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

    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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  • Out of Debtors' Prison, With Law as the Key

    March 27, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Norwalk, Ohio

    Rampant misconduct by judicial systems across the country brought to light a crippling practice of debtors' prisons—where disadvantaged individuals unable to pay fines and fees were continually and wrongfully imprisoned, creating a vicious cycle. The American Civil Liberties Union stepped in to work with governments and private companies to increase transparency, eliminate abuse, and reeducate law enforcement officials. The state of Ohio has emerged as a leader in reforming debtors' prisons, though there is still work to do.

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  • The Radical Humaneness of Norway's Halden Prison

    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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  • Police and the mentally ill: LAPD praised as a model for nation

    March 09, 2015 |

    Southern California Public Radio (KPCC) |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    LAPD's special team, the Mental Evaluation Unit, is teaming up police officers with mental health clinicians to better approach and address individuals suffering from a mental health crisis. Rather than sending them to jail - where resources are limited and a vicious cycle often results - the teams help ensure patients get the medical care they need, preventing brushes with the law and county millions of dollars and freed up thousands of hours of patrol time. Their model is being replicated nation-wide.

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  • From Our Prison to Your Dinner Table

    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

    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

    February 23, 2015 |

    Marketplace |

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    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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  • How communities are keeping kids out of crime

    February 15, 2015 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Toledo, Ohio

    The toll that prison can take on young offenders is often irreversible. Cities and states are moving away from locking up juvenile offenders, offering treatment and other programs to prevent them from becoming hardened criminals.

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  • New Phoenix team tackles recidivism of those with mental illness

    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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  • For Better Crime Prevention, a Dose of Science

    January 16, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Crime is a result of many underlying social issues, but Crime Lab, a research organization with branches in New York and Chicago, is studying which simple solutions will have the most impact in their city. Cost-effective efforts such as tutoring combined with cognitive behavioral therapy have proven to be successful.

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