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Another in our series on criminal justice in the Bay Area, this show focuses on life after incarceration, or what’s known as “reentry.” How are recidivism…
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What will it take to reduce the country's prison population -- now numbering 2.3 million? Monday on City Visions host Joseph Pace and guests discuss the…
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Arthur Streeter is taking me to meet an inmate who’s going to be released from jail today.“So we’re going to pick him up and get something to eat,”…
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A note to our readers: the names of formerly incarcerated men and their families in this story have been changed to protect their identities.It’s hard to…
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Your CallOn today's Your Call, we'll talk about prison overcrowding in California. Under a federal court mandate, California is required to reduce its prison…
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Richard Gilliam is incarcerated at the California Men's Colony (CMC).August 27, 2012I'm always interested in reports dealing with the state of corrections…
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Imagine you’re 18 years old and you commit a crime. A robbery. You go to prison at one of the only women’s facilities in the state. You get out a year…
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Thirty years ago, the state spent three percent of its general fund dollars on corrections and prisons. Today it spends more than 11 percent – that’s $10…
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A note to our readers: the names of incarcerated men in this story have been changed to protect their identities.At the moment, Bill Johnson is wearing an…
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Not too long ago, the men now sitting around a table at the Contra Costa Probation Office were in prison. “I want to ask how long have you been in…
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The personal trials and political tribulations of San Francisco County Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi are getting plenty of attention at present, but county jails…
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Your CallOn today's Your Call we’ll talk about what’s changing in California’s prison system. The Occupy Movement drew attention to the prison industrial complex…