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Rise of militant new breed of prisoners challenges brutality
Washington reports a growing, politically minded inmate movement gaining ground in prisons nationwide. Defiance grows as courts increasingly back inmate rights amid Attica and San Quentin incidents, with race, reform, and rehabilitation debates shaping policy and reforms.
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