Barbed wire and armed guards aren’t your typical intro to a startup pitch event. But today, San Quentin Prison hosted The Last Mile demo day featuring presentations by seven inmates. The Last Mile hopes that through entrepreneurship, it can prepare convicts for employment and reduce recidivism. C...
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Credit: U.Va.'s Darden School of BusinessGuest Post by Gosia Glinska, Senior Researcher at the Batten Institute at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business - 2/19/2013Imagine you’re in prison. Your release date is quickly approaching. But you’re a high-school dropout with few job s...
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(Gallery by John O'Boyle / The Star-Ledger)By Ryan Hutchins/The Star-Ledger - February 18, 2013TRENTON— Waiters in white shirts and maroon collars shuffle between the kitchen and dining room, running entrées while cooks clank away at their stations, finding a rhythm as the day grinds on — jokin...
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By Kia Gregory - New York TimesPiotr Redlinski for The New York TimesIrving Brewster, with his 5-year-old daughter on his lap, held his certificate at a “graduation” ceremony for ex-offenders who completed a nine-month re-entry program at the Harlem Community Justice Center.As family and friends ...
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by Elizabeth GudraisMarch-April 2013WHEN JERRY ENTERS the pizza place next to Boston’s Government Center, he shakes Bruce Western’s hand heartily. Jerry, who has served 25 years for armed robbery and aggravated rape, was released two months ago. Western is studying what happens to prisoners after...
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SUBSTANTIAL ASSISTANCELinda Drazga Maxfield and John H. Kramer are the Acting Director of the Office of Policy Analysis and Staff Director, respectively, of the U.S. Sentencing Commission. ... However, the opinions expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect th...
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(a) Correcting Clear Error.Within 14 days after sentencing, the court may correct a sentence that resulted from arithmetical, technical, or other clear error.(b) Reducing a Sentence for Substantial Assistance.(1) In General. Upon the government's motion made within one year of sentencing, the cou...
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By Scott Hensley - February 07, 2013 Well, it has happened again. Twice. Inmates at a maximum security prison in Arizona were stricken with botulism after consuming homemade hooch that's called "pruno" inside the big house.If you must make pruno, avoid potatoes. Eight inmates wound...
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A former city prison guard was indicted today on charges that he smuggled drugs, cigarettes and cell phones into a prison in a scheme to sell them to prisoners last May.By Dana DiFilippo - Tuesday, February 5, 2013Dion Reid, 35, of Philadelphia, was charged with two counts each of honest services...