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Harper's Magazine article by Wil S. Hylton---The Plague of The Prison Correctional HMO
http://www.wrongfuldeathinstitute.com/links/sickontheinside.htm
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Prison Rates Among Blacks Reach a Peak, Report Finds
New York Times article about trends in US incarceration rates, highlighting differences between
states and the high rate of imprisonment for black males ages 20 to 34. [Requires free
registration.]
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/07/national/07PRIS.html
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The Next Generation: Children of Prisoners
Examines the unintended consequences of the incarceration of parents on children. By Dr. John
Hagan, Professor in the Department of Sociology and the Faculty of Law at the University of
Toronto.
http://www.doc.state.ok.us/DOCS/OCJRC/Ocjrc96/Ocjrc19.htm
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Incarceration Rates by Race
Dr. David A. Camp examines racial imbalances in incarcertaion rates in Oklahoma.
http://www.doc.state.ok.us/DOCS/OCJRC/OCJRC94/940650k.htm
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Bearing the Burden: How Incarceration Weakens Inner-City Communities
Explores how high rates of incarceration might weaken already fragile inner-city neighborhoods. By
Joan Moore, Professor Emerita, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
http://www.doc.state.ok.us/DOCS/OCJRC/Ocjrc96/Ocjrc43.htm
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Backfire: When Incarceration Increases Crime
Examines the ways in which prison may have inadvertently affected crime rates. By Todd R. Clear,
Professor and Associate Dean, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University.
http://www.doc.state.ok.us/DOCS/OCJRC/Ocjrc96/Ocjrc7.htm
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The Aging of Prison Populations
Examines the effect that an aging prison population has on the quantity and diversity of services
prisons provide.
http://www.doc.state.ok.us/DOCS/OCJRC/Ocjrc95/950725a.htm
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The Bourne Trust
An outline of the services the trust offers to prisoners and their families.
http://www.imprisonment.org.uk
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Breaking the Cycle
Brenda Harkness reports on a new approach to prison management in the State of Victoria that has
led to a dramatic reduction in the cost of housing prisoners as well as a significant decrease in
repeat offending.
http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/montage/Montage_96-03/prison.html
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Prisons in Crisis
Detailed artilcle on Watchtower (a religious publication's site) addressing the question, "Can
prisons rehabilitate criminals?"
http://www.watchtower.org/library/g/2001/5/8a/article_01.htm
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Rape used as control in U.S. prisons
By Neve Gordon, from the National Catholic Reporter.
http://www.natcath.com/NCR_Online/archives/091401/091401l.htm
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Donny, Life of a Lifer
A book written by Donald Johnson who is serving a life sentence at Pelican Bay in SHU. Donny was
also featured in A&E's Investigative Reports, "solitary confinement".
http://members.tripod.com/donnyj_pelican/index.htm
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Prisoners of the Williwaw
A novel which proposes a radical alternative prison in the Aleutian Islands.
http://www.edgriffin.net/books.htm
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Criminal Justice Consortium Resources Section
Numerous articles from varied sources, broken down into 15 categories. The CJC works for prison
policy change and alternatives to incarceration.
http://idiom.com/~cjc/resources.html
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Cell Door Magazine
An E-ZINE written by prisoners for the free world. Open the cell door and meet the men and women
behind bars. Topics include but are not limited to prison issues.
http://lairdcarlson.com/celldoor
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Atlantic Monthly on the Prison-Industrial Complex
An analysis of the public and private prison systems. In-depth piece on the economics of the prison
system, with photos.
http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/98dec/prisons.htm
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Alternatives to Incarceration
An overview of the various forms of community corrections.
http://members.aol.com/nu3psi96q/Jamaal/index1.html
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