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Justice in the News State Pays in Blood for Flawed Mental Health System Seattle Post-Intellegencer - 9/4/08
Program Gives Inmates Chance to Stay Clean The Philadelphia Inquirer - 9/02/08
Budget Woes Hold Up Prison Reentry Program The Daily Bulletin - 8/26/08
Proposed Prison Closing Hits at the Heart of a Town New York Times - 8/23/08
Crack Resentencing Controversy Comes Before 11th Circuit Fulton County Daily Report - 8/22/08
California: California Supreme Court Ruling Makes It Easier for Prisoners to Win Los Angeles Times - 8/22/08
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Recent JF Website Updates The Public Safety Performance Project Through this project, the Pew Center on the States equips states to implement the most cost-effective sentencing and corrections practices that hold offenders accountable and enhance public safety. Targeted research, multi-state conferences, data-driven, fiscally sound policy recommendations, and public education campaigns provide the information and impetus for needed reforms.
Interactive Reentry Planning Tool The Council of State Governments Justice Center presents a web-based tool to help criminal justice professionals effectively plan for prisoner reentry.
Massachusetts Recidivism Study: A Closer Look at Releases and Returns to Prison The Urban Institute - 2008
The Second Chance Act Frequently Asked Questions Families Against Mandatory Minimums - 2008
One in 100: Behind Bars in America 2008 Pew Center on the States - February 2008 How and why America is experiencing burgeoning incarceration rates
Correctional Capitalism in the "Land of the Free" PRISM Magazine - January/February 2008 Jens Soering writes on the price Americans are paying for the growing culture of incarceration. This piece also includes an article on how faith-based and community programs offer alternatives to incarceration and highlights Prison Fellowship's InnerChange Freedom Initiative.
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