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Analysis June 17
A North Carolina County Wanted New Court to Stem Its Opioid Crisis. Then Came Trump’s Cuts.
As the Justice Department slashes funding to programs across the U.S., Wilkes County’s planned recovery court was halted before it started.
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News July 15, 2021
Inside The Nation’s Overdose Crisis in Prisons and Jails
Behind bars, drug use is rampant and uniquely deadly, new data shows.
By and Jimmy Jenkins
Prisoners attending a class at the mental health transition center at the Cook County Jail, in Chicago, in 2015.
News October 27, 2020
What Could Have Kept Me Out of Prison
We asked people behind bars what services and programs could have changed the course of their lives. Therapy, affordable housing and a living wage topped the list.
By , Aviva Shen and
Life Inside September 3, 2020
I Thought Jail Would Help Me Get Clean. I Was Dead Wrong.
I asked a drug court to send me to jail to get stabilized. But when the jail refused to give me my Suboxone, everything came crashing down.
By Morgan Godvin
Life Inside November 8, 2018
My Dog Didn't Forget Me When I Went to Prison
Charlotte was there for the worst moments of my life. And she was there as I picked up the pieces.
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Citizens cast their ballots during early voting at the municipal building in Augusta, Ga., in October.
Analysis November 1, 2018
Criminal Justice on the Tuesday Ballot
Our roundup: drugs, policing, juries, even slavery.
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Johnson & Johnson has gotten approval to market Invega Sustenna as a drug that could potentially keep people with schizophrenia out of prison or jail.
News February 14, 2018
A Drug Company Says This Shot Will Keep You Out of Prison
Johnson & Johnson uses the prospect of jail time to market a schizophrenia drug.
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Brunswick County Jail in Bolivia, N.C. More than 170 people with DWI sentences of two years or more are serving their time in the state’s jails.
News January 29, 2018
North Carolina Fixes a Glitch — For One Guy
After a Marshall Project story, a man serving nine years in jail is moved to a prison.
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George Washington in the Bronx, New York, April 25, 2017.
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.
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Terrick Bakhit spent his 18th birthday incarcerated after taking his group home van on a joyride.
The Frame March 13, 2017
Surviving Foster Care: 2 Brothers, 2 Different Paths
A stint in juvenile detention excluded one from the financial support that automatically went to the other.
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