November 15, 2012More than 175 inmates from Marsh Creek Detention Facility have worked to make more than 1,500 handcrafted toys and over 125 refurbished bicycles for more than 35 Contra Costa County children-serving agencies this holiday season. On Thursday Nov. 15, 2012, folks toured the work...
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Thursday, November 15, 2012By Michael S. RosenwaldNow here’s a good idea: Inmates fixing library books.Below, watch a Capital News Service report about a unique new partnership between Montgomery County’s jails and the library system.“It makes me feel real good considering the background where I ...
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Friday, November 16, 2012 WARREN, Maine (AP) — Inmates and officials at the Bolduc Correctional Facility in Warren say a program that allows prisoners to take care of abandoned horses at a nearby farm works wonders for man and animal alike. The animal therapy pr...
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By SARA SHEPHERD - Associated Press - Nov. 14, 2012LAWRENCE, Kan. - Larry Swinson, a slight, 75-year-old retiree, regularly slides into church pews at Lansing Correctional Facility between much burlier, blue-uniformed men with more tattoos and less singing experience.The Lawrence resident ha...
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November 15, 2012A lawsuit filed Thursday in Alameda County Superior Court alleges that the state’s third-largest county jail discriminates against inmates with disabilities by denying them accessible toilets, showers and visiting areas; keeping them in the infirmary in conditions that amount to ...
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Homeboy Industries, the passion project of an L.A. priest, has brought life reboots to hundreds of ex-cons, including onetime gang members and the former CEO of mega-construction company KB Home. By Douglas McGray - April 16, 2012Father Gregory Boyle, the founder and heart of Homeboy Industries...
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Getting a job after being in jail can be nearly impossible. A new site called Collaborative Benefit hopes to make it easier to connect people coming out of jail with potential employers.Tulio Cardozo realized he had a problem the day he bumped into a stranger in Macy’s while searching for a birth...
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Rebecca Boone - November 13, 2012 BOISE, Idaho — A gang war that appears to have taken over parts of an Idaho private prison is spilling into the federal courts, with some inmates contending prison officials are ceding control to gang leaders in an effort to save money. ...
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Phillips has spent 11 years in federal prison - Photo by Eric BartonBy Eric Barton - Monday, May 7, 2012A federal inmate who has served 11 years on drug charges he says he didn't commit has convinced prosecutors to let him out of prison. Elroy Phillips refused to accept his fate...