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Topic: Prisoners

From left to right: Reps. Bob Good, Louie Gohmert, Andy Biggs, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Paul Gosar and Matt Gaetz hold a news conference outside the U.S. Department of Justice to demand answers from Attorney General Merrick Garland on the status of Jan. 6 prisoners. (Getty Images)

GOP barred from visiting Jan. 6 rioters

Brett Bachman
Low angle vintage prison cell (Getty Images)

Vax rates lag among prison guards

Amy Worden - KFF Health News
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., arrives in the Capitol for the Senate Republicans lunch on Tuesday, March 10, 2020 (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

GOP's new issue: Checks to prisoners

Ramsey Touchberry
Firefighters light backfires as they try to contain the Thomas wildfire which continues to burn in Ojai, California on December 9, 2017. Brutal winds that fueled southern California's firestorm finally began to ease Saturday, giving residents and firefighters hope for respite as the destructive toll of multiple blazes came into focus. / AFP PHOTO / MARK RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images) (Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images)

"They have nowhere to run"

Lisa Newcomb - Common Dreams
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Why are sentences beyond a lifetime?

Darryl K. Brown - The Conversation
Bernie Sanders (AP/Dennis Van Tine)

Sanders: Prisoners should vote

Jessica Corbett - Common Dreams
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The Fox News pardon pipeline

Matt Gertz - Media Matters
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Eugenics at work in Tennessee

Nick Lingerfelt - Salon Young Americans
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Modern day eugenics

Kali Holloway - Alternet
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Voting rights for felons? Yes

Sean McElwee

John Oliver's best piece ever

Sarah Burris
(AP/Lee Jin-man)

Joanna Rothkopf
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Bowe Bergdahl, Rand Paul (AP/U.S. Army/Timothy D. Easley)

GOP flunks Bergdahl lesson
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Remedying Rumsfeld's legacy

Falguni A. Sheth
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Don't buy the spin on Gitmo

Falguni A. Sheth
Eric Holder (AP/John Raoux)

Cora Currier - ProPublica
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Gitmo captives' final leverage

Falguni A. Sheth
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Natasha Lennard
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Nancy Scola - The American Prospect
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