All posts tagged "Incarceration"
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Are Drug Courts the Answer For Addicts Who Commit Crimes?
The answer is a lot more nuanced than you'd think.
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FCC Lowers the Cost of Prison Phone Calls
Connecting communities, even behind bars.
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Does Juvenile Incarceration Actually Work?
Locking up children may actually lead to more crime.
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Top Political Moments at the 2015 Oscars
The 2015 Oscars were filled with important, and some regrettable, political statements from Hollywood's top brass.
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Incarceration Figures Drop, But Community Support is Essential to Public Safety
Early last week the Bureau of Justice Statistics revealed that for the first time since 1980 the federal...
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The Fair Sentencing Act Aims to Align Drug Sentencing Disparities
As a part of the "war on drugs," a law was passed in 1986 that criminalized the use...
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The Costs of Criminalizing Homelessness
Trying to get by without a reliable place to stay is difficult. But it becomes nearly impossible when...
