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Alternate Methods Misha,Yahoo! Contributor Network May 11, 2006 In an effort to reduce prison overcrowding and with hopes of reducing recidivism rates, many areas have decided to try alternatives to prison. With community-based programs, like house arrest and drug treatment progr...

U.S. Commission to Assess Mandatory Sentences Gary Fields at gary.fields@wsj.com November 12, 2009 Mandatory-minimum sentences are going under a mandatory review. WSJ: Congress has ordered the panel that advises judges on prison terms to conduct a review of mandatory-minimum sentences, a move ...

Dan Ariely, author of The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty.Photo: poptech/FlickrBY Joanna Pearlstein  - June 22, 2012 A professor of behavioral economics and psychology at Duke University, Ariely is the author of Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces that Shape Our Decisions, and The Upsi...

Michael Wentz works at Pelsue Co., an engineering and manufacturing company in Englewood. "We're very proud of Mike's journey and delighted to play our part in it," Pelsue chief executive Mark Pelsue said.(Craig F. Walker, The Denver Post) By Kirk Mitchell - The Denver Post  -  08/19/2...

LaKeisha Burton (right), convicted at age 16 for attempted murder, and prisoner-rights activist Gloria Killian, hug each other. // Photo: Viji Sundaram Aug 13, 2012 CLAREMONT, Calif. – When a number of formerly incarcerated women last year received what they thought was a distress e-mail from a...

Gangbanging brought Tookie Williams to death row. Can a series of children's books that decry violence bring him redemption?   Stanley "Tookie" Williams on Death Row     By Elizabeth Mehren Times Staff Writer  -  January...

Bill McClellan  Sunday, July 22, 2012 Twenty years ago, George Spann belonged to the College and Carter Six Deuce Crips. As the name suggests, they sold dope — mostly crack cocaine — at the intersection of College and Carter avenues on the city's North Side. Unlike most of the gang members, Spa...

Former inmate Hector Morales at work; the Office of Reentry in Newark, N.J., intervened to help him. He says he was tired of being a bad role model for his kids.By Howard Husock  -  August 3, 2012 Instead of training and counseling, Newark is trying work first—with promising results Hector Mora...

July 28, 2012 (CBS News) OSSINING, N.Y. - At one music workshop, the lessons are not surprising, but the students' resumes are. Daniel Barthels, Denis Martinez and Kenyatta Hughes are part of a rather unusual group of musicians. The unlikely school of ...