The Bismarck Tribune The Tribune Editorial Board has for a long time supported steps that result in fewer people being jailed and them becoming productive citizens. Senate Bill 2015 is a move in that direction. The bill intends to develop tiered services statewide for...
WABE/NPR By Lisa Hagen Georgia has the highest rate of people on probation in the country. That rate is nearly four times the national average. After years of criminal justice reform, the state has seen its prison population drop, but the rate of people under state...
GoUpstate.com By Daniel J. Gross and Chris Lavender Seven months after Spartanburg County made a public commitment to reduce the number of inmates with a mental illness, progress has been made in some areas but not in others. Among the advances, more inmates are being...
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation establishes scholarship in honor of Darryl Hunt; money will go toward people convicted of crimes who are seeking higher education By Michael Hewlett Winston-Salem Journal Mar 13, 2017 Darryl Hunt, exonerated of murder in 2004, spent...
Boston Herald By the Associated Press BOSTON — Tykeam Jackson’s soft voice and warm smile give little hint of how the 21-year-old spent his youth: in and out of juvenile detention and jails, leading a life in Boston’s mean streets centered on gangs and...
