Posts Tagged ‘prison’
High-risk adults don’t get Hepatitis B vaccine
BROWN (US) — More than half of adults at the highest risk for hepatitis B remain unvaccinated—one reason that tens of thousands of people still contract the virus every year. Continue…
Friday, January 20, 2012 12:41 - 0 Comments
Society & Culture - Nov 17, 2011 13:10 - 3 Comments
Trend: Prisons link US citizens to terror groups?
RICE (US) — Sixty percent of people arrested for Islamic terrorist activities between January 2009 and April 2011 were American citizens, according to a new report. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 4, 2010 16:26 - 4 Comments
Can Muslim radicals be rehabilitated?
RICE (US) — The U.S. government needs to adopt a policy of strict separation of incarcerated Muslim radicals from non-Muslim prisoners to avoid the spread of militant ideology. (more…)
Society & Culture - Sep 15, 2009 16:42 - 5 Comments
In prison, addiction is drug-free
“Improving correctional policies for addiction treatment could dramatically improve prisoner and community health as well as reduce both taxpayer burden and reincarceration rates,” says Amy Nunn, lead author of the study.
Society & Culture - Aug 4, 2009 11:44 - 5 Comments
Kids in jail: time out to hard time
“The adult criminal justice system is a poor and dangerous fit in every way for these young kids. Children should be handled in the juvenile justice system, where they can obtain the rehabilitative services and programs necessary to help them become productive adults. Lawmakers must reconsider and reverse these punitive laws,” says lead author Michele Deitch.
