Refugee camp in Jordan, 2013
Jordan, 2013: A young Syrian girl stands at the door of her home in the Baqa’a refugee camp near Amman.
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Jordan, 2013: A young Syrian girl stands at the door of her home in the Baqa’a refugee camp near Amman.
The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) has a host of policies controlling which books people can have in prisons, how they can get them, and what they can do with them.
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Tired of exorbitant phone bills, prisoners and their families are pushing to lower costs.
West Virginians released from prison are not allowed to vote until their parole or probation period is over and their sentence is complete. Since people can be placed on parole in some cases for up to ten years for low-level offenses, criminal justice advocates said they are effectively barred from civic participation, even as they get jobs and resume community life. Ashley Omps, criminal justice advocate for the group West Virginia Family of Convicted People, said Senate Bill 235, which restores the right to vote upon physical release from prison, would streamline the process of helping mor...