Multi-generational cruelty: America's prisons shutting down kids' visitations
by Cory Doctorow from on (#WY2M)
The history of American prison visitations are a mix of racism ("black men, denied sex, will riot in jail") and compassion -- especially the late 1960s' ground-breaking, multi-day family visitation programs that allowed prisoners to play and live with their children for a whole weekend a few times every year. (more")