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  • The Kim Foxx Effect: How Prosecutions Have Changed in Cook County

    October 24, 2019 |

    The Marshall Project |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    In her first two and a half years in office as Chicago’s top prosecutor, Kim Foxx lived up to her campaign pledge to prosecute fewer low-level crimes, divert drug cases to treatment, and focus more on gun violence. An analysis of an unprecedented data release shows that Foxx’s office turned away more than 5,000 cases, mostly shoplifting and drug offenses, based on her vow to stop over-criminalizing behavior in ways that ruin lives. Meanwhile, her office prosecuted more gun crimes. Police complained her policies will increase crime, but in the short term at least there was no evidence that they had.

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  • NYC: Where the Police Offer a Free Art Class Instead of Prosecution

    October 22, 2019 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Since 2015, Project Reset has diverted potential criminal cases to programs that change behaviors without imposing punishment or staining people's records with criminal convictions. Art classes, behavioral therapy, and restorative dialogue have made 16- and 17-year-olds in the program significantly less likely to commit new offenses, while 98% of those admitted to the program have completed it. Offered in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Bronx, the program helped the Manhattan district attorney nearly cut in half the number of prosecutions of low-level misdemeanors and violations.

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  • 'The Hardest Part Was Finding a Job'

    October 21, 2019 |

    Ms. Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, McLoud, Oklahoma

    Oklahoma’s Mabel Bassett Correctional Center is seeing its first graduating class of women coders. A nonprofit called The Last Mile offers training programs for incarcerated individuals with the goal of equipping them with timely job skills upon re-entry. Those that are a part of the program participate in 40 hours of class per week for a year, learning coding programs like CSS, HTML, and Bootstrap.

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  • Easing the Way Home for Returning Senior Citizens

    October 14, 2019 |

    Next City |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    For seniors re-entering after incarceration, San Francisco’s Senior Ex-Offenders Program (SEOP) is there to help with the transition. The program offers transitional housing, employment services, and even assistance for minor things like getting a debit card or help with transportation. SEOP has partnered with the city, county, and law enforcement to strengthen its efforts, a key one being the one-on-one assistance and support groups that have shown the most impact with participants.

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  • After Prison, Healthy Lives Built On Access To Care And Community

    October 07, 2019 |

    Health Affairs |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    The Transitions Clinic Network is a program that helps to connect people who were arrested on drug charges with health-care professionals and a social support system once they are released. Originally piloted in San Francisco, this program now has over 30 affiliates throughout the country.

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  • A Tale Of Two Cities: New York Providers Credit 'Aftercare' For Helping Youths Transition Home

    October 02, 2019 |

    WUWM |

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    Response Location: United States, New York

    After kids spend time in one of New York City's community-based incarceration facilities, they are enrolled in an "aftercare" program, which includes group meetings and mentoring, to help with the transition. As Milwaukee continues to reform its youth prison system, it is looking to New York as one promising model to consider.

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  • Innovative open jail design changes San Diego inmate experience

    September 26, 2019 |

    KGTV-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Santee, California

    San Diego County’s Las Colinas Detention and Reentry Facility was redesigned to look less like a jail and more like a community. The newly designed facility prioritizes rehabilitation over punishment by providing educational facilities, like a fully stocked library, and mental health services. While the impact is still unknown, the goal is to make reentry transitions easier and decreasing recidivism rates.

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  • A Decade Of Diversion: Franklin County's Court For Addiction Recovery

    September 26, 2019 |

    WOSU |

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    Response Location: United States, Columbus, Ohio

    Merging accountability with treatment promotes recovery for those charged with drug possession. In Franklin County, Ohio, the municipal court system operates a program called Helping Achieve Recovery Together. The court recovery program provides a two-year track for participants to receive mental health support from peers and the courts, with the goal of moving them from the criminal justice system and into treatment.

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  • What follows punishment?

    September 26, 2019 |

    The Outline |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Paul, Minnesota

    Minnesota’s Circles of Support and Accountability (CoSA) program takes a restorative, rehabilitative approach to sex offender re-entry and has lowered the risk of recidivism by 88%. The initiative provides participants with a group of volunteers that help them with emotional support, job finding, and challenge and shift the attitudes and behaviors that led to the committed crime. The rise of the #metoo movement has given way to the complexity of sexual assault, restorative justice, and rehabilitation – making programs like CoSA both more necessary and challenging to sustain.

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  • A Decade Of Diversion: Franklin County's Court For Sex Trafficking Survivors

    September 25, 2019 |

    WOSU |

    Multi-Media |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Columbus, Ohio

    Treating women who are coerced into human trafficking as victims provides opportunities for recovery. Alongside the passage of legislation against human trafficking in Ohio, Franklin County courts have implemented a recovery program. Changing Actions to Change Habits (CATCH), provides victims of human trafficking with support in the form of housing, food, and treatment for addiction and trauma. In exchange for participation in the program, women can have their records expunged.

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