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Looking for a Lesson in Inspirational Leadership? Watch 'Groundhog Day' Mar. 07, 2025
If you haven't seen the movie "Groundhog Day," you're either very old, very young or completely deta... Read More
Most Former Felons Don't Get the Second Chance That Trump Is Getting Jan. 17, 2025
Does America value second chances? Looking at presidential election results, you'd think yes. Donald... Read More
Our Incarceration Nation: Even After Prison, Many Americans Are Held Captive Jul. 10, 2021
Did you realize that there are more Americans on parole or probation than are held within the prison... Read More
We Need a Smarter War on Drugs Feb. 08, 2020
Did we learn nothing from the so-called crack-cocaine plague of the '80s and '90s? For those with f... Read More
February 7, 2020 Feb. 07, 2020
Dear Annie: I am a 75-year-old man living in a retirement community. A woman in her late 80s keeps b... Read More
Deserving of a Second Chance Dec. 19, 2019
Following grading for the fall semester, I turned my attention to a gripping documentary that I beli... Read More
December 10, 2019 Dec. 10, 2019
Dear Annie: This is an open note to my husband: Dear Husband: I love you, and most of the time, I li... Read More
Look to Norway for True Prison Reforms Oct. 16, 2019
There are better ways to punish those who break society's laws. There are better ways to correct tho... Read More
Federal Criminal Justice Reform Takes a Big First Step Forward Jul. 26, 2019
Within hours after the First Step Act went into effect last Friday, 3,100 inmates qualified for rele... Read More
Forever a Felon May. 04, 2019
Dear Annie: I am a 62-year-old great-grandmother. Ten years ago, I committed a nonviolent felony. I ... Read More
Jerry Brown's Funky California Prison Blues Feb. 14, 2016
When he initially retired from the system in 2011, there were 173,000 inmates in the state's prisons... Read More
