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The confluence of settlement, immigration and detention illustrates the complex issues that are in the headlines and in our identity. In the books We were Illegal: Uncovering a Texas Family’s Mythmaking and Migration and After the Last Border: Two Families and the Story of Refuge in America, Jessica Goudeau takes two hard looks at the making of America and the stories we tell ourselves about our place in the nation. In the book, The Migrant's Jail: An American History of Mass Incarceration, Brianna Nofil examines the cruelty of the U.S. immigration bureaucracy and the criminal justice system it gave rise to.
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Muslim transition homes for the recently incarcerated provide stability amid an ever-increasing needMany nonprofit halfway houses or homeless shelters can be Christian-based, which can alienate Muslim prison converts and others of different faiths.
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Texas Tornadoes Kill 11, Damage Adds Up To $1.2 BillionOne of the big stories in Texas in 2015 was the weather. Record spring rain caused devastating,…
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No Cleanup Plan Yet For Albuquerque Dry Cleaning Spill A few weeks ago we told you about a problem with the groundwater in Albuquerque, New Mexico —a big…
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Pennsylvania is one of 30 states that has reduced the prison population in recent years. Steve Inskeep talks to John Wetzel, the head of Pennsylvania's Department of Corrections.
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As a prison nurse, Domenic Hidalgo had access to prescription medication, a highly coveted commodity among the inmates at the Clements Unit in Texas, the…
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NEW YORK — John Legend has launched a campaign to end mass incarceration.The Grammy-winning singer announced the multiyear initiative, FREE AMERICA, on…