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NEW New Program Takes Rare Approach of Treating Homeless People Like Human Beings—And It Works
Systemic Reforms
A Conservative Case for Prison Reform
From the Sentencing Project: "Recommendations for Juvenile Justice Reform"- http://sentencingproject.org/doc/NJJDPC%20Opportunities%20for%20Obama%20Administration_Final.pdf
Economic Policy Institute's "American Jobs Plan": http://www.epi.org/index.php/american_jobs/understanding_the_jobs_crisis
Another "New Deal" idea who's time has come: The Jobs Imperative
Raising revenue by closing loopholes and making big corporations and Wall Street pay the same in taxes as average citizen. Result: $100 billion increase in revenues that could easily fund health care for everyone: http://www.ctj.org/pdf/healthcarefinancing.pdf.
Related articles about taxing the wealthy: Taxing the Wealthy
Breaking the School-to-Prison Pipeline
The Need to “Think Out of the Box”
Confronting Substance Abuse: A Series of Articles
Drug Rehabilitation or Revolving Door?
Study Finds Drug Treatment is Cost-Effective Alternative to Prison
What Maryland is doing about drug abusers in the criminal justice system: http://www.justicepolicy.org/images/upload/08-02_REP_MDJudges_DP-MD.pdf
Mentally Ill Offenders
Mentally ill prisoners get a second chance
Policy Changes
Policy Briefs from the Justice Policy Institute
Homeboy Industries (a program for ex-gang members): go to this web site: http://www.homeboy-industries.org/
See related story: Now the giant awakes
Update: L.A.'s Homeboy Industries lays off most employees
Some Modest Proposals to Reduce Crime
Good Intentions or Planned Failures?
An Assessment of the Detention Diversion Advocacy Project
The Detention Diversion Advocacy Project and Girls
A Sensible Approach: Gender-Responsive Strategies for Female Offenders
Mental health court seen as example for state
Reforming Prisons
Delancey Street (operated by ex-cons in San Francisco) web site: http://www.delanceystreetfoundation.org/
Insight Prison Project: http://www.insightprisonproject.org/
Reentry Programs: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/evaluation/program-corrections/reentry-index.htm
Restorative Justice Section
Two stories on Restorative Justice
Women Offenders
New!!! Court program helps women turn their lives around
A Sensible Approach: Gender-Responsive Strategies for Female Offenders