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Matthew J. Parker: Prison Reform Envisioned by a Convicted Felon

I’ve had a lot of things done to me in both jail and prison, but coddling was never one of them. Yet in the late 1980s and 1990s, I heard this word used continually to describe prisons

August 26, 2024 · 10 Comments

Heidi Gerard: Addiction Recovery Is Hard. Funding It Shouldn’t Be

I work with moms and kids on their recovery journey. Funding for centers like mine is woefully small compared to the need.

June 20, 2024 · Leave a comment

Matthew J. Parker: You Be the Judge

Can sending a poor person to prison and fining him excessively also be construed as a violation of equal protection, especially when the rich can buy their voting rights back upon release?

March 8, 2024 · 2 Comments

Christy Ulmet: After prison, recapturing lost years of motherhood

Originally posted on Christy Ulmet:
By Christy Ulmet Three years after being released from prison, Lashonia Etheridge-Bey sat in a booth at a breakfast place, reminiscing on her relationship with…

November 17, 2014 · 3 Comments

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