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 | | A federal judge finally ordered reforms, as did another over Corcoran, but there is little evidence that either have become proper places even to house the worst. |
 | | At Virginia's Wallens Ridge maximum security prison, new inmates have reported being forced to wear fl hoods, in theory to keep them from spitting on guards, and said they were often beaten and cursed at by guards and made to crawl on their knees, also a form of humiliation. |
 | | In the federal system alone, approximately 2,000 life sentences are for drug offenses, representing about 39% of all life terms. |
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