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Prison Prevention for Kids: A Little Money Well Spent

Ramon Resa, MD | Posted 08.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Community Service, California Prison System, At-Risk Youth, Camps for at-Risk Youth, Poverty, Prison, Children in Poverty, Alcoholism, Gang Prevention, Overcoming Poverty, Childhood Criminals, Drug Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Us-Prison-Overcrowding, Juvenile Crime, Living News
Ramon Resa, MD

Intervention at the right age can turn a kid away from gangs, crime, and drugs for good whereas doling out stiff penalties only seems to result in more people going to prison.

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"The Jim Crow Laws of the 21st Century": Will New York Change?

Odile Weissenborn | Posted 04.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rockefeller Drug Laws, California Prison System, Drug Sentencing, Governor Paterson, Prison System, Economy, Prison Legal News, Drugs, Solomon Moore, War on Drugs, DOJ Prosecutor, Deficit, Death Penalty Information Center, Alternative to Incarceration, Low-Level Drug Offenders, Partnership for Responsible Drug Information, Paul Butler, Taxpayer Money, Bernard Madoff, Budget Deficit, Prison Reform, Prison Population, Drug Treatment, Incarceration, Crime, Budget, Incarceration Rates, Paul Wright, George Washington University Law School, Punishment, Sentencing, Jim Crow, New York Senate, Prison, California Commission on Fair Administration of Justice, Drug Offenders, New York Times, New York Budget, Nelson Rockefeller, Death Penalty, New York State Assembly, Richard Deiter, Madoff Jail, Errol Louis, Alternative Treatment Drug Offenders, Palladia, Politics News
Odile Weissenborn

In New York, the 36-year-old Rockefeller Drug Laws may be massively overhauled.

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The Failures of California's Proposition 5

Jerry Brown | Posted 12.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Propositions, Jerry Brown, California Prison System, 2008 Election, Proposition 5, Prop 5, Prison, Prisons, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, California Prop 5, Politics News
Jerry Brown

Proposition 5 could have provided sensible, understandable and needed improvements to the criminal Justice System. Unfortunately, it did not. Not even close.

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The Battle Over CA Prop 5: Special Interests Overwhelming the Public Interest

Arianna Huffington | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: California Prison System, California, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Prison, California Propositions, Jerry Brown, California Prop 5, Proposition 5, Prisons, Prop 5, Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2008 Election, Politics News
Arianna Huffington

The drug war continues to be an electrified third rail in American politics. And political money continues to be a roadblock to real reform. Don't believe the hype. Vote Yes on Prop 5.

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