ANSWER: Hunger strike at FCI Talahassee in 1998
answer: It would be VERY difficult to prove this did not happen, but based on our searches of newspaper databases, we have to wonder if this may be an incident that happened elsewhere. Lexis Academic,...
View ArticleANSWER: prison population statistics and health care costs
answer: Also, double check this Radical Reference site itself - we have had many questions on prison statistics - though I don't recall finding sources that would answer this specific question, for...
View ArticleQUESTION: media coverage of 1991 riot at P4W (Prison for Women) in Canada?
question / pregunta: In 1991, women at P4W (or Prison for Women, Canada's only federal prison for women) rioted. Their riot was sparked by the 4th suicide of a Native woman within a 16-month time...
View ArticleQUESTION: Federal Funding for Solitary Confinement
question / pregunta: I'm looking into the Pennyslvania Dept. of Corrections use of 'restricted housing units.' I am particularly interested in founding out where funding for them comes from, and if...
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