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  • Can gardening transform convicted killers and carjackers? Prison officials get behind the bloom.

    June 07, 2015 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Westover, Maryland

    Eastern Correctional Institution is just one of the nation's prisons that's using gardening and agriculture as a way both to improve prison and community food systems, and to give inmates a sense of worth.

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  • Keeping mental health patients stable and out of jail

    June 02, 2015 |

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    Response Location: United States, Rochester, New York

    Like the Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) teams that help seriously mentally ill people avoid costly long-term hospital stays, Forensic Assertive Community Treatment (FACT) teams try to help the same population avoid jail also. By providing intensive case management to avoid the pitfalls that lead to criminal charges, and connecting people living in the community with needed services, these teams have shown early indications that their patients spend less time in both jails and hospitals. They are more expensive than outpatient clinics, but in the long run may be cheaper than hospitals and jails.

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  • How San Antonio is solving the truancy problem

    June 02, 2015 |

    Al Jazeera |

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    Response Location: United States, San Antonio, Texas

    Over the last five years, while other cities in Texas have come under intense scrutiny for truancy policies that subject children as young as 12 to adult criminal charges, and turn their convictions into a revenue stream without having much effect on attendance rates, San Antonio has been in the middle of a bold experiment to find a better way. Working with the city government and school districts, the municipal court in this booming, young, largely Latino metropolis has changed its truancy policies to keep kids out of court.

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  • The Seattle model Ithaca may use to shatter drug-jail cycle

    May 22, 2015 |

    The Ithaca Voice |

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    Response Location: United States, Ithaca, New York

    The law often traps offenders in a cycle of lawbreaking. LEAD allows for drug users to become committed to a program that helps them through the quitting process instead of throwing them into prison and isolating them from the help they need.

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  • Weathering This Year's Testing Season

    May 21, 2015 |

    Bright Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Standardized testing is beginning to take over school curriculums as test material becomes the predominantly taught information. Teachers begin to wonder how worthwhile the tests are on their students overall education while trying to keep the events positive for the children.

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  • ‘You are more than your mistakes': Teachers get at roots of bad behavior

    May 16, 2015 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    In 1997, researchers found a connection between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and adult health problems. Seattle's public schools are part of a growing cohort nationwide applying this knowledge in the classroom to help students who are facing immense challenges at home. By considering external stresses and factors, such as divorce, domestic violence, or family substance abuse (All ACEs), teachers are slower to jump to judgement or punishment. After four years of teacher training, Bemiss Elementary School is getting results, with a 33 percent decrease in suspensions for the 2014 school year.

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  • America's War On Drugs Has Failed. This Program Might Be The Solution.

    May 07, 2015 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    The war on drugs has put millions in jail and fails to curb illegal drug use. Tactics that focus on helping addicts are far more successful, such as Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) and other decriminalization/community-partnership programs.

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  • Bellevue schools teach emotional smarts to help boost academic success

    May 05, 2015 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Bellevue, Washington

    Many schools across the Bellevue, Washington school district have integrated social-emotional learning curricula into their daily lesson plans. Using a program called RULER (Recognize, Understand, Label, Express, and Regulate Emotions) developed by Yale researchers, teachers have seen decreasing suspension rates. Most notably, teachers have noticed promising results across schools, with students at predominantly low income schools responding similarly to those at high income schools.

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  • 'Recovery is work; work is recovery'

    May 03, 2015 |

    Newark Advocate |

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    Response Location: United States, Newark, Ohio

    Research shows that successful addiction recovery requires a comprehensive approach and multiple types of support. Ohio is in the midst of shifting its approach to vocational rehabilitation to an evidence-based approach focusing on providing close employment support, rapid job search and placement services, and emphasizes that "work is not the result of treatment and recovery but integral to both."

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  • For some, Anchorage Wellness Court offers a road to redemption

    April 23, 2015 |

    KTVA |

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    Response Location: United States, Anchorage, Alaska

    Therapeutic courts like the Anchorage Wellness Court were born out of a desire to reduce recidivism rates and deflate ballooning prison populations. For many, they have become the answer to breaking the cycle of criminal behavior while treating people with substance abuse issues.

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