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Oregon Prison Parenting Program Dramatically Reduces Recidivism
Oregon prisoners who complete a parenting program are significantly less likely to engage in criminal behavior and substance abuse after release, a long-term study found.
More than half of America’s 2.3 million prisoners have children under the age of 18 according to a 2010 Pew study. In other words, one ...
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- Local Jails Increasingly Refuse to Comply with ICE Detainers, by Joe Watson
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- Company Offers Educational Tablets to Prisoners, with Mixed Results, by Matthew Clarke
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- Full Senate Report on CIA Torture Remains Classified, Largely Unread, by Matthew Clarke
- Corrections Corporation of America, Rocked by Setbacks, Changes its Name, by Derek Gilna
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- Colorado’s “Make My Day” Law No Longer Applies to Prisoners, by David Reutter
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- Illinois Jail Detainee’s Inadequate Food and Contaminated Water Claims Survive Initial Dismissal
- Preliminary Injunction Granted in Class-action Suit Challenging Private Probation Services in Tennessee, by David Reutter
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