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Behind the Prison RIot in California

Pat Nolan | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

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Pat Nolan

The skills the inmates develop to survive violent prisons make them dangerous when they are released. You can't cage men like animals and then expect them to be model citizens when they return home.

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Three Strikes and You're in

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

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Christopher Brauchli

Now would be a good time for legislators to revisit the policies that may or may not have reduced crime in the country but have undeniably increased the prison population to intolerable levels.

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Prison Prevention for Kids: A Little Money Well Spent

Ramon Resa, MD | Posted 08.16.2009 | Living

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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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States pull back after decades of get-tough laws

AP | DEBORAH HASTINGS | Posted 05.05.2009 | Home

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For the last four decades, the laws of the land were all about dropping the hammer on crime by locking away criminals for a very long time. Some carr...

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