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2018 U.S. Prison Strike
The 2018 U.S. prison strike was a series of Work stoppage, work stoppages and Hunger strike, hunger strikes in prisons across the United States that began on August 21 and ended on September 9. The strike was conducted at least in part in response to the Lee Correctional Prison Riot, April 2018 prison riot at Lee Correctional Institution, which killed seven inmates and was the deadliest prison riot in the U.S. in the past 25 years. The start and end dates of the strike have symbolic meaning as they were planned to coincide with the 47th anniversary of the death of George_Jackson_(activist)#Prison escape and death, George Jackson, who was shot in an escape attempt on August 21, 1971, and the Attica Prison riot, which occurred on September 9, 1971. It was claimed that suspected strike participants and leaders were punished with solitary confinement, removing communication privileges, and prison transfers. Organizers The prison strike was called for and organized primarily by Jailho ...
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Work Stoppage
Strike action, also called labor strike, labour strike, or simply strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to Labor (economics), work. A strike usually takes place in response to grievance (labour), employee grievances. Strikes became common during the Industrial Revolution, when Labour economics, mass labor became important in factories and mines. As striking became a more common practice, governments were often pushed to act (either by private business or by union workers). When government intervention occurred, it was rarely neutral or amicable. Early strikes were often deemed unlawful conspiracies or anti-competitive cartel action and many were subject to massive legal repression by state police, federal military power, and federal courts. Many Western nations legalized striking under certain conditions in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Strikes are sometimes used to pressure governments to change policies. Occasionally, strikes destabilize ...
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Race In The United States Criminal Justice System
Race in the United States criminal justice system refers to the unique experiences and disparities in the United States in regard to the policing and prosecuting of various races. There have been different outcomes for different racial groups in convicting and sentencing felons in the United States criminal justice system.United States. Dept. of Justice. 2008. Bureau of Justice Statistics: Prison Statistics. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Justice. Experts and analysts have debated the relative importance of different factors that have led to these disparities. Academic research indicates that the over-representation of some racial minorities in the criminal justice system can in part be explained by socioeconomic factors, such as poverty, exposure to poor neighborhoods, poor access to public education, poor access to early childhood education, and exposure to harmful chemicals (such as lead) and pollution. Racial housing segregation has also been linked to racial disparities in c ...
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USA Today
''USA Today'' (stylized in all uppercase) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company. Founded by Al Neuharth on September 15, 1982, the newspaper operates from Gannett's corporate headquarters in Tysons, Virginia. Its newspaper is printed at 37 sites across the United States and at five additional sites internationally. The paper's dynamic design influenced the style of local, regional, and national newspapers worldwide through its use of concise reports, colorized images, Infographic, informational graphics, and inclusion of popular culture stories, among other distinct features. With an average print circulation of 159,233 as of 2022, a digital-only subscriber base of 504,000 as of 2019, and an approximate daily readership of 2.6 million, ''USA Today'' is ranked as the first by circulation on the list of newspapers in the United States. It has been shown to maintain a generally center-left audience, in regards to political persuasion. ''US ...
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Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland". Most of the population are native English-speakers, and the province's population is 969,383 according to the 2021 Census. It is the most populous of Canada's Atlantic provinces. It is the country's second-most densely populated province and second-smallest province by area, both after Prince Edward Island. Its area of includes Cape Breton Island and 3,800 other coastal islands. The Nova Scotia peninsula is connected to the rest of North America by the Isthmus of Chignecto, on which the province's land border with New Brunswick is located. The province borders the Bay of Fundy and Gulf of Maine to the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the south and east, and is separated from Prince Edward Island and the island of Newfoundland by the Northumberland and Cabot straits, ...
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Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility
The Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility is a Canadian prison located in Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality. Facilities Situated in the Burnside Industrial Park in Dartmouth, the Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility is the largest provincial jail in Nova Scotia, having a capacity of 370 (322 male, 48 female)."Overcrowded N.S. jails lead to frustration, violence: corrections officers." CBC News 20 March 2008: n. pag. Web. 9 Apr 2010. . It was built at the same time as the adjacent East Coast Forensic Hospital which is not open to the general public, serving only patients coming from the justice system."Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility." Department of Justice, n.d. Web. 9 Apr 2010. . This arrangement is unique in Canada and allows the two institutions to share laundry, cooking, and recreational facilities as well as security staff. History Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility replaces three former prisons located in Halifax County (Lower Sackville ...
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New Mexico
) , population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano) , seat = Santa Fe , LargestCity = Albuquerque , LargestMetro = Tiguex , OfficialLang = None , Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Keres, Zuni , Governor = , Lieutenant Governor = , Legislature = New Mexico Legislature , Upperhouse = Senate , Lowerhouse = House of Representatives , Judiciary = New Mexico Supreme Court , Senators = * * , Representative = * * * , postal_code = NM , TradAbbreviation = N.M., N.Mex. , area_rank = 5th , area_total_sq_mi = 121,591 , area_total_km2 = 314,915 , area_land_sq_mi = 121,298 , area_land_km2 = 314,161 , area_water_sq_mi = 292 , area_water_km2 = 757 , area_water_percent = 0.24 , population_as_of = 2020 , population_rank = 36th , 2010Pop = 2,117,522 , population_density_rank = 45th , 2000DensityUS = 17.2 , 2000Density = 6.62 , MedianHouseholdIncome = $51,945 , IncomeRank = 45th , AdmittanceOrder = ...
