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For Some Wyoming Inmates, Prison Is Their Best Shot At Education

Jen Kocher

July 28, 2024 |

Cowboy State Daily |

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Response Location: United States, Wyoming

The University of Wyoming’s Pathways from Prison program uses federal Pell Grant money and private donations to fund college education for inmates. The program offers four-year degrees and aims to provide them with the skills, tools and knowledge to reenter society in a positive way. Studies show educational programs decrease recidivism rates by 14.8%, and those participating in the program say their self-worth and sense of hope have significantly increased.

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Convincing the Cops

Dan Gorenstein Ryan Levi

July 18, 2024 |

Tradeoffs |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Durham, North Carolina

Durham, North Carolina, instated an alternative crisis response program that dispatches social workers to respond to 911 calls about people in mental health crises. The team’s successes earned the support of an initially skeptical police department.

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Damascus Road: Drug court changing lives, saving taxpayers 'boatload of money'

Geoff Pender

July 15, 2024 |

Mississippi Today |

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Response Location: United States, Columbia, Mississippi

Intervention Court provides programming and support to those struggling with addiction, connecting them to jobs, schooling and skills training to help them stay sober, re-enter society and stay out of jail. Nearly 11,000 people have graduated from one of the 42 drug courts throughout the state, and the courts average a recidivism rate of just 2.9% compared to the Mississippi Department of Corrections’ 35.4%.

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Model Prisons: California's Push for Reform

Gianna Toboni

July 13, 2024 |

CBS News |

Video |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, California

California is taking a new approach to reducing recidivism, known as The California Model, by providing people who are incarcerated with rehabilitative and educational programming.

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Get arrested or go to treatment? Court program hailed as game-changer for mentally ill arrestees

Erik Sandoval

July 12, 2024 |

Solutionaries |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Miami, Florida

In Miami-Dade County, Florida, law enforcement officers are trained to identify people who may have mental health issues and call a mental health professional to the scene. The process allows more people to get help and avoid criminal charges by giving them the choice to continue treatment or go to jail.

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Why a drug treatment tool to protect Missouri kids is underutilized in the St. Louis area

Jason Rosenbaum

June 10, 2024 |

St. Louis Public Radio |

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Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

Temporary Alternative Placement Agreements (TAPA) allow parents struggling with addiction to enter a drug-treatment program and connect them with parenting resources and support to help them maintain custody of their children. Under a TAPA parents have a say in who their children stay with while they're seeking treatment, rather than losing custody altogether. Participants say TAPAs are far less traumatic and help hold them accountable as they’re required to sign an agreement to uphold at the start of the program.

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New Jersey Ditched Cash Bail. Research Shows the Reform Didn't Increase Violence.

Chip Brownlee

June 04, 2024 |

The Trace |

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Response Location: United States, New Jersey

New Jersey voters approved an amendment that removed cash bail so people would no longer be incarcerated because they couldn’t afford to pay it. Now, the courts evaluate each person’s risk to the public, of skipping trial, and of reoffense to determine whether they are held in detention until their trial.

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A post-mortem on Oregon's drug decriminalization efforts

Paige Sutherland Meghna Chakrabarti

May 29, 2024 |

WBUR |

Radio |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Oregon

While the decriminalization effort Measure 110 failed to fully meet the mark, the Health Justice Recovery Alliance joined forces with local law enforcement to create a pilot program that helped locals struggling with addiction. Through the program, police can contact an outreach worker who will come to the scene and connect the person struggling with addiction to support services such as detox care and housing, helping lead them toward long-term recovery. So far, the pilot program has helped over 200 people.

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Inside Vermont's Radical Approach to Helping the Formerly Incarcerated Succeed

Steven Yoder

May 28, 2024 |

The Appeal |

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Response Location: United States, Vermont

Vermont built volunteer-led Circle of Support and Accountability groups into its reentry system to help keep those who’ve committed sexual crimes from reoffending. The volunteers meet with people who were formerly incarcerated weekly to offer advice, encouragement, and support while they transition into life outside of prison.

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Connecting for Impact: An African Women Movement Changes HIV Trend Through Mentorship

Rhonet Atwiine

May 23, 2024 |

Solutions Now Africa |

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Response Location: Zambia, Lusaka

Mothers to Mothers trains and employs local women living with HIV/AIDs to become community health workers, providing care and services to under-resourced clinics and direct to communities through door-to-door initiatives. Since forming in 2001, Mothers to Mothers has connected more than 15 million people with access to health services and has trained 1,200 women to become community health workers.

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