Frederick Douglass

"Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did, and it never will. Find out just what people will submit to, and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them..." Frederick Douglass

Sunday, July 17, 2011

VENEZUELA: Inmates Surrender after 27-Day Prison Standoff

"I hope the government will reflect on this and take advantage of this opportunity to design plans that put an end to the overcrowding, lack of opportunities for prisoners to be active by working or studying, and weapons smuggling in the prisons, in consultation with the inmates and their families, because the five-year plan launched in 2006 to 'humanise' the prisons has been a complete failure," the activist said.

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