James Allen is serving three life sentences for murder. No one ever said he killed anyone.
Tag: solitary confinement
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Why the nationwide strike against ‘modern-day slavery’ may not reach Illinois. And why it’s already here.
IDOC’s job opportunities are so few and repression of organizing so intense that few inmates may be joining the nationwide labor strike. That doesn’t mean they’re not resisting.
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When death row and dog cages are a step up in the world
In Pontiac, former Tamms inmates are experiencing a new luxury: they can see the person they’re talking with.
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Should Tamms be saved for the jobs?
Sure, long-term solitary confinement may be torture, but it provides jobs.
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The Punishment We Deserve
A review of Cruel and Unusual: The Culture of Punishment in America, by Anne-Marie Cusac (Yale University Press)