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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

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.