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An inmate sits in is his wheelchair near his bed in the assisted living facility at the Coyote Ridge Corrections Center in Connell, Wash. Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010.

The US Prison System Perpetuates “The Criminalization Of Disability”

The Imprisonable Class And The Crisis Of American Criminal Justice

While Americans might assume by default that police states only exist in strange, faraway countries, there’s plenty in our broken system that rivals the Gulag.

May 21st, 2013
Jeffrey Cavanaugh
May 21st, 2013
By Jeffrey Cavanaugh

When Americans think of police states they often envision an authoritarian country like North Korea, the old Soviet Union or Nazi Germany. The very phrase conjures up images of men in dark uniforms breaking down doors in the middle of the night so as to catch unawares enemies of the ruling regime. It evokes the idea of a vast, unaccountable police

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