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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 notion of Observatory Circle, no…

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).

Using Literature to Shift Criminal Justice Policy

A contributor reviews two books suggesting reforms to criminal justice policies of the United States.

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.

‘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.

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.

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.”