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ArtBy Gerald Anderson April 11, 2016
After Katrina: A Ten-Year Roller Coaster, Part 18
Previously: They put me in a cell with this old guy. We didn’t really talk other than he said, “Dang…
ArtBy Gerald Anderson April 4, 2016
After Katrina: A Ten Year Roller Coaster, Part 17
Previously: For three or four hours me and my co-defendants sat in the holding tank. I was asking the others…
OpinionBy Olivia Aldridge October 8, 2015
The Pope Speaks Loudly with a Soft Voice
Pope Francis’ September visit made headlines and history as the first papal visit to America to include an address to…
NewsBy Alexandra Pamias September 23, 2015
New Initiatives Plan to Connect Youth and Returning Citizens With Jobs
Mayor Bowser has requested additional funding for the FY2015 budget to create jobs for District residents. The supplemental budget request,…
News December 3, 2014
Remembering Washington’s Singer-for-Life
“There is something powerfully inspiring about cheerfulness and generosity of spirit when it is demonstrated by someone struggling with adversity…
News October 8, 2014
Prisoner-Victim Mediation Works in Germany
The prisoner resembles an oak tree, with his arms and neck covered by a collection of various tattoos. He is…
NewsBy Damayanti Desai August 27, 2014
Giving Adults the Tools to Leave Prison Behind
Approximately 2,200 formerly-incarcerated individuals return to the District yearly, estimated Charles Thornton from the Office of Returning Citizens Affairs during…
NewsBy Mark Rose May 24, 2014
Permanent Supportive Housing Making Difference in Montgomery
Three consecutive bitter-cold November mornings spent walking in the predawn darkness, visiting homeless people in their wooded “camps” made a…
NewsBy Damayanti Desai April 23, 2014
Books Behind Bars: Community Action For Restorative Justice
Tucked away at the back of the neighborhood restaurant Petworth Citizen, a diverse cross-section of DC gathered on Monday, April…
ArtBy Chris Shaw April 9, 2014
Billy Luck, Episode 9: To Hustle or Not to Hustle
Skipper’s luminescent-green Buick Electra nearly spun out as she and ‘da bomb’ reached Mount Vernon Square. Truly, she had no…
NewsBy Mary Otto April 25, 2012
Homelessness up 6 percent in 2012
Homelessness is up by 6 percent this year in the city, according to the newly released preliminary results of an annual homeless count conducted by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG).
OpinionBy Robert Trautman January 20, 2010
Using Literature to Shift Criminal Justice Policy
A contributor reviews two books suggesting reforms to criminal justice policies of the United States.
NewsBy Robert Blair April 29, 2009
Breaking the Jail/Homeless Cycle
Reporting on a pilot program designed to help DC’s ex-offenders break the cycle of repeat offenses and incarceration.
NewsBy Monte Paulsen February 18, 2009
‘Stop Gap Housing’ – Idea could make big dent in homelessness
Reporting on the concept of using “Stop Gap Housing” to help curb homelessness, a style similar to the rapidly constructed modular housing used by mining companies for remote workers.
NewsBy Carolyn Cosmos July 15, 2005
Hearing Highlights Problems in D.C. Jails
There’s a severe lack of health care and support services in the D.C. jails, prompting many mentally ill and homeless people to end up behind bars over and over again, advocates told District councilmembers at a rent hearing on health conditions at the city’s jails.
New Solutions Provide Hope for Inmates
Two major recent efforts are aiming to reform for D.C. inmates who are homeless and mentally ill.
NewsBy Alan Elser May 15, 2005
Book Review: Gates of Injustice: The Crisis in America’s Prisons
“Try as we might, we Americans cannot separate ourselves from the world of jails and prisons… There is no Iron Curtain separating them from us. They are us.”
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