CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES

CRIME
Decriminalizing Mental Illness
By Dr. Michele Nealon, Contributor
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.
Fencing surrounds the Walnut Grove Correctional Facility in Walnut Grove, Mississippi, U.S., on Wednesday, April 17, 2013. In Mississippis four privately run prisons last year, the assault rate averaged three times as high as in state-run lockups. None was more violent than the Walnut Grove Youth Correctional Facility. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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POLITICS
Mississippi Jails Are Losing Inmates, And Local Officials Are 'Devastated' By The Loss Of Revenue
By Ryan Grim
"If they do not send us our inmates back, we can't make it," said one county supervisor.
CRIME
Letters from Men in Prison: The Call for Accessible Entrepreneurship Education
By Steve Mariotti, Contributor
Steve Mariotti is the founder of the Network for Teaching Entr...
In May 2013, I began a research project, delving into the approximately 500 letters I had received from incarcerated men
IMPACT
Doctors Condemn Shackling Mothers in Labor and Delivery
By 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.
POLITICS
Santa Clara County Probation Program's Alternative to Warehousing Youths
By 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.