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GEO Group
The GEO Group, Inc. (GEO) is a publicly traded C corporation that invests in private prisons and mental health facilities in North America, Australia, South Africa, and the United Kingdom. Headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, the company's facilities include illegal immigration Immigration detention, detention centers, minimum security detention centers, and mental-health and residential-treatment facilities. It also operates government-owned facilities pursuant to management contracts. As of December 31, 2021, the company managed and/or owned 86,000 beds at 106 facilities. In 2019, agencies of the federal government of the United States generated 53% of the company's revenues. Up until 2021 the company was designated as a real estate investment trust, at which time the board of directors elected to reclassify as a C corporation under the stated goal of reducing the company's debt. The company has been the subject of civil suits in the United States by prisoners and families ...
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2016 U
Sixteen or 16 may refer to: *16 (number), the natural number following 15 and preceding 17 *one of the years 16 BC, AD 16, 1916, 2016 Films * '' Pathinaaru'' or ''Sixteen'', a 2010 Tamil film * ''Sixteen'' (1943 film), a 1943 Argentine film directed by Carlos Hugo Christensen * ''Sixteen'' (2013 Indian film), a 2013 Hindi film * ''Sixteen'' (2013 British film), a 2013 British film by director Rob Brown Music *The Sixteen, an English choir * 16 (band), a sludge metal band * Sixteen (Polish band), a Polish band Albums * ''16'' (Robin album), a 2014 album by Robin * 16 (Madhouse album), a 1987 album by Madhouse * ''Sixteen'' (album), a 1983 album by Stacy Lattisaw *''Sixteen'' , a 2005 album by Shook Ones * ''16'', a 2020 album by Wejdene Songs * "16" (Sneaky Sound System song), 2009 * "Sixteen" (Thomas Rhett song), 2017 * "Sixteen" (Ellie Goulding song), 2019 *"16", by Craig David from ''Following My Intuition'', 2016 *"16", by Green Day from ''39/Smooth'', 1990 *"16", b ...
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Siddique Hassan
Siddique may refer to: Mononym * Siddique (actor), Indian actor * Siddique (director), Indian director and script writer Given name * Siddique ul-Islam (1970–2007), Bangladeshi terrorist * Siddique Salik (1935–1988), Pakistani general and author * Siddique Umer (born 1982), Pakistani sport shooter Middle name *Ammar Siddique Khan, Pakistani politician member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab *Mian Ghulam Siddique Mekan (1844-1905), Muslim Scholar, Sufi of Qadri order and poet *Ramzan Siddique Bhatti, Pakistani politician and member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab Surname *AAMS Arefin Siddique or Abu Ahsan Mohammad Shamsul Arefin Siddique (born 1953), Bangladeshi academic *Ab Siddique (1927-2012), Bangladeshi politician *Abubakar Siddique (born 1936), Bangladeshi poet, novelist, short story writer and critic *Abubakar Boniface Siddique also Abubakar Saddique Boniface) (born 1960), Ghanaian politician and government minister *Abdul Kader Siddique, Bangladeshi p ...
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David Wade Correctional Center
David Wade Correctional Center (DWCC) is a Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections prison located in an unincorporated area of Claiborne Parish, between Homer and Haynesville, Louisiana. The prison is located near the Louisiana-Arkansas border.Johnson, Allen Jr.Shared Fate" ''Gambit Weekly''. March 20, 2001. Retrieved on October 2, 2010. The N-5 Special Management Unit, which as of 2001 holds some 50 prisoners, is a special protection unit for prisoners at risk. The unit houses former prison officials, convicted ex-police officers from New Orleans, contract killers, pedophiles, and young people with life sentences. Wade opened in 1980. Thirty-nine percent of the beds at Wade are "maximum custody." As is typical of prisons in rural areas, many of the correctional officers who work at Wade are from the local Haynesville-Homer area. History According to police, in July 2017 a prisoner kidnapped the daughter of the warden, and the kidnapping resulted in her death. The ...
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Angola Prison
The Louisiana State Penitentiary (known as Angola, and nicknamed the "Alcatraz of the South", "The Angola Plantation" and "The Farm"Sutton, Keith "Catfish".Out There: Angola angling. ''ESPN Outdoors''. May 31, 2006. Retrieved on August 25, 2010.) is a Types of US federal prisons, maximum-security prison farm in Louisiana operated by the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections. It is named "Angola" after the former slave plantation that occupied this territory. The plantation was named after Angola, the country of Angola from which many slaves originated before arriving in Louisiana. Angola is the largest maximum-security prison in the United States with 6,300 prisoners and 1,800 staff, including Prison officer, corrections officers, janitors, Maintenance (technical), maintenance, and Prison warden, wardens. Due to these large numbers, it has been given the nickname "a gated community". Located in West Feliciana Parish, the prison is set between oxbow lakes on the eas ...
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Felony Disenfranchisement
Disfranchisement, also called disenfranchisement, or voter disqualification is the restriction of suffrage (the right to vote) of a person or group of people, or a practice that has the effect of preventing a person exercising the right to vote. Disfranchisement can also refer to the revocation of power or control of a particular individual, community or being to the natural amenity they have; that is to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, of some privilege or inherent immunity. Disfranchisement may be accomplished explicitly by law or implicitly through requirements applied in a discriminatory fashion, through intimidation, or by placing unreasonable requirements on voters for registration or voting. Based on age Most countries or regions set a minimum voting age, and disenfranchise all citizens younger than this age. The most common voting age is 18, though some countries have minimum voting ages set as young as 16 or as old as 21. Based on residence or ethnicity A ...
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