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Item courtesy of Freedom Archives- "1970 Folsom Prison Strike Manifesto" The 1970 Folsom Prison strike was a significant event for U.S. prison reform and protest. During the strike, over 2,400 incarcerated individuals at Folsom State Prison in Folsom, California, initiated a work stoppage and hunger strike.
American prison reformers (91 P) B. British prison reformers (36 P) P. Prison abolitionists (41 P) Pages in category "Prison reformers" The following 22 pages are in ...
Pages in category "American prison reformers" The following 91 pages are in this category, out of 91 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Kemba Niambi Smith Pradia (born Kemba Niambi Smith on August 28, 1971) [1] is an American prison reform activist. [2] [3] She began a 24½ year sentence for drug-related charges in 1994, ultimately serving six years before being granted clemency by then-President Bill Clinton. [4]
President Donald Trump pardoned Tarrio, who was serving a 22-year prison sentence for seditious conspiracy, along with more than 1,500 people charged with crimes related to the Jan. 6, 2021 attack ...
Thomas Mott Osborne (September 23, 1859 – October 20, 1926) was an American prison officer, prison reformer, industrialist and New York State political reformer. [1] In an assessment of Osborne's life, a New York Times book reviewer wrote: "His career as a penologist was short, but in the interval of the few years he served he succeeded in revolutionizing American prison reform, if not ...
Over the past 200 years, the United States has put into service various institutions to punish criminals. Examples include: prisons (penitentiaries), institutions for rehabilitation (reformatories), and a system where prisoners were leased to private companies (convict lease).
The recipient of the largest share of those dollars was the Florida Republican Party, which took in more than $276,000 in that time. Former Florida Senate President Mike Haridopolos, an avid supporter of prison privatization, received more than $15,000 from company executives during state and federal races.