charges for 45 years. Will presidential hopeful Gov. Mark Warner set him free? By Sarah Karnasiewicz Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2005/11/15/bernstein/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2005/11/15/bernstein/index.html?source=rss A new book says the 2.4 million children who have parents behind bars are the real victims of America's prison boom. By Ayelet Waldman Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2005/11/14/juvie/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2005/11/14/juvie/index.html?source=rss Why is it so hard for politicians to understand that kids in juvenile detention need treatment not punishment? By Jen Banbury Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2005/11/10/karpinski/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2005/11/10/karpinski/index.html?source=rss Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski -- former commander at Abu Ghraib -- says she was hung out to dry by the Pentagon. By Sheerly Avni Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/08/25/loya/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/08/25/loya/index.html?source=rss Joe Loya has a successful career as a journalist and performer in San Francisco, but in his new memoir, he comes clean about his first career path -- robbing banks. By Katharine Mieszkowski Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/07/10/prison_internet/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/07/10/prison_internet/index.html?source=rss California prison officials don't want felons to have anything at all to do with the Internet -- not even a printout of a Web site.