THURSDAY | FEBRUARY 23, 2012
Agricultural Program Helps Keep Youth out of Gangs
Gosia Wonzmiack | Associated Press
WOODLAKE, Calif. (AP) — When Manuel Jimenez first set eyes on the land below a levee, thick with brush and weeds, the one-time field worker envisioned a place where youngsters could escape the temptations of gang life and learn about the Central Valley’s most vital industry. But, like many places [...]
Upscale Florida Town in Fight over Immigrant Prison
Laura Wides-Munoz | Associated Press
November 21, 2011
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SOUTHWEST RANCHES, Fla. (AP) — In one of South Florida’s upscale, rural enclaves, where peacocks roam and horse trails are as common as sidewalks, town leaders decided to bring in much of their money from an unusual business: a prison. Only the leaders of Southwest Ranches kept their plans quiet [...]
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Behind Bars: For African-American Girls Acting Out Is a Crime
By Kathy Mulady | Equal Voice
May 13, 2011
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er says she was a typically rebellious teenager raised by a single mother. She left home at 17 and lived on the streets, surviving on stale donated bread and sleeping on church porches. When she was 18, she was arrested for stealing a $10 bag of McDonald’s [...]
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In low-income communities already reeling with double-digit unemployment, news that your state plans to trim several million dollars from juvenile corrections might not cause much outcry except for the loss of jobs. But consider the implications. With states from Florida to California closing youth prisons, thousands of young people [...]
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Each year, America spends about $68 billion to incarcerate and supervise more than 7 million people. Yet criminologists say our burgeoning penal system – which has tripled in size over the past 25 years – does little to improve public safety. What it has been most successful at is [...]
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