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  1. How the U.S. became a country where freedom fails to ring

    BOOK REVIEW | James Kilgore explains our dubious grip on freedom in ‘Understanding Mass Incarceration’ The irony of our criminal justice system is that our “land of the free” locks up more of its people than any other country. As such, it’s an outlier in ...

    28 Apr 2016 - Mike Wold

  2. Better solutions are on the front end, not the back

    When discussing re-entry barriers with a formerly incarcerated person a few years ago, I was struck by the need for Oregon to grapple with a rhetorical question the young man was posing. “When will we actually put corrections in the Department of Correcti ...

    8 Oct 2013 - David Rogers

  3. Barred for life: How social inequality and prison population growth are two sides of the same set of cuffs

    Barred for life: How social inequality and prison population growth are two sides of the same set of cuffs By Timothy Harris, Contributing Writer Harvard professor Bruce Western says our criminal justice system hurts us more than we realize. Bruce Western ...

    2 Feb 2012 - Street Roots

  4. Ruth Kovacs — Moving on: Life and family beckon from Chicago

    Ruth Kovacs — Moving on: Life and family beckon from Chicago An open letter to friends at Street Roots, KBOO, prisoners and their loved ones, and all the folks who support issues of concern that have become my focus for the more than 20 years that I have ...

    21 Jun 2011 - Street Roots

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