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Listen Now: "Drop the Rock"
Posted on March 31, 2009 | No CommentsWeb Radio Program on "Drop the Rock" campaign - an effort to repeal the Rockefeller Drug Laws and two former inmates discuss their experiences of being sentenced under the Rockefeller Drug Laws. -
Democratic control of NY state senate makes reform of Rockefeller Law more likely
Posted on November 18, 2008 | 4 CommentsAs Democrats captured a majority in the state senate for the first time since 1964, beating out Republican incumbents in two districts, the new political landscape has many reformers anticipating a once-in-a-generation opportunity to influence longstanding legislation. -
Voting as rehabilitation for ex-felon
Posted on November 10, 2008 | 4 CommentsOver 12,000 New Yorkers are released from prison each year and many of them wrongly assume that a felony conviction prohibits them from voting, according to the NYCLU. To address the problem various advocacy groups throughout the city have held voter registration drives aimed at former felons. -
Violence and gang prevention counselor shows resiliency after his highs and lows
Posted on October 26, 2008 | 4 CommentsAs recently as five years ago Felix Castro was arrested for burglary. Earlier incarcerations were for distributing drugs on school grounds. The wake up call came in the form of a heroin overdose after the last time he was released from prison. It was at that time that he decided that he was “tired of this life.” -
Stern face of criminal justice gives treatment a chance
Posted on October 15, 2008 | No CommentsThe New York Times has an excellent article about punishment versus treatment. The article and slideshow have moving stories about several people's triumphs over addiction. -
Addiction treatment programs v. jail time
Posted on October 13, 2008 | 2 CommentsThe Contra Costa Times, a local news paper outside San Francisco, has an interested piece that looks at the strengths and minuses of addiction treatment programs versus prison or jail terms by profiling 32-year-old John Delino who went in and out of jail and treatment programs until he pulled himself together. But that program, under California's Proposition 36, is running out of funding.
