RSN: Federal Prisons Throw Inmates in 'Little Guantanamo' - And Don't Have to Say Why, John Kerry's Sad Circle to Deceit, et al

A candidate for sheriff addressed a public forum....one of the most striking statements in his address was that the vast majority of prisoners GET OUT!

The candidate, an incumbent, explained that, in Massachusetts, the inmates are there for lesser crimes, for shorter periods. MOST were illiterate and he was working hard to teach them to read, as well as job training skills.

Somewhere along the line, we lost sight of the purpose of prisons.

Somewhere along the line, just as with Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib, we've lost sight of our humanity. 

If we, as a nation, think that barbarity and abuse will reduce recidivism, we are morally bankrupt.

Please pay attention to the failures in our prison system. We're breeding more anger and crime without solving the problem.

Many of these adult criminals are troubled kids who were ignored or discarded.

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Robert Parry | John Kerry's Sad Circle to Deceit

Robert Parry, Consortium News
Parry writes: "As a young man, John Kerry was thrust into the Vietnam War by old men who lied to the nation out of ideological delusions, political expediency or personal pride. Now, John Kerry has become that old man, either detached from reality or believing he has a right to mislead the American people."
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Ukraine: Pro-Russian Separatists Hold European Military Observers Captive
Julian Borger and Luke Harding, Guardian UK
Excerpt: "Pro-Moscow separatists in eastern Ukraine were holding a group of European military observers in the city of Slavyansk on Friday night, claiming they had been traveling with a spy for the Kiev government."
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Federal Prisons Throw Inmates in 'Little Guantanamo' - And Don't Have to Say Why
Christie Thompson, ThinkProgress
Thompson writes: "Prisoners get two 15-minute phone calls a week. When their family and friends travel for their two 4-hour visits a month, they are not allowed to touch each other. No hugs. No arms around shoulders."
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Indictment Expected for Grimm, GOP Congressman
William K. Rashbaum, The New York Times
Rashbaum writes: "Representative Michael G. Grimm, a former F.B.I. agent and Marine who capitalized on his straight-arrow image to win a seat in Congress, was expected to be indicted on federal fraud charges after a lengthy corruption investigation."
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Northwestern Players Cast Historic Union Vote
ESPN
Excerpt: "'We're one step closer to a world where college athletes are not stuck with sports-related medical bills, do not lose their scholarships when they are injured, are not subject to unnecessary brain trauma and are given better opportunities to complete their degree,' said former Northwestern quarterback Kain Colter."
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Brazil's World Cup Gets a Red Card on the Environment
Holly Richmond, Grist
Richmond writes: "The World Cup is coming up in June! Hooray for those of us who enjoy glistening European thighs, but it's basically a Ma Nature tit punch."
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