This fact based story from the mid 50s
American penal system is a sobering and dramatic reminder of how many states treated mentally ill patients, criminal or otherwise
The author examines drugs, race and
the American penal system.
Not exact matches
First they lose faith in the 6 - day creationist god, then in the bible - dictation god, then in the male - supremacy god, then in the european - supremacy / western - civilization / colonialist god, then in the anti-gay god, then in the pro-war god, then in the
American - exceptionalism / manifest - destiny god, then in the anti-palestinian god, then in the controller - of - everything - that - happens god, then in the design - engineer god, then in the
penal - substitutionary - atonement god, and so on.
The rhetoric of the
American Declaration of Independence may speak of «rights» to life and liberty as inalienable, but the enjoyment of such rights within society was and is conditional; otherwise deprivation of liberty by
penal incarceration would be inconceivable.
Even when
Americans worry (as we should) about capital punishment, those worries rarely spread to concern about the
penal system in general.
I remember when
American Indians in various
penal systems began suing for the right to wear their hair long as an established religious observation and they won.
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF
AMERICAN ART: «DANNY LYON: MESSAGE TO THE FUTURE» (through Sept. 25) This engrossing exhibition presents about 175 pictures by a photographer who became famous in the 1960s and early»70s for images of civil rights strife in the American South; a Chicago motorcycle gang; and prisoners in the Texas penal
AMERICAN ART: «DANNY LYON: MESSAGE TO THE FUTURE» (through Sept. 25) This engrossing exhibition presents about 175 pictures by a photographer who became famous in the 1960s and early»70s for images of civil rights strife in the
American South; a Chicago motorcycle gang; and prisoners in the Texas penal
American South; a Chicago motorcycle gang; and prisoners in the Texas
penal system.