Before my arrest, I was a lost soul and without hope. Now I am absorbing everything positive around me.TIFFANY CARLTON currently lives in the Iowa Correctional Institution for Women in Mitchellville. Contact:jerry.jauron@iowa.gov Written by Tiffany Carlton Jun 24, 2012 Have you ever had one of...
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Looking for workers in all the wrong places? Try this. By David Doran | August 1, 1998 As the average age of the nation's population rises, the number of skilled laborers will fall, making it progressively more difficult for employers to find qualified workers. One of...
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In Kansas, ex-cons build lake cabins, weld snowmobiles - and stay out of prison. What's the matter with the rest of the country? Photo: Victor J. Blue/Koppel on DiscoveryBy Justine Sharrock - July/August 2008 When Jeannette Brown first got out of prison in Shawnee County, Kansas, in April 200...
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Lessons from OCSE Grants and State Programs Useful and Helpful 104-page Resource Guide Executive Summary Local, state and federal agencies are developing programs to assist with successful reentry for the thousands of people being released from state and federal prison...
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As a father in prison, I have experienced many different emotional highs and lows in trying to reattach to my son who is now a man with a family of his own. In my particular case, it was most difficult getting past the negative things my son was told about me during our separation.This is a commo...
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January 2012 (Updated March 2012)Executive Summary Persistent fiscal challenges in the United States have spurred greater scrutiny of government spending. States’ corrections expenditures, which have nearly quadrupled over the past two decades, are receiving considerable attention.These circumsta...
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February 2002 Special Issues in Corrections - Read Full Report - Including the DOC Contacts on Services for Families of Inmates and corresponding forms to use to gain benefits A variety of studies have found that increased contact between inmates and their families can contr...
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State by state graphical report on incarceration statistics regarding time served, money spent and the average cost per inmate.Offenders released in a particular year here refers only to first releases in the year. First releases are offenders released from their original sentence, as opposed to ...
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June 2012 - Read the entire 65-page report Executive Summary Over the past four decades, criminal justice policy in the United States was guided largely by a central premise: the best way to protect the public was to put more people in prison. A corollary was that offenders ...