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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

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When Veterans Serve... Behind Bars

Comments (0) | California, California, Drug and Alcohol Addiction, incarceration, jail, prison, ptsd, san diego, Self Improvement, veterans, Vista, war, yoga

Veteran inmates practicing yoga (Margaux Farrell/Neon Tommy)

Margaux Farrell
Staff Reporter

Prison and yoga may seem an unlikely fit, but in the Vista Detention Center yoga is changing the lives of several veterans.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Reaction Time: Federal Pot Policy Has Neither Reason Nor Value

Comments (2) | border war, Colorado, common sense, controlled substances act, Drugs, economist, harvard, history, incarceration, legalization, los angeles times, marijuana, medical, money, Nebraska, new york times, nixon, oklahoma, Opinion, opinion, policy reform, pot, President, racism, recreational, schedules, side effects, war on drugs

Ariana Aboulafia
Columnist

Keeping marijuana illegal is costing us, financially and otherwise.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Reaction Time: The War On Drugs Is Literally Insane

Comments (3) | ashley huff, cocaine, Columnists, cost, decriminalization, drug policy, Drugs, economics, end the war on drugs, failure, field test, Forbes, Georgia, Huffington Post, incarceration, jail, legalization, Meth, methamphetamines, police, prison, reaction time, soap, spaghettios, spoon, war on drugs

The war on drugs hurts more than it helps (Facebook)

Ariana Aboulafia
Columnist

Six weeks in prison for eating SpaghettiOs? That's the American War on Drugs.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

First Time Offenders May Opt Out of Prison Through Community Program

Comments (0) | incarceration, LA City Attorney, Los Angeles, mike feuer, Neighborhood Justice program, Smart Prosecution

Matt Lemas
Staff Reporter

Community-outreach services instead of jail time. 

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Fixing California's Flawed Prison System

Comments (1) | #schoolsnotprisons, a new way of life, California, california department of corrections, do the math, incarceration, jail, keramet reitter, Los Angeles, mentally ill, minimum sentencing, National, overcrowding, pelican bay, plea bargain, prisons, Prophet Walker, recidivism, san quentin, schools not prisons, solitary confinement, State Assembly, susan burton, tim golden, zocalo public square

District 64 State Assembly candidate Prophet Walker discussed his own time behind bars at the event. (Aaron Salcido)

Sophia Li
Staff Reporter

It's time to change things up.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Legalize Weed, But Don't Forget Those Behind Bars

Comments (0) | Bernard Noble, coca leaf, Colorado, Conviction, criminal, decriminalization, deportation, Drug, drug addiction, Drug Cartels, drug organizations, drug policy, drug possession, drug regulation, Drugs, federal government, financial aid, gcdp, Global commission on drug policy, government, incarceration, jail, jeff mizanskey, justice system, Law, legalization, legalize, legalize weed, life behind bars, life in prison, life sentence, louisiana, LSD, Maps, marijuana, MDMA, mental health, misdemeanor, nonviolent drug possession, Opinion, portugal, Portugal drug policy, pot, prison industrial complex, prison population, psychedelic, psychedelics, psychoactive, ptsd, public health, public housing, race, racial disparity, racial profiling, racism, retroactive ameliorative relief, smoking weed, taxpayer money, three strikes, three strikes law, war on drugs, Washington, Weed

Corinne Gaston
Deputy Opinion Editor

In states where weed is legal, people are still in prison for lighting up before legalization.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Treating HIV/AIDS In South L.A.

Comments (24) | AIDS, awareness, chemotherapy, community, doctor, Doctor Wilbert Jordan, Education, educational programs, high risk, hiv, incarceration, infectious disease, Jr Outpatient Center, Los Angeles, Martin Luther King, medical care, medication, Oasis Clinic, outpatient treatment, patients, prevention program, research facility, South Central, support, testing, treatment, unprotected sex, virus, youth

Residents fighting HIV/AIDS in South Central have a haven to go to for treatment and support.

Kristy Plaza
Executive Producer

Residents fighting HIV/AIDS in South Central have a haven to go to for treatment and support. 

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

'Orange Is The New Black' Author Breaks Down Prison's Unofficial Social Rules

Comments (3) | Alabama, children in the system, class, ConAir Federal Corrections, connecticut, consequences, Crime, empathy, Federal Correction Institute Danbury, finding work after prison, friendship, gender, homophobia, homosexual, importance of books in prisons, incarceration, inspection, jail, Jenji Kohan, June 6th, keeping contact with the outside, labor in shackles, life inside, life outside, Maya Richard-Craven, mental health, mothers in the system, narcotics dealer, neon tommy, Netflix series, non-violent crime, official prison rules, Orange is the New Black, Orange is the New Black My Year in a Woman's Prison, Orange is the New Black Season 2, Otter Creek Correctional Center, Piper Chapman, Piper Kerman, Pop Culture, prison, prison labor, prison reform, race, racism in criminal justice system, reading as an escape, sexual assault, social marginalization, systemic culture of sexual abuse, the bad days, the best days, the worst days, transexual, transphobia, Tutwiler, unofficial prisoner rules, USC

mayarich

"The day I carried drug money and the day I was sentenced to prison, were really bad days."

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

The Black Male: An Endangered Species?

Comments (1) | African American, American Dream, Arrests, black males, civil rights, crack-cocaine, drug dealers, Drugs, economic, economy, Education, Gun Violence, homicide, incarcerated, incarceration, institutions, jail, Los Angeles, minority, mlk, MLK Day, Opinion, police, Politicians, politics, poverty, prison industrial complex, promise, racial profiling, racism, school to prison pipeline, solid, USC, violence, Wealth, weapons, youth

Jacqueline Jackson
Contributor

Did Martin Luther King—and thousands of others—die in vain?

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Jerry Brown's Prison Policies: Conservatives Disapprove, Too

Comments (1) | California, California, conservatism, drug treatment, Ed Meese, George Newhouse Jr, Gov. Jerry Brown, Grover Norquist, incarceration, jail, Jeb Bush, Marc Levin, newt gingrich, prison, prison reform, probation, realignment, Richard A. Viguerie, right on crime, three strikes law, tough on crime, Ward Connerly

The Los Angeles County Jail, known as the Twin Towers (Ryan Vaarsi via Flickr)

Lauren Madow
Deputy Editor

Prison reform advocates have an unlikely new ally.

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