James Ridgeway

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OPINION,

Lock­ing up prof­its

Pri­vate prison com­pa­nies strive to keep mil­lions be­hind bars to keep their prof­its up.

Opinion by James Ridgeway
Published On 28 Nov 2011
us jail
OPINION,

The myth of the greedy geezer

Con­trary to pop­u­lar be­lief, nei­ther Medicare nor So­cial Se­cu­ri­ty is go­ing bank­rupt, yet politi­cians talk about cut­backs.

Opinion by James Ridgeway
Published On 28 Sep 2011
Medicare protestor

Thou­sands lan­guish in ‘the hole’

As in­car­cer­a­tion rates ex­plode in the US, thou­sands are placed in soli­tary con­fine­ment, of­ten with­out cause.

Published On 19 Mar 2011
US prisons [GALLO/GETTY]