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Excess, deprivation mark California state prisons

10 hours ago ago from un-official site

By BRIAN JOSEPH and TONY SAAVEDRA 2009-12-09 16:56:02 For 20 years, the gymnasium at San Quentin has served as overflow housing for the residents of California's most notorious prison. Beneath rimless backboards, more than 300 inmates pass the time playing cards or working out among the long rows of metal bunks that crowd the gym. San Quentin is home to California's Death Row and some of its most dangerous criminals. But ...

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Daily News (Fri 11th Dec 2009)

16 hours ago ago from UnifiedChamp.com

. DAILY NEWS __________________ Nashiro-Cazares Rematch? Former WBO flyweight champion and recent WBA super flyweight challenger Hugo Cazares is looking forward to a rematch with WBA super-fly champ Nobuo Nashiro, whom he fought to a draw with in September in Osaka, Japan. The WBA has ordered a direct rematch. ÂI want to fight him again, says Cazares. ÂI want the rematch. I already beat him and I want to do again. I know that my ...

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Cool Combat Sports Links: Mixed Martial Arts, Wrestling, Boxing (12-10-09) : FIGHT NEWS UNLIMITED

20 hours ago ago from FIGHT NEWS UNLIMITED

Posted on | December 10, 2009 | No Comments Ballroom Boxing Back In January, 2010 Breaking down the UFC 107 main card Shirt company dropped after blog furor Dan Henderson leaves UFC, signs with rival Strikeforce Askren signs contract with MMA group Combat Sports and Head Trauma: Will MMA Fighters Share the Fates of Pro Wrestlers? 2x NCAA champ Ben Askren signs MMA deal with Bellator Jessica Biel, Liam ...

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From One System (Prison) to Another (Shelters)

8 hours ago ago from Change.org's End Homelessness Blog

You'd assume that the end of a prison sentence would bring relief to a former inmate. But many inmates leave prison reluctantly, since they have nowhere to go but the streets upon their release. Our failure to overhaul prisoner re-entry policies have all but guaranteed that former inmates will simply move out of jail and into the shelter system. It's sad, but true: for some individuals, their homelessness is a result of difficult ...

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3 hours ago ago from Fightnews

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One Year Later: A Glimpse At Bernie’s Life Behind Bars - Law Blog - WSJ

13 hours ago ago from Wall Street Journal

By Ashby Jones It sort of feels like the name Bernie Madoff has been a household one for about two decades. Hard to believe he's only been gracing headlines for one year. But what a year it's been. Twelve months ago, Madoff was still running his investment shop, still living with Ruth in his posh Upper East Side apartment, still gracing events in bespoke suits, still jetting off on exotic vacations whenever he felt so moved. Today, as ...

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Lifelong criminal tries to put prison behind him

11 hours ago ago from PopEater

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -On a rare visit to his childhood home, Eddie Williams is 16 again, peering down a shotgun barrel as he crouches in the kitchen doorway. The intruder then swivels and shoots, and Williams sees his mother, a pastor's widow, tumble face down on the yellow linoleum floor. "I was never scared, just shocked," he recalls in a voice husky with emotion. "I distinctly remember the blood coming from under her." Twenty-five years have ...

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