True Identity — a Spiritual Way Out of Prison

True identity — A spiritual way out of prison – Laura Lapointe has a long cherished desire to reach out to people behind bars to help them. To help them in a way that education and social services may not …

Miss. governor signs criminal-justice bill designed to increase efficiency …

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Bryant said House Bill 585, which becomes law July 1, will protect public safety and could save the state $ 266 million in prison expenses, spread over 10 years. The bill is modeled on criminal-justice changes made in recent years in Texas, Georgia and …
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Changing lives in drug court

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Clearly, the people who go through the drug court programs are much better off than they would have been serving that time in jail — away from their families, from jobs and all the productive parts of their lives. Second, though, drug courts and other …
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Amherst man admits stealing Lockport woman's credit card

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… guilty Tuesday in Niagara County Court to stealing a Town of Lockport woman's credit card between April 25 and May 1. Joseph W. Donner, 29, of Tonawanda Creek Road, admitted to fourth-degree grand larceny and was admitted to the judicial diversion …
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EXCHANGE: Program looks to change criminals

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Brown, of Bloomington, is one of 14 men in the Moral Reconation Therapy group led by the Center for Youth and Family Solutions (CYFS) for people on probation for drug offenses. Similar groups meet at the McLean County jail and Chestnut Health …
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