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CHILDREN IN LOCKDOWN On Wednesday afternoon, the United States House of Representatives passed H.R. 4247, the  Preventing Harmful Restraint and Seclusion in Schools Act (now being called the Keeping All Students Safe Act), by a vote of 262-153. In the final vote count, 238 Democrats and just 24 Republicans voted for the bill, while 8 Democrats and 145 […]

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Most House Republicans Vote to Let Schoolchildren Be Held Down, Tied Up, and Put in Solitary Confinement

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

March 5, 2010

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For Jamie Scott, an $11 Robbery in Mississippi May Carry a Death Sentence

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

March 5, 2010

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Solitary Confinement Cells Have Become America’s New Asylums

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

February 20, 2010

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ACLU Calls on U.N. Human Rights Official to Stop Teen’s Torture in Montana Prison

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 17, 2010

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Two Clinton-Era Laws That Permit Cruel and Unusual Punishment

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 16, 2010

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What the War on Terror Owes to the War on Crime

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 16, 2010

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Louisiana Sues Its Own Death Row Prisoners

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by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

February 12, 2010

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Women Prisoners in Virginia Segregated for Having Mental Illness or “Looking Butch”

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 11, 2010

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Rastafarians Spend a Decade in Solitary for Refusing Haircuts

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

February 11, 2010

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The Hashmi Case Brings Guantanamo Home

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

January 4, 2010

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