The Drug War and Mass Incarceration by Numbers

The Drug War And Mass Incarceration By Numbers – Despite an increased emphasis on treatment and prevention programs in recent years, the Obama administration in its 2013 budget still requested .6 billion…

Probation arms more of its officers to cope with realignment

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Deputy Probation Officer 2 Angel Gonzalez put his hand on his gun as the rest of his team prepared to knock on the door of an East Los Angeles gang member recently released from state prison. … Those officers in the past generally acted more like …
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'Tough on crime' is now tough on education

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Black students, the original target of legal segregation, suffered disparate treatment even after the court orders – and continue to do so as public schools are effectively segregating again. “There is zero question that the school-to-prison pipeline …
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