Month: July 2014
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How To Reduce Crime And Help People
The United States holds the highest incarceration rate in the world, with over 2 million currently in America’s prisons, and millions more on parole and probation. The majority are in state prisons, around 60 percent, and roughly 10 percent are held in federal prisons. In 2011, one out of every 34 adults [7 million+] were…
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More Transparency of Sugars
Public health advocates are fighting for more transparency of added sugars in foods, but some high-profile lobbyists are trying to thwart those efforts. Earlier this year the U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed changes to its Nutrition Facts Label, including listing added sugar. Like salt, sugar is in many processed foods, from bread and…
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California license plate trackers
If you’ve been behind the wheel lately, odds are your trip has been tracked by small cameras called “automated license plate readers.” They’re often mounted on law enforcement vehicles and street poles, and used by police to catch criminals. But in California, lawmakers are debating whether this technology needs restrictions to protect privacy. High-tech cameras…
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Jails Stop ICE Holds – Bad for Bail
A federal judge in Oregon recently ruled a detention facility had violated a woman’s constitutional rights by holding her past her release date for no other reason than her immigration status. That, according to sources, is the reason more and more California jails are veering away from the 48-hour ICE holds. They’re afraid honoring…