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Beyond prisons

Breaking the cycle of crime and punishment.

States Reconsider the Death Penalty States Reconsider the Death Penalty
by Richard Dieter
New reports find that, while the death penalty drains money from state budgets, police chiefs don't consider it effective in deterring crime.
Costa Rica Creates Department of Peace Costa Rica Creates Department of Peace
by Susie Shutts
Former justice ministry will now focus on promoting peace and conflict resolution.
When the Prisoners Ran Walpole When the Prisoners Ran Walpole
by Carol Estes
Carol Estes reviews Jamie Bissonette's account of a true story in the movement for prison abolition
Healing Power of Prison Poetry Healing Power of Prison Poetry
by Eli Hastings
Writers help teens in jail learn to express difficult truths by putting pencil to paper.
Signs of Life :: New Mexico Ends Capital     Punishment Signs of Life :: New Mexico Ends Capital Punishment
by Kim Eckart
New Mexico becomes the second state to abolish the death penalty, since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated capital punishment in 1976.
Prison Meditation Prison Meditation
East meets West in the Deep South. An overcrowded maximum-security prison—the end of the line in Alabama's correctional system—is dramatically changed by the influence of an ancient meditation program.
Signs of Life :: Prison Reform Signs of Life :: Prison Reform
by Brooke Jarvis
A Chance for a New Life After Prison
Mere Justice Mere Justice
by Jesse Wegman
The drive to punishment is making us forget that prisoners have a right to be heard.
Guantanamo on the Mississippi
by Jordan Flaherty
Prisoners incarcerated in New Orleans institutions during Katrina suffered even more than usual.
Freedom Project :: Inmates Find Peace
by Dee Axelrod
The Freedom Project teaches prisoners nonviolent communication techniques and helps them to transition into communities when released.
Book Reviews: Now is it time to close the prisons? Book Reviews: Now is it time to close the prisons?
by Carol Estes
Now is it time to close the prisons? by Carol Estes - Book reviews of THE PERPETUAL PRISONER MACHINE: How America Profits from Crime By Joel Dyer - ARE PRISONS OBSOLETE? By Angela Y. Davis - PRISON NATION: The Warehousing of America's Poor Edited by Tara Herivel and Paul Wright - THE DEATH GAME: Capital Punishment and the Luck of the Draw - By Mike Gray
Book Review: Couldn't Keep It To Myself: Testimonies From Our Imprisoned Sisters Book Review: Couldn't Keep It To Myself: Testimonies From Our Imprisoned Sisters
by Bill Williams
COULDN'T KEEP IT TO MYSELF: Testimonies from our Imprisoned Sisters By Wally Lamb and the Women of York Correctional Institution. Book Review by Bill Williams.
Through My Enemy's Eyes
by Troy Chapman
A prisoners story of finding a third way, of finding meaning and truth. Sometimes the man who knows the most about hate can tell us the most about love, and the man acquainted with despair can teach us to hope.
Danny Glover :: The Death Penalty in this Great Nation of Ours
by Danny Glover
Speech given at Princeton considers the fallibility of our justice system and the finality of death.
Reader Stories And Letters
Reader Stories and Letters in response the "Is It Time to Close the Prisons" Issue.
Resource Guide: Reconciliation
Resources around restorative justice and reconciliation.
Learning To Choose
by Raymond Roy
Roy describes the development of a victim empathy class for prisoners in Oregon and it's impact on inmates.
Youth Court: Jury of Their Peers Youth Court: Jury of Their Peers
by Edgar S. Cahn
The Time Dollar Youth Court in Washington, D.C. for first time juvenile offenders aims to keep first offenders from becoming hardened criminals.
Street Ministers
by Michael Jonas
In 1990 Boston had 152 killings; in 1999, the number had fallen to 30, not one of them a juvenile. Boston's nationally acclaimed approach to stemming gang violence and youth crime is examined.
The Hard Road of Forgiveness
by Mary Sue Penn
Bill Pelke forgives his grandmother's killer and works with Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation to oppose the death penalty.
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