Jerry Madden

Aging Prison Population Strains Tight State Budgets

AP | DAVID CRARY | Posted 03.28.2012

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NEW YORK — In corrections systems nationwide, officials are grappling with decisions about geriatric units, hospices and medical parole as elder...

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Texas Considers Law Giving Teachers Criminal Histories Of Their Students

AP | DANNY ROBBINS | Posted 08.13.2011

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DALLAS — Texas is close to enacting a law that would provide teachers with detailed information about the criminal histories of their students, ...

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