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		<title>Wasted Opportunities</title>
		<link>http://mtconnections.org/archives/626</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 01:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some benefits of productivity, skills training and decent wages used to instill self worth, new thought processes and reduce recidivism &#38; other novel concepts in a prison setting. ___________________________________________________________________ Chipping away the last 15 years of my life while attempting &#8230; <a href="http://mtconnections.org/archives/626">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Prison Issues Board Comments</title>
		<link>http://mtconnections.org/archives/624</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:55:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[RE:NONAGENDA ITEMS:By Robert and Barbara Rose Pursuantto Montana’s Constitution and Montana’s Open Meeting andParticipation Laws, Robert and Barbara Rose submit the followingcomments. We fully expect that the comments presented by us and othermembers of the public should influence the MDO’s &#8230; <a href="http://mtconnections.org/archives/624">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tattoos Violate Policy, Except on Staff</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 04:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kat Gordon]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today my question was answered, when I received a rejected letter from MSP that I had spent a whole day on for my husband. I have known for over a week that something in that letter was “offensive” to the &#8230; <a href="http://mtconnections.org/archives/603">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Comments and Responses to Parole Board Administrative Rules</title>
		<link>http://mtconnections.org/archives/572</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 19:42:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[They appear to have rejected every single comment the public made.]]></description>
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		<title>MT Criminal Justice Reform Network Alert</title>
		<link>http://mtconnections.org/archives/547</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2010 18:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MT. Criminal Justice Reform Network ALERT November 2010 The Board of Pardons and Parole has recently posted their proposal for New Administrative Rules Change. There are some disturbing changes proposed and we are asking that you look over the proposal &#8230; <a href="http://mtconnections.org/archives/547">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>New study conducted at the U of WA&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://mtconnections.org/archives/535</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 18:18:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new study conducted at the University of Washington concludes that the Montana Meth Project, having spent millions of dollars on a now-famous advertising campaign, &#8220;has had no discernable impact on meth use.&#8221;.. article is here.]]></description>
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		<title>Carl Nelson&#8217;s Folly</title>
		<link>http://mtconnections.org/archives/523</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:32:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inside|Outside]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This time last year the inmate population on both the high and low side of the prison watched in wonderment, the befuddled installation of the new "sprinkler system". <a href="http://mtconnections.org/archives/523">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>May Law and Justice Interim Committee meeting postponed&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://mtconnections.org/archives/490</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 13:38:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The May 17-18 Law and Justice Interim Committee meeting has been canceled and rescheduled for June 28-29. The June 28-29 agenda will be focused primarily on the committee&#8217;s bill draft recommendations related to the DUI study and on any recommendations &#8230; <a href="http://mtconnections.org/archives/490">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>corrections program layoffs in Deer Lodge&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://mtconnections.org/archives/489</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source story is here: KULR-8 Montana Corrections Enterprise laid-off five workers last Wednesday in Deer Lodge, who managed inmate work and job-training programs statewide. The lay-offs are not expected to affect the prisoners participation. How will this not effect the &#8230; <a href="http://mtconnections.org/archives/489">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Good Time at the Supreme Court&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://mtconnections.org/archives/483</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 16:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an email update we received from FAMM: In recent weeks, I&#8217;ve attended three oral arguments the Supreme Court has held in cases about sentencing in which FAMM submitted amicus (or &#8220;friend of the court&#8221;) briefs. We participate in &#8230; <a href="http://mtconnections.org/archives/483">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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