From an article in today’s NY Times: At the end of 1980, just before I left office, 500,000 people were incarcerated in America; at the end of 2009 the number was nearly 2.3 million. There are 743 people in prison for every 100,000 Americans, a higher portion than in any other country and seven times [...]
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Student comments — Continuation High School Circle
We received this note from a counselor at a continuation high school: Dear Amos and Jeanna, I feel so blessed to have had the experience of the circle and the trainings you provided. It is such a powerful experience, but also such a simple and real state of being human that we all probably did [...]
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