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News May 10, 2017
A Fresh Take on Ending the Jail-to-Street-to-Jail Cycle
For troubled repeat offenders, a chance at a supportive place to live.
By Christie Thompson
News March 1, 2017
A Better Way to Treat Addiction in Jail
Medications are effective, but jails are still slow to provide them.
By Beth Schwartzapfel
Life Inside January 19, 2017
‘Not Just Another Lost Cause’
How the justice system saved an addict.
By Abby Frutchey
News January 19, 2016
Massachusetts Mobilizes to Treat Addicted Moms
Jail time increasingly gives way to residential programs.
By Meredith Derby Berg
News November 6, 2015
Is the U.S. Ready for Safe Injection Rooms?
A widespread heroin problem could open the door to a once-radical idea.
By Beth Schwartzapfel
Analysis August 12, 2015
When Heroin Hits the White Suburbs
Suddenly it’s not a crime problem, it’s a health problem.
By Andrew Cohen
Q&A May 7, 2015
‘Methadone Is Better Than Jail’
A conversation with Sandie Alger, former inmate and recovering heroin addict.
By Eli Hager
News February 17, 2015
The Anti-Heroin
Is Vivitrol an answer to addiction? A drug-plagued county thinks so.
By Alysia Santo
News December 3, 2014
New York Explains Itself
Some questions and answers about the city’s new mental health initiative.
By Andrew Cohen
Life Inside November 15, 2014
Dying in Attica
An aging bank robber faces the end.
By John J. Lennon

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