March 29, 2019 Julia Ewoldt JACKSON, Tenn. — It wasn’t your typical day in circuit court for ten inmates at the Madison County Criminal Justice Complex. There wasn’t a dry eye in Judge Don Allen’s court room Friday morning as ten women graduated from “Celebrate Recovery: Life’s Healing Choices” class.…
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Newly Released Prisoners Are 40 Times More Likely to Overdose Than the General Population – Mother Jones
Newly Released Prisoners Are 40 Times More Likely to Overdose Than the General Population – Mother Jones https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/07/newly-released-prisoners-are-40-times-more-likely-to-overdose-than-the-general-population/ Also on nwcrinewsletter.us/2018/07/27/newly-released-prisoners-are-40-times-more-likely-to-overdose-than-the-general-population-mother-jones/
Continue ReadingFamily Members of Inmates Lobby Senators on Prison Reform Bill
300 demonstrators gathered from both coasts for the Families for Justice Reform NOW rally, sponsored by Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM), Prison Fellowship®, and others.
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