<![CDATA[Jezebel: Prisoners]]> http://cache.jezebel.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jezebel.com.png <![CDATA[Jezebel: Prisoners]]> http://jezebel.com/tag/prisoners http://jezebel.com/tag/prisoners <![CDATA[Prisoners Threaten Legal Action Over Impending Porn Ban]]> Dozens of inmates have started a letter writing campaign against a new policy that would ban pornographic materials from inside Connecticut prison walls, and some have even threatened legal action. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5848293&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Denied Gender Reassignment, Inmate Tries To Castrate Herself]]> Ophelia De'lonta needs gender reassignment surgery. But the Virginia prison where she's an inmate won't pay for it. So she's been trying to do it herself. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5809390&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Should A Convicted Rapist Receive An Organ Transplant?]]> A convicted rapist who was scheduled for a heart transplant has given rise to a controversy about how much state-funded medical care prisoners are entitled to in a society where not every law-abiding citizen can afford to go the doctor. More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5795855&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Everyone Is Faking It But Madonna and Paris Hilton]]>
  • Paris Hilton has another video in support of her nascent Presidential campaign and, this time, she's got Jeb Bartlett giving her advice. It's not as good as the first, but it just goes to show that President Bartlett was nothing without Josh. [Funny or Die]
  • In other really important news, Madonna really doesn't want "Sarah Fucking Palin" at her party and doesn't appreciate the winking. [Huffington Post]
  • And the Foo Fighters want McCain to stop using their song "My Hero." Man, does anyone listen to lyrics anymore?[WWLTV]
  • McCain thinks we're all his "fellow prisoners." So do we, old man, so do we. [Think Progress]
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]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5060798&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Up The River]]> Mother Jones brings us a breakdown of the tasks farmed out to America's prisoners. It's not just stamping license plates, anymore! In addition to packing meat, aiding the war effort via Unicor and shrink-wrapping software, inmates pay their debts to society by sewing Victoria's Secret lingerie. Perhaps most perverse, Texas prisoners are required to make supplies for prison guards and cells. And get this: "In 1994, a contractor for GOP congressional hopeful Jack Metcalf hired Washington state prisoners to call and remind voters he was pro-death penalty. Metcalf, who prevailed, said he never knew." Makes wig-sourcing seem downright humane by comparison. [Mother Jones] More »
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