This Mix of Therapies Is Helping to Stop Youth Violence in Chicago
T-Man, a teen in Chicago who lost his cousin to an overdose, had joined Choose to Change, a program that pairs cognitive behavioral therapy with intensive mentoring to help kids cope with the violence they witness. — From The Marshall Project [https://www.themarshallproject.org/] via this RSS feed [https://www.themarshallproject.org/rss/recent]
In Mississippi’s Capital City, Indicted District Attorney Flouts Campaign Disclosure Laws
Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens has been fined for not submitting campaign finance disclosures that were due earlier this year. — From The Marshall Project [https://www.themarshallproject.org/] via this RSS feed [https://www.themarshallproject.org/rss/recent]
Inedible Prison Food is Big Business from The Marshall Project
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2025/03/08/food-business-michigan-prison-mississippi
“The panic over retail theft offers a real-time look at the making of American crime policy. In the absence of reliable data, and in response to perceptions of lawlessness, legislators have doubled down on punitive policies.”
This piece on theft propaganda by The Marshall Project is fascinating. You want more cops? Manipulate the crime numbers, then cry wolf.
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2023/02/27/shoplifting-retail-theft-lawmakers-response
#Crime #Theft #Policing #TheMarshallProject #Journalism #Propaganda #AbolishThePolice
"The panic over retail theft offers a real-time look at the making of American crime policy. In the absence of reliable data, and in response to perceptions of lawlessness, legislators have doubled down on punitive policies.
"Critics of the legislative response say that decades of research on crime deterrence makes clear that a harsher approach won’t have the desired effect, and will exacerbate the system’s racial disparities."
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2023/02/27/shoplifting-retail-theft-lawmakers-response
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The first link is an essay on the absurd 'rules' that ban and censor books, without rhyme or reason, across different carceral systems. The second allows your to search by state.
#BannedBooks #CarceralCensorship
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https://www.themarshallproject.org/2022/12/21/prison-banned-books-new-york-florida-censorship
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2022/12/21/prison-banned-books-list-find-your-state
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Rifles, Tasers and Jails: How Cities and States Spent Billions of COVID-19 Relief
President Biden’s signature American Rescue Plan Act gave local governments $350 billion to recover from COVID-19. They spent much of it on police, prisons and the courts.
De-Escalation Keeps Protesters and Police Safer https://hackeroo.co/442975
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MINNEAPOLIS — Last Wednesday, Marcell Harris was hit by a rubber bullet. He had joined the second day of protests in this city over the killing of George Floyd, a black man who died after a police officer kneeled on his neck for more than eight minutes while bystanders filmed.
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