http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/prison-abuse 2008-10-24T21:29:34Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/12413-violence-abuse-neglect-in-the-california-youth-authority 2008-10-24T21:29:34Z eriKKa <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XqlhZdab1cg&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XqlhZdab1cg&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/12413-violence-abuse-neglect-in-the-california-youth-authority"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/12538" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p> <p class="MsoNormal">Prison should be a place for punishment but also rehabilitation, especially when it comes to children and teens.<span>&nbsp; </span>The only way we can hope to change the cycle of violence and imprisonment is to help these young people break the cycle themselves.<span>&nbsp; </span>The California Youth Authority is in desperate need of reform.<span>&nbsp; </span>It has become a place where teens are neglected, physically, mentally and sexually abused, live in abhorrent conditions and are deprived of their right to be able to make the changes in their lives they desperately need to make.<span>&nbsp; </span><span>&nbsp;</span>California needs to close these facilities and open smaller regionally based rehabilitation facilities to accommodate <span>&nbsp;</span>teens and help them become members active members in our world.</p> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/12413-violence-abuse-neglect-in-the-california-youth-authority">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/7024-afghanistan-the-toughest-battle-jailed-women-14-may-07 2008-10-26T17:22:43Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/s_uL8zFHkRU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/s_uL8zFHkRU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/7024-afghanistan-the-toughest-battle-jailed-women-14-may-07"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/6304" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr visits Kabul's Pol-i-Charki prison where women are imprisoned for running away from an abusive husband or committing adultery.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/7024-afghanistan-the-toughest-battle-jailed-women-14-may-07">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/8-robert-greenwald-on-caci-s-role-at-abu-ghraib 2008-10-20T09:31:17Z jgilliam <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/41PGX44xGFI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/41PGX44xGFI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/8-robert-greenwald-on-caci-s-role-at-abu-ghraib"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/11" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><a href="http://iraqforsale.org/">iraqforsale.org</a> On May 10th 2007, Robert Greenwald, director of IRAQ FOR SALE, testified before the Defense Appropriations Committee on CACI's role in the Abu Ghraib torture scandal.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/8-robert-greenwald-on-caci-s-role-at-abu-ghraib">Watch the video</a>