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Prison Sterilization Report Prompts Call For Inquiry In California

July 11, 2013 • Allegations that 148 female prisoners underwent tubal ligation surgeries without the state's required approval emerged in the past week. Some inmates said they were pressured into undergoing the sterilization procedure.

Inmates Across California Join Hunger Strike Over Conditions

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Inmates Across California Join Hunger Strike Over Conditions

July 11, 2013 • Thousands of prisoners across the state are expressing solidarity with inmates being held in solitary confinement at Pelican Bay State Prison in Northern California.

Inmates Across California Join Hunger Strike Over Conditions

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Blog Of The Nation

May 26th Show

May 26, 2011 • In the first hour of Talk of the Nation, Arab Spring, Israel and the peace process, and reduction in California's prison population. In our second hour, the art and business of audio books, and Gen. Ratko Mladic's arrest.

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