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My Brother's Keeper: Integrating responses to victims and defendants
The recently released My Brother’s Keeper Task Force Report to the President…
Jul 02, 2014
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Good News for Police
The first status report issued by the My Brother’s Keeper Task Force unveiled a…
Jul 01, 2014
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My Brother's Keeper: The future of community policing
The release of the My Brother's Keeper (MBK) Task Force Report to the…
Jun 26, 2014
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NYPD use of anti-overdose drug saves lives and recognizes substance use as public health issue
In response to an explosion in overdose deaths due to opioids, such as heroin…
Jun 24, 2014
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High mortality rate among the formerly incarcerated demands better policies
The surge of opiate-related overdoses in the United States is a pressing public…
Jun 16, 2014
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From Prison to Cambridge
What inspired you to pursue education while you were incarcerated? One day…
Jun 09, 2014
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Orleans Parish Prison
A jail cell covered in blood after an inmate-on-inmate assault. Unsupervised…
Jun 03, 2014
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New op-ed co-authored by Vera President Nick Turner
It sounds like the first line of a joke: "Three state corrections teams and…
May 22, 2014
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Massachusetts correctional center embraces resocialization and rehabilitation
It was gratifying to read Vera’s recent report concerning the sentencing and…
May 16, 2014
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New paper answers the question: “Is cost-benefit analysis baloney?”
A few years ago, a colleague asked me a pointed question about cost-benefit…
May 14, 2014