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Impact Evaluation of the Adolescent Behavioral Learning Experience (ABLE) Program

September 21, 2016

Featured Work

Series: It Takes a Village

Closing the schoolhouse door to the juvenile justice system

Erin Dostal Kuller

September 07, 2016

Overlooked: Women in Jails

Interview with Elizabeth Swavola

August 17, 2016

Bail, Fines, and Fees

A look at how bail, fines, and fees in the criminal justice system impact poor communities in New Orleans

In the News

As Female Jail Population Explodes, Call for Reform: Column

USA TODAY September 30, 2016

Obama Pushes to End Solitary Confinement; States Led the Way

The Hill September 30, 2016

When ‘Yelling Commands’ Is the Wrong Police Response

The New York Times September 29, 2016

Use-of-Force Review Ongoing

Asheville Citizen-Times September 28, 2016

National Initiative to Reduce the Use of Solitary Confinement Expands

Vera Press Release September 26, 2016

Addicted Moms Often Torn Between Treatment, Kids

The Columbus Dispatch September 26, 2016

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Bobby Kennedy, Civil Rights, and Justice

Neil A. Weiner Research Speaker Series

What Drives Jail Growth?

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