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Education
fromLos Angeles Times
2 weeks agoCalifornia inmates can take college classes, but often with no internet and limited tech
Prison higher-education access expanded, but technology bans and internet restrictions impede effective college-level study and limit education's recidivism-reduction potential.
fromwww.amny.com
2 weeks agoEditorial | NYC can effectively fight crime without troops | amNewYork
In the years immediately following the pandemic, retail theft became a business-busting, job-killing plague in New York. Professional shoplifters used the five-finger discount more effectively than they had in years, grabbing whatever they could get their hands on and selling the hot commodities online for profit. The city and state fought back not by sending in armed troops, but with common-sense solutions.
New York City
fromPsychology Today
3 months agoForgiving the Unforgivable in the New Book "The River Is Waiting"
About two in five people who are currently incarcerated have a history of mental illness, a rate twice as high as the national average, but data reveals that prison is designed for punishment, not care.
Social justice
fromwww.bbc.com
4 months agoMore offenders could be tagged, as minister insists he's 'not soft on crime'
"How do we reduce re-offending? How do we deal with people's drug addiction, mental health problems, the fact that people leave prison they don't know where to live, people don't have a job?"
UK politics
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