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  • From screaming and police to college in the fall, family says juvenile justice program 'saved son's life'

    May 01, 2018 |

    The Montgomery Advertiser |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Auburn, Alabama

    Reaching out to juvenile offenders with support and services, rather than putting them in jail, reduces recidivism and can save public money. A program called Youth Villages is instrumental in helping youth offenders in Alabama build better futures for themselves, reaching about 50 young people every year. A bill that would have expanded this approach across the state was proposed but failed to pass before the end of the legislative session.

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  • A New Approach To Incarceration In The U.S.: Responsibility

    April 29, 2018 |

    NPR |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Billerica, Massachusetts

    To stop recidivism, the Middlesex House of Correction and Jail is replicating life on the outside for inmates while they are still in prison. Designed for 18 to 24-year-olds, the program removes some aspects of prison life, such as constant surveillance and locked doors, and supports participants as they manage increasing responsibilities and obligations.

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  • How safe-injection sites work

    April 26, 2018 |

    WGME-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: Canada, Montreal, Quebec

    The city of Montreal, Canada is testing how safe injection sites can be used in the fight against opioid overdoses. Montreal has 4 total sites, and one of them, called Cactus Montreal, has already supervised thousands of users in less than a year without a single death. Cactus is often busy with about 100 visitors each day, and they say that their services also prevent public injections and litter of used needles.

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  • One way the US is working out its homeless problem

    April 25, 2018 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Albuquerque, New Mexico

    Employment and long-term housing help homeless individuals get back on their feet. Albuquerque's "There's A Better Way" offers jobs, food, counseling, and housing to those in need, one of more than 20 programs across the country putting the focus on helping, rather than punishing, people living on the streets.

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  • Meet the Judge Who Transformed California's Criminal Justice System

    April 23, 2018 |

    The Marshall Project |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, California

    Using the catalyst approach, Judge Thelton Henderson was able to reform California prisons. He employed courts to change bureaucratic systems, and was moved by the idea that if you “encourage everyone involved to buy into a solution.. long-term change will happen.” Coupled with court orders, Henderson oversaw lawsuits involving overcrowding and inadequate medical services in prisons. A move that led to statewide change.

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  • A ray of hope: Fighting codeine and tramadol abuse in Kano state

    April 23, 2018 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Kano

    Two groups in Nigeria are helping young men recover from drug addiction. The Federation of Muslim Women Association of Nigeria (FOMWAN) uses their own process: embrace, sensitize, and rehabilitate by hosting weekly meetings for the recovering addicts. The Youth Awareness Forum Against Drug Addiction (YAFODA) has used multiple approaches to help 252 recovering addicts. The alarming statistic that “7 out of 10 youths in Kano state are involved in drug abuse” underscores the great need for these programs.

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  • Police in Illinois Are Helping Substance Abusers Get Into Rehab Instead of Arresting Them

    April 18, 2018 |

    Juvenile Justice Information Exchange |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Dixon, Illinois

    Dixon is the second police department in the United States to stop jailing drug addicts and start helping them check into rehab centers instead. “We’re changing the way law enforcement views addiction — to see it as a disease, not a crime,” says Police Detective Jeff Ragan. At least 267 people have gone through the Safe Passage program so far, some multiple times, but the program seems to be working. Residential burglaries, retail thefts, and drug arrests have dropped.

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  • France had a big heroin epidemic in the 1980s and '90s. Here's how the country fixed it.

    April 17, 2018 |

    Vox |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: France

    When France changed their policy in 1995, and allowed primary care doctors to prescribe buprenorphine, an anti-drug medication that reduces cravings for opioids, a drastic change happened. “Within four years, overdose deaths had declined by 79 percent.”

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  • How France Cut Heroin Overdoses by 79 Percent in 4 Years

    April 16, 2018 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: France

    In 1995, following high rates of deaths by heroin overdose, France implemented new policies that allowed primary care physicians to prescribe buprenorphine, a drug that helps curb opiate cravings, to patients suffering from opioid addiction, drastically reducing overdose deaths. In the U.S., doctors are required to go through a special addiction training to be able to prescribe buprenorphine, meaning that very few U.S. doctors can prescribe it.

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  • In one Oklahoma county, the number of women in prison is falling. This treatment program might be why.

    April 16, 2018 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

    Multi-Media |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Tulsa, Oklahoma

    Women in Recovery, is an 18 month intensive drug treatment program. However, women also have to undergo therapy and address their trauma. Then, some of the women have found work at S and R Compression, a company that has hired six women from the Women in Recovery program. ““From my past, everyone’s always seen the worst in me but now I have people who see the best in me and give me a chance and an opportunity.”

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