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All credit to the Trump admin & Congress for providing this funding. We have been talking ab/ the infrastructure backlog for years & this seems like first meaningful step to addressing it. Investing in staff and training smart, too.

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Bureau Of Prisons Launches First Step Act Task Force via @forbes forbes.com/sites/walterpa…

Rising CT correction officer overtime sparks cost, safety concerns nhregister.com/news/article/c… via New Haven Register

Another state turns its attention to improving clearance rates. arnoldventures.org/newsroom/arnol…

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"Normativity is not a replacement for theory." link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007/s…

I’d like to see an analysis of how often prison TVs are tuned to PBS. I’m going to guess it’s less than one percent of the time. prismreports.org/2025/06/03/pbs…

Mike Rowe: “We’ve been telling kids for 15 years to learn to code.” “Well, AI is coming for the coders.” “It’s not coming for the welders, the plumbers, the steamfitters, the pipefitters, the HVAC, or the electricians.” “In Aspen, I sat and listened to Larry Fink say we need

Seems to be a disturbing uptick in the number of people who respond to any drop in crime by saying it’s because the police aren’t reporting it.

We Arnold Ventures are supporting a Marine vet and former warden to create a charter prison, in which a non-profit operates with freedom and incentives to innovate for better outcomes. "Their focus is helping people succeed after release—not simply controlling them while inside"

A fire chief was shot and killed protecting his family and lots of people are sharing this today. Sick culture.

BOP finally got funding to repair its dilapidated facilities and support officers. I hope that funding is not wasted on this. We already have a supermax federal prison in Florence, CO, that no one’s ever escaped from.

This is a great thing: 'A coalition of five mega-funders, including a non-profit started by Wichita-based billionaire Charles Koch, the Gates Foundation (Bill Gates), and the Ballmer Group (Steve Ballmer), will spend $1 billion during the next 15 years; the mission is to help

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The IL bail reform law took effect in September 2023. Causal studies needed to truly understand impact, but clearly this is not what the loudest ideological critics expected.

So much for rejecting cancel culture. Lasted a few months.

Great piece by Jen Pahlka and Robert Gordon on some promising reform efforts in cities and states across the country. Leaders are making hard choices to prioritize outcomes for people over broken processes and the status quo. nytimes.com/2025/07/22/opi…