Novel approach: reading courses as an alternative to prison

Published July 24, 2010

Novel approach: reading courses as an alternative to prison
In Texas, offenders are being sent on reading courses instead of prison. Could it work in the UK? With one of the highest incarceration rates in the world, and the death penalty, the US state of Texas seems the last place to embrace a liberal-minded alternative to prison. But when Mitchell Rouse was convicted of two drug offences in Houston, the former x-ray technician who faced a 60-year prison …
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The GEO Group and Cornell Companies Set Election Record Date and Election Deadline for Cornell Shareholders in …
BOCA RATON, Fla.—-The GEO Group, Inc. and Cornell Companies, Inc. announced today that the Cornell stockholders as of July 20, 2010 are eligible to complete and submit an election form and letter of transmittal by the election deadline of 5:00 p.m. on August 11, 2010 .
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Prison reforms
Prison reform has been on the national agenda for many years but regrettably no headway has been made in this respect with several governments only paying lip service to the topic.
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