Ashley and Nikki from the DPA Policy Committee come on the show to talk about the lies and the misinformation put out by the Department of Corrections about the construction of the two new prisons Phoenix I and II. A Right to Know Request filed by the DPA Policy Committee uncovered the "internal study" which the DOC claimed justified the construction of Phoenix I and II, and found it to to be grossly innadequate and deceptive.

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In this show we talk about the US Prison Industrial Complex as a model of exportation to Latin American countries. We talked about the Plan Colombia an how the Colombian security forces received aid and training from the U.S. in the School of the Americas.

For Thanksgiving weekend we chose to air a special show on Leonard Peltier produced by the Prison Voices Project on WGXC in Hudson NY. Leonard Peltier is a Native American political prisoner who has spent the last 38 years in federal prison. For more information about Leonard Peltier and his case click here.

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This time around we revisit once again the shameful PA decision on Juvenile Life Parole, rendering a Supreme Court decision declaring mandatory life sentences for juveniles as unconstitutional, essentially menaingless. Emily Abendroth reads a statement by Robert Saleem Holbrook ont he decision and we hear Michelle Alexander's September talk at Upenn.