Restrictive Residency Rules and the Illusion of Public Safety

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There are risks of increasing restrictive residency rules for sex offenders while reducing their access to resources, and monitoring.

Locked Up Loved One? There’s an App for That.

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Flikshop seeks to make it easier to communicate with those incarcerated.

An Eye for an Eye? Jerry Sandusky, Male Survivors and Prison Rape

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Jamie Utt notes that while revenge may be our first reaction to violence, it does nothing to solve the problem, nor does it support survivors in their healing.

Are Prisons Doing Their Job?

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Hugo Martins thinks prisons should be more than just temporary housing for criminals.

Throwing Away the Key

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Sarah Schineller spent some time at an all-women’s prison, and watched as they were able, despite the odds, to get out of the revolving door legal system.

A Prison Poem From a Youthful Offender – Day One In 18 x 80

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A Description Of Day One In an 18 x 80 Foot Dormitory For A Youthful Offender in 1980 – A Broadside Poem By Jack Varnell -

Helping Ex-Convicts Reintegrate

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Good Men Project contributor Juilo Medina knows how hard it is for an ex-convict to get work. He was one.