SexGenderBody (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Sex Worker’s Outreach Project - Tucson www.swop-tucson.org Please Join Us December 17, 2009 for the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers Event in Tucson, Arizona! In 2009, sex workers from around the globe met gruesome deaths and endured unspeakable violence. Some died at the hands of a solitary perpetrator; others were victims of serial “prostitute killers.” While...
Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
Marcia Powell died of heat-related causes in May after being left in an outdoor cage for hours.
Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
Disturbing new details emerged Wednesday in the death of Marcia Powell, the former inmate at an Arizona state prison who died from heat-related causes after being left in an outdoor cage for several hours.
Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | 09/02/2009
Marcia Powell died in holding cell outside Arizona State Prison, examiner ruled death an accident.
Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | 09/01/2009
Marcia Powell died in a holding cell outside of an Arizona State Prison due to environmental heat exposure.
Crime & Federalism (Free subscription) | 09/01/2009
Mother Jones has this disturbing article about prison conditions: The summer of 2009 hadn't even begun when Marcia Powell, a 48-year old inmate at Arizona’s Perryville Prison, was baked to death. Powell, whom court records show had a history of schizophrenia, substance abuse, and mild mental retardation, was serving a 27-month sentence for prostitution. At about 11 a.m. on May...
the 13th juror (Free subscription) | 06/28/2009
For most of her adult life, 48-year-old Marcia Powell was invisible. Then she died, and slowly came into view. Powell had been in and out of jail for decades, unable to overcome mental illness. She roamed the streets and had been in and out of jail for decades. After offering oral sex to an undercover police officer in exchange for a few dollars, Powell found herself in what has become one of Arizona's...
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