Alameda County Library Jails Services

09/21/2019

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07/19/2019

Limiting books only limits opportunities for success

07/12/2019

President Obama granted clemency to Danielle Metz in 2016. After she made the dean's list in college, she wished she could thank him. Now, she has.

06/29/2019

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The Free Black Women’s Library, a mobile pop-up library and community for black women, is creating spaces around Los Angeles.

06/24/2019

An estimated one in five Californians — 8 million people — has a criminal record, and many are denied housing because of it.

06/18/2019

Some of the rules prison officials use are understandable. Their ex*****on leaves a great deal to be desired

06/18/2019

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When I was a teenager, my father and I shared books. We didn’t share the physical copy, at least not often—my dad was serving a ten-year sentence in California, and I was at school in Bath, England…

06/17/2019

Wayne State researchers looked at programs in 10 Michigan counties. They found early intervention also reduces jail populations.

05/23/2019

Google is investing millions of dollars in black men and it’s all being led by Justin Steele!

05/15/2019

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In 2007, I gave someone a second chance. I was in Danbury (Conn.) Federal Correctional Institution recruiting women for a new program for people returning from prison that I was running in New York City.

05/02/2019

Excellent read...

Researchers can influence how the field and the public think and talk about the populations affected by the policies and programs they study.