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NPR’s Laura Sullivan is an American Hero
“Prison companies had a plan — a new business model to lock up illegal immigrants. And the plan became Arizona’s immigration law.” Remember AZ SB1070? Laura Sullivan shows us the greedy plotting behind...
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Photos That Extend the Jailer’s Narrative: Some Thoughts on Arizona’s...
Inmates line up for work early in the morning at Estrella jail. © Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA Yesterday, the Guardian ran a gallery of Jim Lo Scalzo‘s photographs of a female chain-gang in Maricopa County...
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Scott Houston: New Website, New Chain Gang Photos, New Hurricane Sandy Pics
A prisoner at the Estrella Jail, Phoenix, Arizona makes a face before he is photographed. © Scott Houston Friend of the blog, Scott Houston, has a spangly new website featuring not one but four...
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Danny Lyon’s Early Photographs (’62-’64) Of The Civil Rights Movement On Show...
Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement 2014 is the 50th anniversary of the passage of The Civil Rights Act, the landmark legislation that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color,...
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‘Journey Home’ Rehabilitation Arts Program in Arizona Jail a Bright Light in...
PREAMBLE For 12 years every spring, women incarcerated at Estrella Jail in Maricopa County, Phoenix, AZ, have convened to create, prepare and perform a theatre production. The six-week program — that...
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Jail Workshops and Photo Installation Holistically Tackle Poverty, Crime and...
Jane Lindsay‘s exhibition From the Outside In: Sustenance and Time closes at the Northlight Gallery on the Arizona State University’s Tempe campus, this coming Saturday, the 29th. Try to make it if...
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Are Sheriff Arpaio’s Photo Ops and ‘Tent City’ Media Tours Soon To Be Things...
CAN WE ALL AGREE, NOW, THAT THE DISGRACED SHERIFF ARPAIO IS A DISGRACE? In December 2011, Judge Snow ordered the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) headed by Sheriff Joe Arpaio to cease its...
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Rightwingers Meet Prescott College Students’ Enlightened Generosity with...
I mean really, at this point, what should we expect? I’m getting sick and tired of centrist, rightwing (and older) Americans ignoring the wonderful examples repeatedly set by youngsters about humane...
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A Month-Long Webstream of One Reporter’s Stint in Solitary Confinement
Screengrab from the VICE webpage livestreaming James Burns’ 30 days in La Paz County Jail, Parker, AZ. Captured 02.01.2017 VICE reporter James Burns is spending 30 days in solitary confinement in La...
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