The Afghan Marriage Prison
In Kabul, Afghanistan, women are being newly incarcerated in their marriages even as the USA tries to free the country.
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O.J. Simpson Gets Fifteen Years
O.J. Simpson is staying in prison for up to 15 years. We can only hope, for the goodness of society that he rots in jail for a long time.
Scotland Provides Personal Flatscreen TVs for Inmates
In a quirky turn of the screw, Scotland’s new, private, Lothians’ maximum-security prison will provide personal flatscreen televisions free-of-charge in each cell.
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The Prison System Bailout Bailiwick
The business of prison building is big business, yet prisons are fast becoming a financial drain on the states that built them, as incarcerations grow at a rate greater than the prisons can be build and maintained.
Are USS Warships Serving as Prison Hulks?
I was alarmed to read yesterday that up to 17 United States Navy warships may have been used to detain terror suspects by hiding them from international scrutiny, and the legal system, on “black water” prison ships — creating, in an alarming way — terrorist detainment camps in military hulks. Are the USS Bataan and USS Peleliu the new Abu Ghraib and Guantánamo Bay?
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A Lesson for Scooter in Paris
Are we sick of Paris Hilton yet?
Will we ever be rid of her now or is she now an American meme a powerful as Plymouth Rock?
Have we tired of her Weeping Semiotic?
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