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Susan Burton is the founder and executive director of A New Way of Life, a nonprofit that provides sober housing and other support to formerly…
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Thousands of pregnant women pass through our nation’s jails every year. What happens to them as they carry their pregnancies in a space of punishment? In…
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In the 1970s, the United States had an incarceration rate comparable to those of other liberal democracies-and that rate had held steady for over 100…
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On sabbatical from teaching literature to undergraduates, and wanting to educate a different kind of student, Mikita Brottman starts a book club with a…
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Government aid doesn’t always go where it’s supposed to. Foster care agencies team up with companies to take disability and survivor benefits from abused…
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David Simon is best known as creator of HBO's The Wire which chronicled the story of Baltimore's police department and its gangs. A former reporter for…
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Nationwide statistics have proven in-prison educational and rehabilitation programs to be extremely successful, yet many states across the country have…
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Piper Kerman was a 24 year old Smith College graduate in 1993 when she flew to Belgium with a suitcase of money intended for a West African drug lord.…
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Margaret Atwood is the author of more than 50 books of fiction, poetry, and critical essays including Cat's Eye, Alias Grace, and A Handmaid’s Tale. Her…
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A New York comedian who is also an activist on prison rights issues is drawing attention to the state’s practice of investing a small amount of its…