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The state of Virginia spends an average of $5,300 a year per inmate for medical care in prisons, and that cost has been rising 5-7 percent per year, but…
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Fifty years ago, this country began closing mental hospitals where people with psychiatric disorders were often warehoused. The idea was to send patients…
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The United States has more people in prisons and jails than any other country in the world -- 2.2 million inmates -- a 500% increase over the past thirty…
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By the end of this year, California must release 9,600 prisoners from the nation’s largest correctional system, because the Supreme Court says…
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The American Civil Liberties Union and a church-based group called the Family Foundation don’t agree about many things, but they’ve found common ground on…
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More than 33,000 people live behind bars in Virginia, and from their cells few have a view of the outside world, but a Richmond artist aims to change…
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It’s one of the state’s largest companies, with $50 million in sales each year. It pays workers less than a dollar an hour, but for every job that opens,…