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25 Years After Court Ruling, Released Sex Offenders Endure ‘Shadow Prisons’

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Shadow prisons posing as treatment are not limited to Texas. Susan Keenan Nayda, Vice President of Operations at Liberty Behavioral Health Corporation, testified during a deposition her thoughts on the Florida Civil Commitment Center in Arcadia, Fla.: There’s a little bit of confusion…What is this place?

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Two other states—Texas and North Dakota—filed an amicus brief supporting EPA; the petitioners opposed their participation on procedural grounds. What is disputed is whether it is just or legal to convict Ward of felony crimes for acting peacefully and responsibly to prevent greater harm to the climate.” Clean Air Council v.

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