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No Resources for Programs to Help Prisoners Make Parole in West Virginia

West Virginia’s prison and jail population has continued to grow despite the passage of a sweeping prison reform bill, so much so that the state has been taking bids from private prison operators to house hundreds of prisoners in out-of-state facilities. Sadly, as the overcrowding program grows, the West Virginia Parole Board denies release to

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Los Angeles County Jail Home Detention Program a Failure

The Los Angeles County Jail’s early release program began in the late 1980s as a result of an adverse finding by a federal judge that the jail’s overcrowding amounted to an 8th Amendment violation for cruel and unusual punishment. Since that time, several early-release programs have been attempted, but many have failed. The latest early

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