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A Surreptitious Courtroom Video Prompts Changes in a Georgia Town

Thanks to Southern Center for Human Rights for sharing.

I wonder if all court proceedings should be made public? Thoughts?

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/05/us/a-surreptitious-courtroom-video-prompts-changes-in-a-georgia-town.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0

Statement of plaintiffs on settlement of Ashker v. Governor of California

September 2015: Landmark settlement ends indeterminate long-term solitary in CA. This is the story of the prisoners who led the fight to make it happen.

 

https://ccrjustice.org/home/get-involved/tools-resources/videos/after-decades-solitary-they-joined-forces-here-s-what

https://ccrjustice.org/statement-plaintiffs-settlement-ashker-v-governor-california

The Bail Trap

A very good question.
"‘The real work is asking why we’re arresting so many people on low-level offenses in the first place, and why so many of them
come from poor black and brown communities."

http://nyti.ms/1L82Hcv

Giving housing to the homeless is three times cheaper than leaving them on the streets (or incarcaration)

http://www.vox.com/2014/5/30/5764096/its-three-times-cheaper-to-give-housing-to-the-homeless-than-to-keep