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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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A new pathway of perception
Sometimes when I tell people that it took prison to get my life right, they…
Aug 03, 2015
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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
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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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Why Texas is poised to become a model for truancy reform
Becky missed school to visit her childhood home with her mother, whose memory…
Jul 27, 2015
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Are drug court participants getting the treatment they need?
In a recent New York Times op-ed, Maia Szalavitz calls for the governors of New…
Jul 24, 2015
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Who should pay the price for jail programming?
It may come as a surprise to learn that 90 percent of jails collect revenue…
Jul 20, 2015
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Looking past the numbers at who's in our jails, and why
It’s summer in Chicago, and crime rates tend to rise with the heat. That is…
Jul 14, 2015
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Reproductive justice should be included in reform efforts
After decades of mass incarceration, policymakers around the country are…
Jul 07, 2015
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Elderly people in prison present little risk, but staggering costs
The amount of money we spend to incarcerate aging and infirm people is…
Jul 06, 2015