The Prison Problem

Published February 15, 2013

The Prison Problem

Filed under: help for crack addiction

He is determined to help the American public understand how crime is shaped by poverty, addiction, and histories of family violence, in an effort to promote a more humane—and more effective—prison policy. ….. The U.S. Congress has reduced crack … Read more on Harvard Magazine

Smith: Good things come in three for Angels

Filed under: help for crack addiction

He leaned into Hamilton, one Stonehenge monolith into another, prompting Hamilton to crack a smile and the goateed Pujols to grin. And just then, with their faces and eyes still amused, America, via Fox Sports West, MLB Network and ESPN and a gallery … Read more on OCRegister

Toward a Smarter Drug Policy

Filed under: help for crack addiction

Judge Letts saw Michael not as a hopeless, drug-using criminal, but as an individual with a disease in need of help. … And in 2010, President Obama signed into law the Fair Sentencing Act, which made progress in reducing the 100-to-1 disparity … Read more on Huffington Post