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Why Parole Does Not Work in California
From the California Progress Report as republished from the UC Berkeley NewsCenter by Cathy Cockrell California’s...
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Editors note: Just A Guy is an inmate in a California state prison. Following is an excerpt from his recent comments in the San Fransisco Bay Guardian Online “Politics” Blog . [See image gallery at...
View ArticleGovernment Takes Aim at Prison Rape
[See image gallery at www.the-slammer.org] photo by ecpark From an NPREC press release dated June 23, 2009. Calling sexual abuse of people in government custody “totally incompatible with American...
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“Doing Time” by Jack (Murf the Surf) Murphy
The-SLAMMER.org is greatly honored by having our very first commentary written and contributed by perhaps the nation’s most well-know ex-inmate, none other than Mr. Jack Murphy (Murf the Surf), a...
View ArticleSome Actions Underway to Reduce Recidivism; Not Enough
[See image gallery at www.the-slammer.org] There’s an old retort that’s sometimes used to quiet a noisy heckler: “Sir, you have a magnificent grasp of the obvious.” Unfortunately, it seems that only a...
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Congress Set to Dump “Second Chance for Ex-Offenders Act”
By Thomas Kinney The prisons are full, recidivism rate 65-70 percent, system is broken, can’t afford it any more, something must be done; we need judicial reform and a just released study confirms that...
View ArticleAddressing Drug Addiction among Offenders
[See image gallery at www.the-slammer.org] by Diana DiNitto Distinguished Teaching Professor, University of Texas On November 19, 2009, Professor DiNitto had the opportunity to testify before a...
View ArticleCutting Recidivism: What Works, What Doesn’t
[See image gallery at www.the-slammer.org] By Edward J. Latessa, Ph.D. Professor & Director School of Criminal Justice University of Cincinnati There’s a right way and many wrong ways to solve...
View ArticleRethinking Prison Education in the Era of Mass Incarceration
[See image gallery at www.the-slammer.org] By Jeremy Travis President, John Jay College of Criminal Justice City University of New York Following is the main text of the Keynote Address by President...
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