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Thomas Hosmer Shepherd/Wikimedia Locked Up for Being Poor
How private debt collectors contribute to a cycle of jail, unemployment, and poverty
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PeJo/Shutterstock/The Atlantic Serving Life for Surviving Abuse
Misconceptions about domestic violence can turn the justice system against survivors, often with devastating results.
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Adam Selwood/Flickr How Can Doctors Be Sure a Baby's Been Shaken?
For years, attorneys have relied on a specific set of symptoms to prove infant abuse—but now, some physicians are questioning the validity of the diagnosis of shaken-baby syndrome that has sent many caretakers to prison.
