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  • In French Presidential Election, Thousands More Vote from Prison

    April 21, 2022 |

    Bolts |

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    Response Location: France

    Outside pressure and legal reforms made it easier for people who are incarcerated to vote. The small nonprofit, Robin des Lois, fought to install regular voting booths in prisons, just like any other precinct. After a long public and legal battle, French legislators approved measures allowing in-person voting in prisons, which significantly increased voter turnout.

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  • As Canadian police grapple with hate crimes, a wave of reforms are improving how some handle incidents

    April 11, 2022 |

    The Globe and Mail |

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    Response Location: Canada

    Canadian police departments are introducing reforms to better handle hate crimes. Victims are offered support services and are kept informed about the ongoing police investigation.

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  • Interrupting Cycles of Harm, Inside and Outside Prison Walls

    April 01, 2022 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States

    A growing number of programs are working to interrupt cycles of trauma and harm with currently and formerly incarcerated individuals. Beyond Violence uses curriculum co-designed by women currently incarcerated and uses peer co-facilitation to address the aggression and violence women have experienced personally, as well as been perpetrators of. The curriculum, which also highlights the impact of individuals’ communities, relationships, and social structures, improves mental health and facilitates long-term healing.

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  • Restorative justice solutions for youth are growing abroad, can they become part of the mix in the U.S.

    March 24, 2022 |

    North Carolina Health News |

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    Response Location: Italy

    As North Carolina reevaluates its approach to juvenile justice, the state is looking to examples like Italy, where restorative justice practices such as victim-offender mediation, in which the victim and perpetrator of a crime meet with a mediator to discuss and reconstruct the incident, play a critical role in cases involving youth. The country incarcerates fewer children and young adults on a given day than North Carolina despite its population being roughly six times the size of the state's.

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  • Online network matches inmates with services after release, similar to a dating site

    March 05, 2022 |

    Arizona Daily Star |

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    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    The Inside Out Network is an online service that allows people who are incarcerated to search for and connect with organizations providing re-entry support, helping them begin to create a plan before they are released. So far, at least 1,600 people incarcerated in Arizona have enrolled in the program.

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  • How a Two-Way Text Messaging System Keeps People Out of Jail

    February 11, 2022 |

    The Crime Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    An app is simplifying communication within the legal system. People on probation, probation officers, and public defenders can all see appointments, check-ins, and course loads. Uptrust helps prevent violations by providing an easy way to organize court dates, tests, and to facilitate check-ins. The application also helps clients search for social services nearby.

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  • Pima County programs help keep drug users out of jail, save taxpayers money

    January 29, 2022 |

    Arizona Daily Star |

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    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    Tucson’s Drug Treatment Alternative to Prison program, or DTAP, offers intensive treatment and recovery services to certain people convicted of nonviolent offenses as an alternative to serving a sentence behind bars. Participants also receive support and counseling around job and life skills, transportation, and other critical needs, and at least 119 people have successfully completed the program since 2011.

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  • The Feeling Of Freedom After Prolonged "Awaiting Trial" In A Nigerian Prison

    January 10, 2022 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

    Considering the overwhelming number of low-income inmates awaiting trial in Nigeria due to lack of legal representation, Heafort Foundation takes up such cases and provides legal services free of cost. Since 2019, the foundation has helped about 200 inmates get out of jail while also supporting them with the means to complete their education or learn new skills so they can restart their lives again.

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  • The Biggest Crop in Prison Gardens: Hope

    December 21, 2021 |

    The Crime Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    A gardening program for correctional facilities is introducing incarcerees to vocational gardening and landscaping, but also provides much more than a chance to get their hands dirty. Insight Garden Program provided a “safe space” for introspection and growth, reduced anxiety and depression, and then eventually helped formerly incarcerated people adjust to life after prison with services that include housing.

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  • The Prisoner-Run Radio Station That's Reaching Men on Death Row

    December 20, 2021 |

    The Marshall Project |

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    Response Location: United States, Livingston, Texas

    At Texas’ Polunsky Unit, 106.5FM The Tank is a prison radio station run by and for the prison's incarcerated men, including nearly 200 on death row for whom the radio's shows form "a community center for men who can never leave their cells." The death-row prisoners, like many others in the prison, live in solitary confinement with no access to classes, jobs, or TVs. But they are allowed radios, and the prison warden allowed the creation of The Tank using donated equipment. Shows range from advice and religion to music of all sorts. All the shows are recorded as a security precaution.

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