... -year-old link between crime and race and class and oppression. Immediately following the civil war, Black codes created a list of crimes punishable only when committed by black people. Mississippi made it a crime for African Americans to be unemployed or drunk, or to have run away, neglected children, or handled money carelessly. The convict lease system farmed black and a few ... they are transferred from one state prison to another.(Franklin, 1982). All this works, which used to be the primary province of government, is now also performed by private corporations, whose link to govern...

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... reverse the judges ruling in 1992. (Landau) In Arizona a gay inmate was prohibited from kissing his gay partner at family visits. The Arizona Department of Corrections allows heterosexual couples to kiss but only allows gay couples to hug. The State of Arizona defends its policy as a way to protect gay inmates from sexual harassment. (Contemporary Sexuality) Shouldn't the inmates be allowed to make that ... and lesbian parents to adopt a partner's child. California, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Vermont and the District of Columbia all allow for these adopt...

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... due to drug convictions. In 1998, drug law violators comprised 21% of all adults serving time in State prisons - 236,800 out of 1,141,700 State inmates. Nonviolent offenders accounted for Eighty-four percent (84%) of the increase in state and federal prison admissions since 1980. Department of corrections data show that about a fourth of those initially imprisoned for nonviolent crimes are sentenced for a second time for ... user from the unacceptable risk' drug user. Decriminalization involves the removal of criminal penalties for possession of marijuana for personal use. Small fines m...

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... due to drug convictions. In 1998, drug law violators comprised 21% of all adults serving time in State prisons - 236,800 out of 1,141,700 State inmates. Nonviolent offenders accounted for Eighty-four percent (84%) of the increase in state and federal prison admissions since 1980. Department of corrections data show that about a fourth of those initially imprisoned for nonviolent crimes are sentenced for a second time for ... user from the unacceptable risk' drug user. Decriminalization involves the removal of criminal penalties for possession of marijuana for personal use. Small fines m...

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... due to drug convictions. In 1998, drug law violators comprised 21% of all adults serving time in State prisons - 236,800 out of 1,141,700 State inmates. Nonviolent offenders accounted for Eighty-four percent (84%) of the increase in state and federal prison admissions since 1980. Department of corrections data show that about a fourth of those initially imprisoned for nonviolent crimes are sentenced for a second time for ... user from the unacceptable risk' drug user. Decriminalization involves the removal of criminal penalties for possession of marijuana for personal use. Small fines m...

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