US prison inmates returning to society: How will they be received? - Christian Science Monitor
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 Christian Science Monitor | US prison inmates returning to society: How will they be received? Christian Science Monitor States, eager to save money and adopt alternatives to incarceration, release inmates in record numbers. Is society ready for the surge? By Sean J. Miller, Correspondent, Photos by Tony Avelar / May 20, 2012 This is the cover story in the May 21 edition ... |
Published on Monday 21st of May 2012 01:15:06 AM
For prisoners, hope and help behind bars and beyond - The Courier-Journal
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For prisoners, hope and help behind bars and beyond The Courier-Journal One in 30 Kentuckians is in jail, prison, on probation or parole. On average, it costs us $19000 a year to incarcerate one inmate. How we arrived at this deplorable state of affairs is complicated. The “war on drugs” cost billions of dollars and has ... |
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Alfredo Angulo's Hellish Six Months: Kidnapping, KO, and Incarceration - The Boxing Tribune
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Alfredo Angulo's Hellish Six Months: Kidnapping, KO, and Incarceration The Boxing Tribune Angulo, a native of Mexicali, Mexico, who has had all but four of his fights in the United States, revealed that he has been incarcerated in an immigration detention center in El Centro, California for the last four months, looking to resolve previous ... Alfredo Angulo's Incarceration Confirmed, Court in June |
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US should prioritize the protection of US citizens abroad - UPI.com
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 Al-Bawaba | US should prioritize the protection of US citizens abroad UPI.com On May 1, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton issued a statement condemning Ukrainian opposition leader Tymoshenko's incarceration and her reported inhumane prison conditions. Clinton unequivocally called for Tymoshenko's release and "the release of ... US citizen on hunger strike in Dubai |
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The Fortune Society's JoAnne Page on Healing the Formerly Incarcerated - BlackBook Magazine
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The Fortune Society's JoAnne Page on Healing the Formerly Incarcerated BlackBook Magazine Fortune Society is a non-profit that offers services to formerly incarcerated men and women. Of note, old friend John Forté, who is back amongst us after a bid at FCI Fort Dix, will perform. Best known as a producer for The Fugees and for a solo career ... |
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Society's Dead Look Into A Killing - Swans
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Society's Dead Look Into A Killing Swans The choice turns on what touches us most, which depends, of course, on a filmmaker's ability but crucially on our personal preoccupations. If incarceration and Shakespeare rivet us, the decision of Mike Leigh's jury will be the right one. |
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When drugs meet crime - The Age
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 The Age | When drugs meet crime The Age Last year, four decades after US president Richard Nixon launched a law-enforcement-focused ''war on drugs'', a damning report by the Global Commission on Drug Policy declared that approach, which has been adopted internationally, an abject failure. |
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