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The Local Voice
A ‘Game Changer’ for Incarcerated Students: Funds Help University of Mississippi Expand Prison-to-College Pipeline Services, Staff, and Courses
The University of Mississippi's Prison-to-College Pipeline Program received a $150,000 grant from the Laughing Gull Foundation! Our founder Ms. Susan Burton discussed her memoir with program students.
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The Guardian
Mississippi prison delayed woman’s cancer diagnosis until it was terminal, lawsuit says
Susie Balfour's case exemplifies the inequities of the carceral system, with incarcerated people often going without necessary medical treatment. Pauline Rogers, the co-founder of SAFE Housing Network member RECH Foundation, comments on the case.
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QCIty Metro
The Great 28: Black Charlotteans who are shaping our city
QCity Metro celebrates Black History Month by highlighting 28 Great Black Charlotteans, including SAFE Housing Network member Tiawana Brown! Tiawana founded Beauty After the Bars, which provides safe housing to formerly incarcerated women in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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The 1997 Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) incentivizes States to terminate parental rights and accelerate adoption at the expense of the rights and best interests of parents and removed children. The ASFA does this by offering States funding for each adopted foster child.
In LA County, most people leave probation with thousands of dollars in unpaid probation fees. However, under our existing laws, anyone who makes all the monthly payments as required by their probation officer should have no probation fees left at the end. What gives?
When a person is on probation, what's supposed to happen doesn't always match up with reality.
The vast majority of states lack gender-responsive programs of any kind to serve even half of the women released from their prisons.
Publication: Debt Free Justice California
Author: Elisa Della-Piana et al.
Year: March 2, 2022
This report explores civil assessment fees, a type of poverty penalty charged to people who miss a deadline to pay or appear in court. One of the highest and most common fees in California, it is a $300 hidden fee charged to people in cases involving anything from a traffic ticket to a felony.
Publication: Critical Criminology
Author: Melissa Burch
Year: 2016
This article explores how critical, holistic approaches to reentry can have a significant positive impact for people returning home from prison.
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