criminal justice

Asylum Seekers Forced to Work for $1/ Day while Waiting for Immigration Courts

Many readers here are likely familiar with the troubling use of prison labor in the United States. Somewhat less known is that not only people serving time in American prisons for crimes are forced to work for miniscule wages- this exploitation extends to asylum seekers as well.                Approximately 48,000 people are currently held in …

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The Importance of Restoring Voting Rights to Felons

ACLU Justice Tour This weekend I attended an event called ‘The Justice tour’ sponsored by the ACLU of Wisconsin. There were a number of informative panels, including one which focused on mass incarceration. The statistics regarding incarceration, and how Wisconsin evidently has the highest percentage of incarcerated black men in the nation, are staggering.   …

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