Report: Juvenile Prison System – New York
New York finds extreme crisis in youth prisons, By Nicholas Confessore, December 13, 2009, New York Times: “New York’s system of juvenile prisons is broken, with young people battling mental illness or...
View ArticlePrisoner Re-entry Program – Michigan
Muskegon Chronicle Series, Starting Over: State program aims to keep parolees out of prison, By Teresa Taylor Williams, January 9, 2010, Muskegon Chronicle: “Lost. Broken. Alone. Those words often...
View ArticleState Prison Populations
Report finds states holding fewer prisoners, By John Schwartz, March 16, 2010, New York Times: “State prison populations, which have grown for nearly four decades, have begun to dip, according to a...
View ArticlePrison Population – California
California, in financial crisis, opens prison doors, By Randal C. Archibold, March 23, 2010, New York Times: “The California budget crisis has forced the state to address a problem that expert panels...
View ArticlePrisoner Re-Entry Programs – Michigan
Unlikely mentors give felons hope, By Kevin Johnson, June 21, 2010, USA Today: “James Churchill was nearing the end of a 10-year prison term for armed robbery last year when he struck an unusual...
View ArticleReleased Prisoners and Homelessness – Toronto, CA
More people released from jail face homelessness: Report, By Jim Rankin, August 10, 2010, Toronto Star: “On a sticky day in June, Eric Cromwell changed into the clothes he’d worn when he was arrested...
View ArticleStates and Prisoner Re-entry Programs
States help ex-inmates find jobs, By Steven Greenhouse, January 24, 2011, New York Times: “Faced with yawning budget gaps and high unemployment, California, Michigan, New York and several other states...
View ArticlePrison Recidivism Rates
Study: Prisons failing to deter repeat criminals in 41 states, By Kevin Johnson, April 12, 2011, USA Today: “The number of inmates returning to state prisons within three years of release has remained...
View ArticlePrison Recidivism Rates – Pennsylvania
Half of Pa.’s inmates are rejailed within 5 years, By Mensah M. Dean, July 5, 2011, Philadelphia Inquirer: “When Antoine Stone found work at a grocery store this spring, he took a giant step toward...
View ArticlePrisoner Re-Entry Program – Michigan
Michigan Prisoner Re-Entry program keeping more parolees out, audit finds, By Dawson Bell, February 7, 2012, Detroit Free Press: “A Michigan prison program to aid parolees’ transition to life on the...
View ArticlePrisoner Re-Entry Program – Michigan
Audit: Michigan’s prisoner re-entry initiative harms public safety, fails to track ex-convicts, By Mike Martindale, February 8, 2012, Detroit News: “A much heralded Michigan prisoner release program is...
View ArticlePrisoner Re-entry Program – Newark, NJ
From prison to a paycheck, By Howard Husock, August 3, 2012, Wall Street Journal: “Hector Morales might not seem, at first, to be an American success story. At age 50, he works the graveyard shift-7...
View ArticlePrisoner Re-entry Program – Alaska
Native Justice Center’s re-entry program helps ex-inmates fight long odds, By Michelle Theriault Boots, November 29, 2012, Anchorage Daily News: “For inmates getting out of prison in Alaska, the odds...
View ArticlePrisoner Re-entry – Alaska
Alaska prisoner re-entry center targets recidivism, By Michelle Theriault Boots, October 2, 2013, Anchorage Daily News: “Each year more than a thousand inmates who have served their sentences are...
View ArticleEx-Offenders and Employment
Our criminal justice system is making it really hard for people to find jobs, By Jonathan Blanks, September 30, 2014, Washington Post: “Although the American economy has rebounded from the Great...
View ArticleCourt Fines and the Poor – Washington
Poor offenders must be asked if they can afford to pay fines, state Supreme Court says, By Mike Carter, March 12, 2015, Seattle Times: “The state Supreme Court, citing the burden imposed on poor...
View ArticleEx-Offenders and Employment
Out of prison, out of work: Ex-inmates face struggles after release, By Rick Barrett, March 29, 2015, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: “Finding a job is hard enough these days, but finding one when you have...
View ArticleCourt Fines and the Poor – California
California governor pitches amnesty on traffic debt for poor, By Judy Lin (AP), May 23, 2015, San Francisco Chronicle: “Calling California’s traffic court system a ‘hellhole of desperation’ for the...
View ArticleStates and Prisoner Re-entry
States try to remove barriers for ex-offenders, By Rebecca Beitsch, June 18, 2015, Stateline: “Raymond Daughton has been out of prison for 36 days. When he got out he was homeless, had no clothes and...
View ArticleMedicaid Coverage for Former Prisoners – Ohio
State pushes Medicaid sign-ups for inmates, By Alan Johnson, July 28, 2015, Columbus Dispatch: “In the old days, inmates got $75 and a one-way bus ticket when they got out of an Ohio prison. Now, they...
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