Prison reform: 'Jungle atmosphere'
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A tough stand on crime and punishment in the 1980s saw several sentences and overcrowding of penitentiaries, affecting prisoner health and welfare. District Courts assumed control of the state prison system in Alabama on finding that the rampant violence and jungle atmosphere in Alabama prisons defied humane standards of confinement, followed by places including Arkansas, Mississippi and Florida.
Publication Name: CQ Researcher
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1056-2036
Year: 2007
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Should the Roe v. Wade decision be overturned?
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Mary Spaulding Balch, State Legislative Director, National Right to Life Committee, and Nancy Keenan, President, Naral Pro-choice America, give their views on whether the Roe v. Wade decision should be overturned.
Publication Name: CQ Researcher
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1056-2036
Year: 2006
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