prison industry
May 14, 2012 -
Louisiana locks up its population at a rate triple that of Iran and seven times that of China. How did it become the world's incarceration capitol? Follow the money.
October 21, 2009 -
The problem is that Durbin's bill and the House bill are not retroactive. The legislation doesn't require judges to take a second look at any of the sentences of those currently incarcerated for crack possession. This is not fair and it's not justice.
May 10, 2005 -
Our friend Si Kahn at Grassroots Leadership reports on a major battle brewing over for-profit prisons in Memphis, Tennessee.
December 1, 1989 -
This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 17 No. 4, "Facing the '90s." Find more from that issue here.
June 1, 1986 -
This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 14 No. 3/4, "Changing Scenes: Theater in the South." Find more from that issue here.
March 1, 1983 -
This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 11 No. 2, "Neighbors." Find more from that issue here.