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Slammed: we are locking up 1 in every 100 American adults—and going bankrupt in the process

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The number first appeared in headlines earlier this year: Nearly one in four of all prisoners...
Mother Jones, 07/01/08 by Jennifer Gonnerman · More from publication
School of shock: eight states are sending autistic, mentally retarded, and emotionally troubled kids to a facility that punishes them with painful electric shocks. How many times do you have to zap a child before it's torture?

ROB SANTANA AWOKE TERRIFIED. He'd had that dream again, the one where silver wires ran under his shirt and into his pants, connecting to electrodes...
Mother Jones, 09/01/07 by Jennifer Gonnerman · More from publication
Captive of the System

ELAINE BARTLETT PULLED OPEN THE DOOR to the parole office on West 31st Street in Manhattan one day in December 2001. "No parolees beyond this...
Legal Affairs, 03/09/04 by Jennifer Gonnerman · More from publication
Welfare's domestic violence: the rules ending welfare as we knew it will trap women in abusive situations.

The time limit aspects of welfare reform remove an important safety net that allows women to leave abusive relationships. Many women face increased...
Nation, The, 03/10/97 by Gonnerman, Jennifer · More from publication

Slammed: we are locking up 1 in every 100 American adults—and going bankrupt in the process