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Israel Gets 3 Hostages, Hamas 183. Don't Do the Math Feb. 12, 2025
WASHINGTON — Years ago, when I visited Pelican Bay State Prison on the northern coast of Calif... Read More
Pregnant Women Don't Belong in Prison Apr. 30, 2024
The United States has the second highest rate worldwide of incarcerated women. In recent decades, th... Read More
The Netanyahu of It All Nov. 25, 2023
What do Jews talk about when we talk about the war between Israel and Hamas? Obviously many things, ... Read More
A Fumbled Opportunity and a Blunder Dec. 15, 2022
Brittney Griner fumbled an electrifying opportunity to advance the standing of the LGBTQ community a... Read More
Bad Decisions from a Floundering President Dec. 13, 2022
At a time when it's hard to imagine how things in America can get worse, it seems President Joe Bide... Read More
Biden's Belated Education on Turning Inmates into Students Dec. 17, 2021
December is the month when we revisit the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, a stony-hearted man who finally... Read More
Can Americans Exercise Religion in an Execution Chamber? Nov. 10, 2021
Dustin Honken was convicted of murdering five people, including two children, and was sentenced to d... Read More
Prisoners Released for COVID-19 Safety Sake Brace Against Possible Return May. 15, 2021
The idea behind prison is to rehabilitate the redeemable criminals and lock away for life the truly ... Read More
Free Mitch Rutledge Dec. 29, 2020
Nearly everyone has seen the classic movie "The Shawshank Redemption." Well, it turns out there is a... Read More
Quality Over Quantity With Friends Nov. 27, 2019
DR. WALLACE: My cousin and I attend the same school. We are not real close, but we do talk to each o... Read More
Machinery of Death Needs Mothballing as Americans Sour on Executions Nov. 26, 2019
A federal judge last week halted the scheduled executions of four federal inmates, thwarting the Tru... Read More
Democrats: Prisoners of the Past on the Economy Jul. 12, 2019
We are all, to some extent, prisoners of the past. Things that have already happened — or that... Read More
Understanding Why Donald Trump Loathes John McCain Jun. 01, 2019
The guided missile destroyer USS John S. McCain, "Big Bad John," was christened in 1992 in honor of ... Read More
Missouri Could Soon Shut Down Its System of De Facto Debtors' Prisons Mar. 08, 2019
The Missouri House this week gave near-unanimous approval to a measure that would stop local court s... Read More
Justice Is Distorted When Courts Turn Into Profit-Generating Centers Dec. 17, 2018
There is no legal or moral justification for rural Missouri counties to continue their policies of c... Read More
On the Other Side of the Bars Mar. 12, 2018
Dear Annie: I'm a pretrial detainee, and I've been in jail waiting for my day in court for going on ... Read More
A Pornography Addict's Journey Toward Redemption Mar. 18, 2017
Imagine the windowless rooms in which unspeakable acts are done to children by profiteering adults. ... Read More
You Remember Devon Mar. 05, 2016
She was involved with Psycho Boy for five and a half years. They met when she was a single mom, newl... Read More
Consider the Source Dec. 13, 2014
On election night in 1986, when John McCain won the U.S. Senate seat in Arizona long held by Republi... Read More
