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How a Police Detective Helps Inmates Prepare to Live on the Outside

Simone Weichselbaum

June 02, 2016 |

The Marshall Project |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Gig Harbor, Washington

In the United States, the incarcerated feel like they have no voices and their mistakes that led them to jail go unacknowledged. A documentary film spotlights the IF Project, a writing program that encourages female inmates and recently released felons to write down what they would have done to change the path they went on. With police and teachers as mentors, the convicted have support transitioning into society and can reflect on what they can do to change their lives for the better.

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Community plays a role in helping ex-prisoners

Gina Barton

May 14, 2016 |

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Montpelier, Vermont

Communities nationwide, including in Wisconsin, work to help ex-prisoners by surrounding them with supportive people. But in Vermont, a statewide network funded by the DOC makes it happen.

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Actor's Gang: How Tim Robbins has cut reoffending rates

Kate Bissell

March 14, 2016 |

BBC |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

For many offenders, prison can be a tense, divisive, and anger-inducing environment, fueling the negative influences that landed them there in the first place and leading to high recidivism rates. Actor Tim Robbins - who once famously portrayed a prisoner himself - started a program called The Actors Gang to bring theater to inmates as an outlet for emotion and expression, breaking down barriers between former gang members and helping individuals to process their troubles.

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The San Francisco Jail That Started a School

Rob Waters

March 10, 2016 |

Bright Magazine |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

Five Keys Charter School, established in 2003, works in various California prisons to provide education and job training to inmates. Since its founding, Five Keys has awarded 684 high school diplomas to inmates in custody and 712 more to people who completed their coursework at a network of community sites scattered around San Francisco and Los Angeles.

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How to Get Out of Solitary — One Step at a Time

Maurice Chammah

January 07, 2016 |

The Marshall Project |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Alger, Michigan

New programs aim to ease inmates out of years of solitary confinement by passing them through different "stages," each with different behavioral requirements and rewards. It's an approach that allows inmates to gradually gain more control over their lives.

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Pa. state prisons transform mental health care, but is it working?

Daniel Simmons-Ritchie

November 06, 2015 |

PennLive |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

The Department of Corrections in PA pledged to transform care for mentally ill inmates. Its system of diversionary treatment has achieved some success but continues to face skepticism.

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Harvard's prestigious debate team loses to New York prison inmates

Lauren Gambino

October 07, 2015 |

The Guardian |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts

The Bard prison initiative, in New York, allows inmates at correctional facilities to take liberal arts classes and improve their opportunities to find work upon release.

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Prison Without Punishment

Maurice Chammah

September 25, 2015 |

The Marshall Project |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Both incarceration and crime rates are low is Western Europe where the focus in prison is on rehabilitating prisoners so they can return to society. American leaders visited a prison in Germany to consider implementing certain aspects in the United States.

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When Prisons Need to Be More Like Nursing Homes

Maura Ewing

August 27, 2015 |

The Marshall Project |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

The U.S. prison population is aging, which is costly because older inmates need more care. Some states have responded by creating special wards, having the young inmates care for the old, or building nursing homes.

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Can Prisons Reduce Recidivism by Inviting Victims of Crime to Talk to Prisoners?

Mark Obbie

July 19, 2015 |

Slate |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Houston, Texas

A Houston man whose sister was murdered created a way to help his own pain and possibly foster more empathy and understanding among inmates. The restorative justice program, Bridges to Life, has grown to hundreds of volunteers throughout Texas, which includes crime victims who tell their stories and work with inmates to impress upon them the harm that their actions can inflict on others. The prisoners are encouraged to open up about their own lives with the idea that both groups will find healing.

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