Prison: The New Mental Hospital

Published February 11, 2014

Prison: The New Mental Hospital
It wasn't his first time getting out of the big house; he told me, when we spoke recently, that he's spent between 16 and 20 years of his life behind bars for drugs and other nonviolent felonies, such as burglary. He couldn't be …. Four days a week …
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THEIR OPINION — For Jan. 15
Last month, a federal judge ruled Florida's law was unconstitutional. Why should Indiana try the same thing and expect different … Under the new law, sentences can be reduced by only 25 percent, and some sentences for serious, violent felonies will …
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Buying time: World traveler Ron Woodroof smuggles drugs — and hope — for …
"Under normal smuggling conditions, I probably commit six felonies and God knows how many misdemeanors,' he smoothly offers. He waves his hand … The smuggled drugs in his trunk are experimental treatments destined for terminally ill people with the …
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