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South Dakota Leads Region in Incarceration Rates

KELO reports that the state officials are studying why South Dakota's incarceration rate is so much higher than the rate in neighboring states. How much higher? State Incarceration Rate State Incarceration Rate Alabama 648 Montana 378 Alaska 340 Nebraska 247…

Get Set to Get Naked: SCOTUS Authorizes Strip Searches for Every Arrest

Spread 'em: Supreme Court conservatives yesterday authorized prison officials to strip search anyone they arrest, no matter how minor the infraction. Albert Florence of New Jersey was arrested by a state trooper for an outstanding arrest warrant for failure to…