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America's War On Drugs Has Failed. This Program Might Be The Solution.

Carly Schwartz

May 07, 2015 |

The Huffington Post |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

The war on drugs has put millions in jail and fails to curb illegal drug use. Tactics that focus on helping addicts are far more successful, such as Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) and other decriminalization/community-partnership programs.

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Behind Prison Walls, This Program Demonstrates That It's Never Too Late to Learn

Spencer Parts

April 30, 2015 |

NationSwell |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Princeton, New Jersey

The Petey Greene program, which has students tutor prison inmates, is helping to create positive impact and change in the lives of both the university student tutors and the inmates they mentor. It provides prisoners with better opportunities once they are released, and the tutors with a renewed appreciation of the power of education.

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For some, Anchorage Wellness Court offers a road to redemption

Hope Miller

April 23, 2015 |

KTVA |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Anchorage, Alaska

Therapeutic courts like the Anchorage Wellness Court were born out of a desire to reduce recidivism rates and deflate ballooning prison populations. For many, they have become the answer to breaking the cycle of criminal behavior while treating people with substance abuse issues.

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In Finland's 'open prisons,' inmates have the keys

Rae Ellen Bichell

April 15, 2015 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Finland, Kerava

Inmates at the prison in Kerava, Finland, do their own shopping and have keys. Open prisons are the final step of the penal system, one that encourages prisoners—who must apply to the prison, but may be welcome even if they've committed murder—to adjust back into society.

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Glasgow smiles: how the city halved its murders by 'caring people into change'

Peter Geoghegan

April 06, 2015 |

The Guardian |

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Response Location: Scotland, Glasgow

Ten years ago, Glasgow was western Europe’s murder capital. But the Violence Reduction Unit, an offshoot of the police force, invented an offender rehabilitation strategy – borrowed from anti-gang violence initiatives spearheaded in Boston in the 1990s – that combined creative thinking with old-fashioned enforcement.

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The Radical Humaneness of Norway's Halden Prison

Jessica Benko

March 26, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Norway, Halden

The goal of the Norwegian penal system is to get inmates out of it. The country's Halden prison offers humane treatment, trying to help inmates as much as possible rather than punish them.

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From Our Prison to Your Dinner Table

Graeme Wood

March 03, 2015 |

Pacific Standard |

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Response Location: United States, Colorado

In prison, most inmates are alienated from social practices and can be a tax burden for the states. The Colorado Correctional Industries is a program that positions inmates in different forms of labor such as making stuffed toys, farming fish, picking fruit, tending livestock, and creating crafts to be sold at grocery stores. The program makes inmates into taxpayers instead of tax burdens and offers skills that are useful for future employment once they leave prison.

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How Former Prisoners are Set up to Fail, Especially if They're Women

Jean Friedman-Rudovsky

February 25, 2015 |

Cosmopolitan |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

A Department of Justice study reported that about 75 percent of those released in 2005 were rearrested, and women prisoners often have a harder time re-entering society after release. A New Way of Life (ANWOL) is a Los Angeles transitional living facility that has helped more than 750 women stay out of prison by offering housing, case management, mental health and substance treatment, and job training.

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Closing the digital divide on the inside

Adriene Hill

February 23, 2015 |

Marketplace |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Sheridan, Wyoming

A new juvenile justice center in Wyoming begins the movement to bring greater technological advancements to the education of the girls living there. The Wyoming Girls' School provides them with the state of the art tools they need to not fall behind while they fulfill their sentence.

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New Phoenix team tackles recidivism of those with mental illness

Megan Cassidy

January 27, 2015 |

AZ Central (The Arizona Republic) |

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Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

Assertive community treatment teams working through outreach-centered programs in Maricopa County have become an industry standard for treating those with persistent and severe mental illnesses who have recently been incarcerated. They provide a long-term approach, aiming to halt a cycle of incarceration and hospitalization by focusing on underlying issues such as what caused the police interaction and incarceration.

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