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Are There Good Men in Sing Sing?

Tom Matlack | Posted 10.24.2009 | New York

Read More: Book Publishing, Prison, Books, Prison Inmates, Sing-Sing, Prison Reform, Hudson River, New York City, Men's Issues, Criminal Justice, New York News
Tom Matlack

I am here at Sing Sing to to bring The Good Men Project, the anthology I've edited, inside the prison -- physically and in spirit.

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Here Is Your Chance to Help End the Failed War on Drugs

Anthony Papa | Posted 10.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Prison Reform, New Mexico, Marijuana, Drug War, Medical Marijuana, Treatment, War on Drugs, Marijuana Legalization, Ondcp, Cocaine, Politics News
Anthony Papa

Our nation's drug policy should be based on reason, compassion, health and human rights, but to do so will take a great deal of strategizing and organizing.

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Sexual Misconduct By Prison Staff Members Doubled In Recent Years: Report

Washington Post | Carrie Johnson | Posted 11.10.2009 | Home

Read More: Prison Reform, Prisons, Sexual Abuse, Prison, Prison Misconduct, Home News

Reports of sexual misconduct by prison staff members with federal inmates doubled over the past eight years, and government watchdogs called Thursday ...

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Senator Kennedy and the Animated Discourse of Liberty

Pat Nolan | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Prison Reform, Edward Kennedy, Prison Rape Elimination Act, Kennedy, Ted Kennedy Dead, Senator Kennedy, Religion and Politics, Prison Rape, Religous-Freedom, Ted Kennedy, Politics News
Pat Nolan

The patriot Sam Adams celebrated the "animated discourse of liberty." Neither Kennedy nor his staff disrespected my own strongly held views on abortion, gay marriage and judicial nominations.

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Crime and Punishment: Perception vs. Reality

Mark Olmsted | Posted 09.21.2009 | 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
Mark Olmsted

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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Can Art Keep You Out of Jail? Rikers Inmates and Alumni Exhibit Paintings

Glyn Vincent | Posted 09.05.2009 | New York

Read More: Prison Reform, Art, Takashi Murakami, Recidivism, David Hockney, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Crown Heights, Rikers Island, New York News
Glyn Vincent

A new exhibition in Crown Heights showcases the work of young male inmates from Rikers Island Prison. Their teacher -- Miss J -- encourages her students to take risks and explore with paint.

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What If Released Inmates Stopped Committing Crimes?: Prison Reform That's Already Working -- Like Nothing You've Seen Before

Pamela Gerloff | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Prison Reform, Non-Violent Crime, Criminal-Justice-System, Crime, Prison Violence, Recidivism, Prison System, Prison, Senator Webb, Senator Jim Webb, Violent Crime, Violence, Criminal Justice, Inmates, Jim Webb, Prison Inmates, Politics News
Pamela Gerloff

Let's start changing our lock-up facilities into places that actually cause inmates to change their behavior -- so that when they leave them they never go back.

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Why We Must Reform Our Criminal Justice System

Sen. Jim Webb | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Prison Reform, Senator Jim Webb, Criminal Justice System, National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009, Ex-Offender Re-Entry Programs, Gangs, Mexico Drug Wars, Drug Policy, Politics News
Sen. Jim Webb

One in every 31 adults in the United States is in prison, in jail, or on supervised release. Numbers only tell part of the story.

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We Can Pay for Education Today - Or Prisons Tomorrow

Sarah Burd-Sharps | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Prison Reform, Education, Poverty, Education Reform, US Poverty, Prison, Poverty Rates, Politics News
Sarah Burd-Sharps

It's tempting to say education can wait. But that would be shortsighted in ways both foolish and tragic.

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Plug The Budget Gap With Juvenile Justice Reform

Paula Wolff | Posted 05.17.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Illinois Juvenile Justice, Illinois Budget Deficit, Redeploy Illinois, Illinois Department of Corrections, Macarthur Foundation, Prison Reform, Illinois Prisons, Prison Industry, Chicago News
Paula Wolff

A citizens' group has been appointed to find places to cut the budget. One of the first places they should look is the Department of Corrections, which spends a shocking $1.4 billion each year to lock up 45,000 people.

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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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States' Budget Crises Prompting Urgent Prison Policy Reforms

AP | DAVID CRARY | Posted 02.10.2009 | Home

Read More: Prison Reform, States Budget Crisis, Prisons, States Fiscal Crisis, States Prison Reform, Economic Crisis, Home News

NEW YORK — Their budgets in crisis, governors, legislators and prison officials across the nation are making or considering policy changes that ...

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5 Guilty Governors Fight Prop. 5

Dave Fratello | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Prison Reform, California, Prison, Prisoners, Gray Davis, Proposition 5, Prop 5, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Politics News
Dave Fratello

Say you've got a huge prison crisis in your state. Who you gonna call? In California, you might call the five living governors together. And Thursday, someone did.

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