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Ten years after Katrina, New Orleans has changed course on incarceration
There is an important course correction happening in New Orleans since…
Aug 24, 2015
NEWS
Women suffer when drug treatment focuses on men’s needs
In the last 10 years, heroin use among women has doubled, yet few drug…
Aug 19, 2015
NEWS
Incarcerated students are at the head of the class
I recently had the privilege of visiting with a group of college students in…
Aug 13, 2015
NEWS
Alternatives to incarceration for moms aim to strengthen families
When mothers who act as primary caregivers serve time in prison, the loss of…
Aug 10, 2015
NEWS
JRI takes a bite
$3.3 billion. That’s the total projected savings to be generated by the Justice…
Aug 09, 2015
NEWS
Prevention and care can reduce suicides in jail
The numbers released earlier this week by the Bureau of Justice…
Aug 06, 2015
NEWS
Unaccompanied youth voice their struggle for identity and inclusion
Last year, attention surrounding unaccompanied youth reached a fevered pitch.…
Aug 04, 2015

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NEWS
A new pathway of perception
Sometimes when I tell people that it took prison to get my life right, they…
Aug 03, 2015
NEWS
Pell grants offer pathways to success for people in prison
"Justice is not only the absence of oppression; it is the presence of…
Jul 31, 2015
NEWS
Different protest policing tactics can lead to a more virtuous cycle of nonviolence
After spending a year researching police practices during protests and focusing…
Jul 29, 2015
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