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Decriminalizing Mental Illness
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Dr. Michele Nealon
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President, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology
Some communities have admirably created special courts to help decrease the frequency of contacts between individuals with a mental illness and the criminal justice system. These courts provide treatment plans developed by mental health professionals and resources to improve a person's social functioning.
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Mississippi Jails Are Losing Inmates, And Local Officials Are 'Devastated' By The Loss Of Revenue
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Ryan Grim
"If they do not send us our inmates back, we can't make it," said one county supervisor.
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Letters from Men in Prison: The Call for Accessible Entrepreneurship Education
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Steve Mariotti
, Contributor
Steve Mariotti is the founder of the Network for Teaching Entr...
Mass incarceration (source). Forty years in, the war on drugs has done almost nothing to prevent drugs from being sold or
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Doctors Condemn Shackling Mothers in Labor and Delivery
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Malika Saada Saar
, Contributor
Malika Saada Saar is Google's Senior Counsel on Civil and Huma...
This week, the American Medical Association called for an end to one of the most draconian practices in the U.S.: the shackling of incarcerated mothers during labor, delivery and post delivery.
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Santa Clara County Probation Program's Alternative to Warehousing Youths
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Marian Wright Edelman
, Contributor
President, Children's Defense Fund
The programs cognitive therapeutic approach directs young people to confront the choices they've made and develop empathy for their victims.
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