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  • Heroin scourge: ‘Not a thing being done about it'

    November 17, 2016 |

    Palm Beach Post |

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    Response Location: United States, West Palm Beach, Florida

    The 'Heroin Epidemic' has taken many lives due to overdosing and HIV. Establishing needle exchange locations, demanding that public officials carry Narcan (a drug that reverses overdoses), treating addicts whether or not they have insurance, and collecting data are all actions that together can significantly lessen the effects of Heroin on communities.

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  • New Program to Stem Chicago's Violence Epidemic Starts in Jail

    October 20, 2016 |

    WTTW-PBS |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Chicago's Cook County Jail seeks to short-circuit the cycle of violence by involving young men from the city's most violent zip codes in a program that includes counseling, conflict resolution and anger management. The Sheriff's Anti-Violence Effort, or SAVE, then connects them with services once they're released to find housing and employment. Results are preliminary, but so far more than 80 have gone through the program and 20 were released, with just two ending up back in jail.

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  • King County tries counseling, self-reflection instead of jail for teens

    October 15, 2016 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Restorative justice, a process that originated in New Zealand, aims to repair damaged relationships rather than merely meting out punishment. It can be far more demanding than a traditional route through court, but for juvenile offenders like those in King County, who are statistically likely to get stuck in a cycle of crime after a first prison sentence, the alternative to incarceration may provide a constructive path forward.

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  • Roanoke County mother seeks answers following son's suicide

    October 10, 2016 |

    The Roanoke Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Roanoke, Virginia

    Many suicides are caused by gun-inflicted wounds annually in the United States. Connecticut passed a law in 1999 that enabled law enforcement to temporarily remove guns from people who were at-risk of causing harm to themselves or to others. Research on the law has shown that after police removed guns, people were less likely to use them inappropriately after they were returned, thereby preventing suicides.

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  • This Machine Could Prevent Gun Violence — If Only Cops Used It

    October 06, 2016 |

    The Marshall Project |

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    Response Location: United States, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana

    Gun crimes with no leads can torment police investigators and agitate communities. NIBIN is a database that tracks the unique marks that guns leave on shell casings, showing whether that same gun was used in another crime or could lead to evidence.

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  • This group found a simple way to get messages from homeless people to their families.

    September 21, 2016 |

    Upworthy |

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    Response Location: United States

    Kevin Adler used his own experience with his homeless and estranged uncle to create 'Miracle Messages' —a project where he could record the messages of homeless individuals and post them on social media, in order to help reunite them with their families. This project, initially likened to a “Homeless GoPro”, has already led to countless reunions, and, in some cases, stable housing.

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  • A tale of 3 cities: LA and NYC outpace Chicago in curbing violence

    September 18, 2016 |

    Chicago Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Adjusting some of the strategies police adopted in New York and Los Angeles can help Chicago reduce it homicide rates which is one of the highest in the country. Some strategies which can be adopted in Chicago are to improve the relationships police have with the community and to increase police presence.

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  • Highline district struggles with fallout after limiting student suspensions

    September 10, 2016 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    The Highline school district in Washington implemented a radical strategy to break the school-to-prison pipeline based on mounting data that suspensions push students into a cycle of violence and delinquency. However, theories of replacing punitive measures with counseling and academic triage have proven difficult to translate from idea to practice, and teachers have resigned over fear for their safety. But one teacher at Pacific Middle School found a way to make the approach work, and the district is promising to scale his model, determined to meet their original objectives and reach kids that need help.

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  • Seattle's Potential Solution for Heroin Epidemic: Places for Legal Drug Use

    August 25, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    In Seattle, a heroin epidemic is provoking solutions that go beyond the cities needle exchange program. While controversial, a new proposal recommends safe drug-usage zones for those engaging in drug use.

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  • Nextdoor Rolls Out Product Fix It Hopes Will Stem Racial Profiling

    August 24, 2016 |

    Buzzfeed |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    The location-based social network Nextdoor responded to criticism about racial profiling on its site by revamping the platform. The company collaborates with many public agencies and Oakland’s mayor said the city’s departments should stop working with Nextdoor until it addressed these issues. Nextdoor subsequently changed how people can report crimes or suspicious activity so that race is de-emphasized and this has reduced racial profiling on the site by 75 percent, although some activists who helped Nextdoor say they were left out of the process and there is more work to do.

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