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Flagrant Stupidity?
Stupidity ought to be labeled for what it is, lest we not learn to leave it behind. Omar Abu Ali is serving a 30-year sentence for having joined Al Qaeda and plotted to assassinate George W. Bush and is currently an inmate at a federal supermax prison in Florence, CO. Last year he requested President…
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The Price of Free Speech
It’s hard not to bear in mind that hundreds, probably more, were jailed in Teheran merely for protesting. In Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi is still jailed. In North Korea, two American journalists were tried and convicted for trying to obtain information about the reclusive country. The list of people in prison, house arrest or…
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More Overtly Human
The economic crisis is affecting prisons and as a result several are cutting back, including on the number of meals served inmates, from 3 to 2 several days a week, which among other unpleasant things means time lags between meals long enough to invite hunger. And this despite the fact that studies show a correlation…
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