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  • Portland's Bybee Lakes Hope Center: A jail no more

    April 28, 2021 |

    Portland Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    Multnomah County sold its unused Wapato Jail to a developer whose nonprofit partner has used grants and donations to turn the former jail into Bybee Lakes Hope Center, a residential treatment program for unhoused people. After two weeks in temporary homeless-shelter status, people can opt to enroll in a three-month treatment program, something that 65% of them have agreed to do. That program combines sober living rules with job training and other services. Nearly 200 people have completed the program. The center is working on a large expansion project providing hundreds more beds.

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  • Part 2: “There is no Champion” — Granite State News Collaborative

    April 22, 2021 |

    Granite State News Collaborative |

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    Response Location: United States, North Conway, New Hampshire

    White Mountain Restorative Justice offers juvenile and adult court diversion and victim-offender mediation programs. WMRJ aims to guide first-time low-level offenders through restorative justice processes to hold offenders accountable, repair the harm caused by crime, and prevent reoffences.

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  • In Vermont, Isolating Inmates Kept Covid at Bay, but at a Price

    April 21, 2021 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Vermont

    Vermont is the only state where no people incarcerated in prison died of COVID-19 in the first 12 months of the pandemic, and its infection rate is relatively low. The prisons took steps that other prison systems either didn't try or didn't do soon enough, including universal testing at least six times over the year; strict isolation of newly admitted prisoners for 14 days; occasional lockdowns of up to a month; early releases from prison; and keeping corrections officers housed separately from the community. The isolation measures hurt people's mental health, including one suicide and one attempt.

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  • In Nation's Incarceration Capital, a New D.A. Is Freeing People From Prison

    April 21, 2021 |

    The Appeal |

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    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    In his first months as the New Orleans district attorney, Jason Williams has pushed a prosecution-reform agenda that not only limits who gets sent to prison on the front end, but also takes a backward look at who should be let out of prison. Nearly two dozen people convicted by non-unanimous juries have been granted new trials. Some people have been granted early release from prison after conviction under unduly harsh sentencing laws that no longer will be enforced. Williams' ultimate goal is to restore community trust so that necessary prosecutions have community support.

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  • From Prison To Plate: One Organization's Approach On Food Sustainability

    April 20, 2021 |

    Grady Newsource |

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    Response Location: United States, Monroe, Georgia

    In a community with a food insecurity rate of 11%, Walton Wellness provides dozens of families with a steady supply of fresh produce grown by volunteers incarcerated at the county jail. The program aims to go beyond simply addressing hunger by educating the community, including school children, about healthy eating.

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  • Would You Dine in This Prison?

    April 20, 2021 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, London

    The Clink operates in four British prisons, teaching haute-cuisine cooking skills and then helping its formerly incarcerated trainees establish productive lives once they're released. The training inside prison features restaurants that cater to the public, plus teaching the skills needed to find and keep a job on the outside. When graduates of the program showed the same inclination to commit more crimes as other formerly incarcerated people, the program provided more reentry supports that have contributed to much lower rates of re-offending. The program plans to expand to 70 more prisons in the UK.

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  • Restorative Justice Part 3: In Vermont, Restorative Justice Under Statute May Not Lead to Equitable Services

    April 20, 2021 |

    Granite State News Collaborative |

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    Response Location: United States, Vermont

    Reacting to troubling trends in incarceration in the 1980s, Vermont legislators created a system of community justice centers to give its justice system a distinct rehabilitative rather than punitive slant. The CJCs exist in every county and involve the community in repairing the harm from crimes, following a restorative justice approach. Though gaps in data on race mask Vermont's racial disparities in criminal justice, the system saves money and spares many people incarceration, while giving crime victims and communities a more direct say in how to hold people accountable for the harm they cause.

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  • Restorative Justice Part 1: Juvenile Court Diversion is Cheap and Effective, But Inconsistent Across NH

    April 20, 2021 |

    Granite State News Collaborative |

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    Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

    New Hampshire's 40-year-old system of diverting many juvenile prosecutions away from courts and incarceration, and into community-based restorative justice programs, has saved public money, lowered youth crime rates, and changed lives. By addressing root causes of lower-level offenses, the programs provide treatment to youth who apologize and atone for their offenses, and who then often perform community service projects to erase their arrest record. But there are many fewer resources now than at the program's start, creating an uneven and inequitable patchwork of available services statewide.

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  • Restorative Justice Part 2: "There is no Champion”

    April 20, 2021 |

    Granite State News Collaborative |

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    Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

    In some New Hampshire counties, diversion programs give some people charged with generally low-level crimes the opportunity to make amends, get treatment for underlying problems, and move on in life without a criminal record. While data are spotty, one county showed that people who went through its program committed fewer offenses afterward. But a lack of statewide standards and funding means that such opportunities are not available uniformly.

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  • A NYC Reentry Program Offers Formerly Incarcerated People Healing, Dignity Through Meals

    April 19, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Reentry programs for people recently released from prison rarely focus on nutrition, must less provide cooking demonstrations. But the Fortune Society hosts 200 formerly incarcerated people at a weekly demo as part of a program that provides farm-sourced, fresh, quality food in a daily hot meal plus nutrition lessons for the people it serves. The program recognizes that the terrible food people get served inside prison forms an unhealthy habit that can continue afterward. The lessons open people to new food experiences that are both healthy and a form of community-building.

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