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Entries by Mark Olmsted from 08/2009

An Insider's View of Chino Prison

| Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics
Read More: HIV/AIDS, Violence, Chino, Crystal Meth, Nonviolence, California, Prison, Prison Gangs, Politics News

I've served nine-and-a-half months, including four months at the California Institute for Men at Chino -- the very prison torn apart by rioting last weekend.

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Crime and Punishment: Perception vs. Reality

| Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics
Read More: Prosecutors, Chino, Crime Rate, Beyond Thunderdome, Bill Bratton, Prison Reform, Cook-County-Public-Defenders-Office, Prison, Ozzie and Harriet, Tv Criminals, Media and Crime, Tv and Crime, Politics News

Stressing education, drug treatment and job placement isn't about "coddling" criminals; it's about expanding the tax base and reducing the poverty that causes the majority of crime in the first place.

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