Mississippi

05/17/2012
Abortion Legislation

Bubba And His Poor, Pitiful Women

By Alexa Kolbi-Molinas, Reproductive Freedom Project at 12:10pm
Yesterday, a video leaked of Mississippi Representative Lester "Bubba" Carpenter (pictured above) gloating that he and his anti-choice cronies had passed ... Read More
04/30/2012
Private Prisons

Private Prisons Are the Problem, Not the Solution

By Margaret Winter, National Prison Project & Gabriel Eber, National Prison Project at 4:38pm
For the past two years, the ACLU and the Southern Poverty Law Center have been investigating and exposing a horrifying pattern of abuse against juveniles and the ... Read More
03/29/2012
Solitary Confinement

"A Picture of Such Horror as Should Be Unrealized Anywhere in the Civilized World"

By Margaret Winter, National Prison Project at 1:27pm
A federal court judge has put a stop to the state of Mississippi's practice of putting kids convicted as adults in solitary confinement. Read More
03/16/2012
H.B. 488

March Madness Is Newest Stage for Mississippi's Anti-Immigrant Law

By Molly Lauterback, Immigrants' Rights Project at 4:16pm
The NCAA college basketball tournament began yesterday and as thousands of fans cheered on their favorite teams, one player found out he had more to handle than ... Read More
03/12/2012
Solitary Confinement

Rethinking Solitary Confinement in Mississippi and Beyond

By Margaret Winter, National Prison Project at 11:12am
A Sunday New York Times article gives a critical and searching look at solitary confinement and a new model for prison reform in Mississippi. Read More
11/09/2011
Abortion Insurance Ban

Message From Mississippi: Trust Women, And Leave Our Families Alone.

By Alexa Kolbi-Molinas, Reproductive Freedom Project at 12:44pm
Red state, blue state — it doesn't make a difference. The message to government is clear: Keep out of our bedrooms, our doctors’ offices, and our personal ... Read More
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