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Organizers Protest California Prison Inmate “Abuse and Torture”

CALIFORNIA — Organizers and inmates in California are rallying on Monday against the state’s prion system for poor living conditions and other practices they say amount to systematic abuse and torture.

The rally comes after inmates in four of the states prisons waged a hunger strike that lasted nearly a month long in protest of their conditions.

Chief among the strikers’ five-point list of demands was a call for an end

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Feb 8, 2011 at 4:52 pm

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Church Of Scientology Accused Of Slavery And Abuse

LOS ANGELES-The Church Of Scientology is being investigated by the FBI for several illegal practices, according to blockbuster article in the New Yorker, that focuses on former Scientologist, Paul Haggis, who directed “Crash.” The article claims that Scientology members were forced to abandon their family, pay the Church, play high stakes games of musical chairs, and were beaten by the head of Church David Miscavige, a close confidant

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Oct 4, 2010 at 10:06 am

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African American Seniors Abused, Swindled More Often, Study Finds

Senior citizens who are black are more likely to be the victims of psychological and financial abuse as elders of other races.

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Sep 15, 2010 at 11:53 am

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Caretaker Caught Beating 91-Year-Old Woman On Tape

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Jun 4, 2010 at 12:55 pm

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Toddler Dies After Allegedly Assaulted By Father

1-year-old Shamyrah Irons died Thursday evening after injuries from some sort of head trauma where she later died.

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Larry Young

Mar 11, 2010 at 3:53 pm

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