The Residue Years: From Prison to the Pen

The Residue Years: From Prison to the Pen – Mitchell S. Jackson grew up black in a neglected neighborhood in America’s whitest city, Portland, Oregon. In the ’90s, those streets and beyond had fallen u…

'Teen Mom' Amber Portwood — RELEASED FROM PRISON … I'm Pretty Hungry

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The judge had given Amber the choice of going to a drug rehab program instead of prison — but Amber decided she would rather serve time than do the program. Now, we've learned the 24-year-old MTV star — who began her sentence in June 2012 — was …
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Editorial, 11/6: Prison reformers making progress

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More money is allocated into drug treatment and mental health services. Parole and probation … A study by the Pew Center showed that the average time served in Nebraska prisons for drug offenses rose by 8 percent from 1990 to 2009. State officials …
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St. George man gets prison time in burglaries, thefts

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Defense attorney Ariel Taylor said Mangum's criminal behavior has been driven by an addiction to methamphetamine and asked that Mangum be granted a year in jail instead of prison time, with the opportunity to work with local drug treatment programs.
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Lowe's Robber Receives Light Sentence So He Can Turn Life Around

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Assistant Rockingham County Attorney Brad Bolton said all but 71 days — the amount of jail time Deleon has already served — of that sentence will be deferred, though, if Deleon is able to complete the drug treatment program in which he's currently …
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