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Raising babies behind bars

Justin Jouvenal

May 11, 2018 |

The Washington Post |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Decatur, Illinois

Nursery programs inside prisons are not common. The Decatur Correctional Center is one of the few in the country. Eleven years since its inception, “more than 90 women have gone through the Moms and Babies program.”

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Only City In California To Solve Veteran Homelessness Is On A Mission To Go Bigger

Amita Sharma

May 10, 2018 |

KPBS Public Media |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Riverside, California

Riverside is the only city in California to solve veteran homelessness. The approach, called Housing First, works by placing vets into subsidized housing and then proceeding with support services like finding employment or rehabilitating from drugs/alcohol dependence. Now that Riverside has housed all of its 89 homeless vets, it is moving on to apply the same approach to their 400 chronically homeless citizens.

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One Ohio School's Quest to Rethink Bad Behavior

Katherine Reynolds Lewis

May 08, 2018 |

The Atlantic |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Columbus, Ohio

At Ohio Avenue Elementary School, where many students live below the poverty line, all teachers receive training on the science of trauma and how it impacts the children in their classrooms. What teachers do with this knowledge is up to them - Katherine Reynolds Lewis asks, "What if the most effective way to help kids learn self-control is for adults to stop being so controlling?" The school has seen many students gain the ability to "self-calm," a coping mechanism that is hard to teach students who have experienced domestic or police violence or periods in the foster care system.

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Fighting Street Gun Violence as if It Were a Contagion

Tina Rosenberg

May 08, 2018 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Most tough guys with guns don’t want to shoot. Trained violence interrupters can therefore jump in and find alternative ways to mediate disputes. Hired from the same neighborhoods in which they work, violence interrupters and outreach workers form the backbone of Cure Violence, a neighborhood-level program that has gone global treating gun violence as a self-replicating disease.

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Fresh Times at Rehab High

Britni De La Cretaz

May 04, 2018 |

Pacific Standard |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Brockton, Massachusetts

Forty recovery high schools in the United States have improved the lives for students who have addiction or mental health challenges. According to research, the relapse rate is only 30 percent, as opposed to 70 percent for students taken out of schools for treatment and then return. Despite this success, these schools have challenges in raising funds to support them, finding the transportation for the students, and letting people know that they exist.

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From screaming and police to college in the fall, family says juvenile justice program 'saved son's life'

Brian Edwards

May 01, 2018 |

The Montgomery Advertiser |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Auburn, Alabama

Reaching out to juvenile offenders with support and services, rather than putting them in jail, reduces recidivism and can save public money. A program called Youth Villages is instrumental in helping youth offenders in Alabama build better futures for themselves, reaching about 50 young people every year. A bill that would have expanded this approach across the state was proposed but failed to pass before the end of the legislative session.

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A New Approach To Incarceration In The U.S.: Responsibility

Cristina Quinn

April 29, 2018 |

NPR |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Billerica, Massachusetts

To stop recidivism, the Middlesex House of Correction and Jail is replicating life on the outside for inmates while they are still in prison. Designed for 18 to 24-year-olds, the program removes some aspects of prison life, such as constant surveillance and locked doors, and supports participants as they manage increasing responsibilities and obligations.

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How safe-injection sites work

Jennifer Long

April 26, 2018 |

WGME-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: Canada, Montreal, Quebec

The city of Montreal, Canada is testing how safe injection sites can be used in the fight against opioid overdoses. Montreal has 4 total sites, and one of them, called Cactus Montreal, has already supervised thousands of users in less than a year without a single death. Cactus is often busy with about 100 visitors each day, and they say that their services also prevent public injections and litter of used needles.

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One way the US is working out its homeless problem

Asia London Palomba

April 25, 2018 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Employment and long-term housing help homeless individuals get back on their feet. Albuquerque's "There's A Better Way" offers jobs, food, counseling, and housing to those in need, one of more than 20 programs across the country putting the focus on helping, rather than punishing, people living on the streets.

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Meet the Judge Who Transformed California's Criminal Justice System

Abbie Vansickle

April 23, 2018 |

The Marshall Project |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, California

Using the catalyst approach, Judge Thelton Henderson was able to reform California prisons. He employed courts to change bureaucratic systems, and was moved by the idea that if you “encourage everyone involved to buy into a solution.. long-term change will happen.” Coupled with court orders, Henderson oversaw lawsuits involving overcrowding and inadequate medical services in prisons. A move that led to statewide change.

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