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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

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Convicted USC Halloween Shooter: ‘This Is Like A Bad Dream I’ll Never Wake Up From’

Comments (7) | Brandon Spencer, county jail, gang, Halloween Party, Judge Edmund W. Clarke Jr., Los Angeles and Region, prison, sentenced, shooting, Twin Towers Correctional Facility, USC, USC Halloween shooting

"Is this the end for me?" asks Brandon Spencer. (Photo courtesy of Terri Spencer)

Cassie Paton
Staff Reporter

Brandon Spencer maintains his innocence and is fearful of life in prison.

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Removing The Ink: An Inmate Erases Her Past

Comments (5) | Education Based Incarceration, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Medical Services Bureau, Tattoo Removal Program, Twin Towers Correctional Facility

Kristine Roush, Inmate at Twin Towers Correctional Facility (Ani Ucar//Neon Tommy)

Ani Ucar
Contributor

VIDEO: Inmates are getting the chance to erase their history ... literally.

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Mental Illness: The Challenge Of The Revolving Door

Comments (0) | bipolar, community-based treatment, drug abuses, jail, medical perscription, mental illness, National, prison, Twin Towers Correctional Facility

James Puntar, an IRN member, now lives in San Pedro

Meng Meng
Staff Reporter

Ninety percent of the mentally ill inmates in the Twin Towers jail have repeated arrests.

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Some Religions Stay Out Of L.A. Jails

Comments (0) | L.A. County Jail, prison, prison reform, Religion, Twin Towers Correctional Facility

Graham Clark
Staff Cartoonist

Follows of smaller religions are less likely to land behind bars in L.A.

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

More Than Overcrowding: A Deeper Look At The Problem With Prisons

Comments (2) | 13th amendment, A New Way of Life Reentry Project, abuse, bipolar, black codes, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Chik-fil-A, community-based treatment, Congress, Constitution, criminal justice, department of defense, Department of Justice, doj, domestic abuse, drug abuses, drug dependency, drug distribution, drug offenders, Federal Prison Industries, incarcerated women, involuntary servitude, jail, just detention, labor exploitation, labor practices, mass incarceration, medical perscription, mental health, mental illness, mother infant program, Nation and World, National, National, no justice, Orange is the New Black, Piper Kerman, prison, prison labor, Prison Policy Initiative, prison reform, punishment, rape, rehabilitation, Sexual Abuse, sexual assault, Slavery, Turbeville Correctional Institution, Twin Towers Correctional Facility, U.S. Sentencing Commission, UNICOR

Sara Newman, Lorelei Christie, Matthew Tinoco, Hannah Madans, Meng Meng, Sophia Li, Minerva Ruelas
Staff Reporters

Prison reform, it’s one of the oldest ideas out there—when something doesn’t work, fix it. 

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