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Oregon abandons Medicaid expansion for people leaving prison, months after delaying launch - The Reflector
Oregon Health Authority this week notified state prisons and other officials that it no longer intends to implement a novel Medicaid initiative that would have provided targeted health services to …
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California's incarcerated firefighters to see a ‘historic’ pay increase in laws Newsom signed
Hundreds of California state prisoners worked to put out this year's deadly Los Angeles wildfires, inspiring new laws that will improve their pay and open other opportunities.
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From prison to tenure: Baltimore roots, Baltimore resilience
By Stanley AndrisseAfrohttps://afro.com/ I grew up in Ferguson, Mo., but Baltimore is where I built my second life. Years ago, I walked out of prison carrying a 10-year sentence on my back and very little hope for the future. Today, I walk into Howard University College of Medicine as a newly tenure...
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Oregon no longer plans to provide Medicaid services to those about to leave jail or prison
The Oregon Health Authority has notified state prisons and other officials that it no longer intends to implement a Medicaid initiative that would have provided targeted health care services to people...
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Director of ‘The Alabama Solution’ discusses ongoing crisis in state prison system
“These are men who have been working on their own for many years to get the word out on the crisis in this prison system, so when we first started talking, they were very clear that we were part of…
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Why Expanding Compassionate Release Is a Moral and Fiscal Imperative - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
The nation today imprisons a rapidly aging population. Not only does this practice result in thousands of deaths in prison, but it is very costly. Policy reform is required.
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Critics challenge new prison policy, punishing all inmates in a pod for violations by one
With a shortage of correctional officers, some Virginia prisons are taking a surprising new approach to discipline – forcing inmates to police one another. If they don’t, everyone is punished.
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