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Is broken windows Philly's new stop-and-frisk?

Number of police citations for minor offenses in Philly rises sharply, sparking debate. 

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Should the Juvenile Court Retain Jurisdiction Over Parents During DOC Placement?

Has the time come to change the jurisdiction statutes to allow the juvenile court to order and enforce parental participation orders for community-based services for the family while the child is p...

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http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2014/0727/Obamacare-for-ex-inmates-Is-health-insurance-an-antidote-to-crime

Obamacare for ex-inmates: Is health insurance an antidote to crime?

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http://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2014/07/24/graves-poller-letter/

The high cost and the use of revoking phone privileges are taking away parental rights to prisoners.

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State Grants New York Group $6 Million to Revamp Former Bronx Prison - Claremont - DNAinfo.com New York

The Fulton Correctional Facility is on its way to becoming an economic development and reentry center.

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Sources: FBI conducting civil-rights probe in Lowell cell death

LOWELL -- The FBI is investigating whether federal civil-rights violations were committed by Lowell police officers the night a woman died in police custody last year, sources told The Sun.

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How School Suspensions Can Punish You For A Lifetime

“My son has been suspended five times. He’s 3,” headlined one mother’s recent article in the Washington Post that helped kindle the conversation of school suspension rates in the American education system. Gloria Ladson-Bil...

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Investigators from the University of Colorado at Denver, the University of Oregon, and Montana State University assessed federal data on youth marijuana use and treatment episodes for the years 1993 to 2011 – a time period when 16 states authorized medical cannabis use. Authors reported, “Our results are not consistent with the hypothesis that the legalization of medical marijuana caused an increase in the use of marijuana among high school students. In fact, estimates from our preferred specification are small, consistently negative, and are never statistically distinguishable from zero.”

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Inmates Say They Were Driven in Sweltering Van From Avon Park Correctional Institution

LAKELAND | The state is investigating what happened when four inmates, including one from Davenport, were trapped for hours in sweltering heat in the back of a prison van with no air conditioning and little or no ventilation.