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Forensic psychologist Lenore Walker, who published "The Battered Woman" study, has noticed that sometimes women face harsher sentences for deaths of children. She points to stereotypes: https://t.co/7VP2Fndc4A https://t.co/Zezb2p6k2A

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Books allowed in Louisiana prisons: ❌ George Jackson's "Blood in My Eye" ❌ @prisonculture's "We Do This 'Til We Free Us" ✅ Hitler's "Mein Kampf" ✅ every book on @splcenter's racist lit. round-up Read about what prisons nationwide do & don't ban: https://t.co/ZEcKEa4gJn

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On James Baldwin's birthday, read how his book “The Evidence of Things Not Seen” made an argument about justice itself. From @NewYorker: https://t.co/u09SpCSxdL

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“Captives: How Rikers Island Took New York City Hostage" by Jarrod Shanahan helps readers understand how Rikers became one of the most notorious jails in the country. From @thenation: https://t.co/o9HLhyk2z9

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In "What's Prison For?", our former EIC Bill Keller "shows how the U.S. came to imprison so many of its citizens, disproportionately Black and brown, and how such a gross injustice might yet be addressed." @guardian's review of the @ColumbiaGR book: https://t.co/gcaOkJBjWJ

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Sara Gruen, author of the massive bestseller “Water for Elephants” embarked on an obsessive quest to help overturn the conviction of a man she is convinced has been wrongfully imprisoned. It nearly ruined her life. https://t.co/4cHaXkz7UK

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Felony murder is a leading contributor to the nation’s rising population of prisoners sentenced to die behind bars, according to @SentencingProj. Many of those charged are young people who did not intend to kill someone, says legal expert Guyora Binder. https://t.co/tOxBDhdcbp

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When a chaplain gave Jamison Green's "Becoming a Visible Man" to Ethan Ybabes, "it was like a sacred text." Ethan adds: "I felt connected to the world in a way I never had before, connected to ... someone who could fully understand me. Finally." https://t.co/fXmKUfQOlZ

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TMP's @schwartzapfel on 'Furious Hours' by @cncep: "The book becomes a master class on writing and 'true crime,' and whether an author can be a great storyteller and true to facts simultaneously, without oversimplifying or pandering to lurid curiosity." https://www.themarshallproject.org/books?book=65

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Albert Woodfox's 44 years in solitary is thought to be the longest in U.S. history. He’s remembered for his optimism and resilience in the face of torture, @NPR reports. In his six years of freedom, he continued educating the world on carceral horrors. https://t.co/QxFuQoorfH

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