CJ Far,Yahoo! Contributor Network July 18, 2007 When I meet someone who is unaware of what I do, and answer their inquiry I usually get one of three responses. The first is usually either: How can you do that or I don't think I could do that. Next is usually either Do you like that kind of work ...
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Twenty-two years after being sent to prison for an unspeakable crime he did not commit, Calvin Willis walked out a free man, the 138th American exonerated by DNA evidence. He has won his freedom, yes, but how does a falsely accused man reclaim his life?Janet Gregory and Calvin Willis in 2004, ...
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By Benedict Carey December 19, 2011 SMYRNA, Del. — The taste of cocaine and the slow-motion sensation of breaking the law were all too familiar, but the thrill was long gone. Antonio Lambert was not a young hoodlum anymore but a family man with a career, and here he was last fall, high as ...
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Our view: Technically, Maryland doesn't hold prisoners in solitary confinement, but in practice the techniques it uses to control unruly inmates amount to virtually the same thing July 8, 2012 Officially, the state of Maryland does not hold any of the 22,000 inmates in its prison system in what...
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Positive and Negative ViewpointsMany citizens and legislators form an opinion on weight lifting in prisons-based on an incident or one issue. We encourage them to look at the "whole picture" before forming an opinion. This list of issues has been prepared to make everyone more aware of ...
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By Mosi Secret October 1, 2012 The handwritten letters arrived by the dozens, from men who described in flawed but poignant language what it was like to lose their minds. “I feel like I am developing some kind of skitsophrinia behaviors,” one man wrote. “I hear voices echoing as I try to fall a...
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SCDC’s Self Paced In–Class Education (SPICE) Program is an inmate education and employment initiative. This initiative is a faith–based community partnership between SCDC, SCDPPPS and area Technical Colleges. The SPICE program provides meaningful educational opportunities (vocational training, li...
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October 02, 2012It’s a push for companies not to discriminate against job seekers with a criminal background. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission wants businesses to look past your rap sheet and focus on your job skills.In April 2012 the EEOC updated its policy on criminal background chec...
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Sep. 30, 2012 CareerBuilderMore than 92 million individuals have a criminal history on file in state criminal history repositories, according to the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics. Having a criminal past can potentially haunt someone's future, especially when it comes ...