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Infographic: Changing Attitudes About the Death Penalty
More than 60 percent of Americans support the death penalty, a slight decline over the past 15 years.
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What Is Twitter's Number One Burning Question for Obama?
With our economy in the weeds, Twitter users want to know whether Obama would legalize marijuana. The two are more related than you think.
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Why Prison Rape Jokes Are Really Not Funny
With hundreds of thousands of sexual assaults behind bars annually, prison rape is no laughing matter.
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Infographic: Just How Crowded Are California's Prisons?
The Supreme Court has ordered California to ease prison overcrowding. So how bad is it? And what kinds of crimes are all those inmates locked up for?
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The Sustainable Prisons Project: Connecting Inmates with Nature
Beekeeping and composting aren't just for hippies and treehuggers anymore; they're also for felons.
Lifestyle
Infographic: School Cafeteria Food vs. Prison Food
Who's eating better: kids or inmates?
Lifestyle
Food for Thinkers: WANTED! Prison Food Writers
Bryan Finoki pursues his interest in the politics of space into the prison dining room—and all the way along the inmates' digestive tracts.
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The United Kingdom Is Forced to Let Prisoners Vote
The United Kingdom has just lost a battle with the European court of human rights, and is being forced to give prisoners the right to vote.
Business
Can the U.K.'s Social Impact Bonds Work in the United States?
A new plan harnesses profit incentive to solve social problems. If it works, it could scale big enough to change government programs everywhere.
Business
Meet the Social Impact Bond
A new way to pay for social innovations launches in the U.K. The first Social Impact Bond will pay to fight recidivism with money from charity...
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Does Anyone Know What the Point of Prison Is Anyway?
There's an interesting conversation going on in a smart corner of the blogosphere right now about the problems with private prisons. It was...
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Halden Prison: Who Cares if It Coddles Criminals?
Norway's new Halden Prison is being billed as the "most modern" prison in Europe (which means it's likely to be among the most modern...
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Should Prisons Offer Yoga?
This program in India, which allows prisoners to shave time off their prison sentences by taking yoga lessons, got some attention in the media...
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America's Oldest Death Row Inmate Dies of Natural Causes
The oldest death row inmate in the United States, Viva Leroy Nash, died of natural causes last Friday at age 94. His criminal record, which...
Culture
Pictures Inside Prisons
This month there are two amazing new photo stories by Matt Rainwaters (probably best known for his awesome portfolio of outrageous beards)...
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It's Hard to Make the Case for Clemency
In case you've been out of the loop during the break: On Sunday, a guy named Maurice Clemmons ambushed and killed four cops in a Washington state...
Education
Elite University Starts Schooling Prison Inmates
Well this is something: Wesleyan, one of the country's more elite schools, has started a program where inmates in a nearby high-security prison...
GOOD Blog
Drive-by Texters (Go to Jail?)
For Brits who text while driving, and for those who share the road with them, things are pretty far from merry in old England. The Times just ran...
