Connections » inmates http://mtconnections.org Working towards any positive change! Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:32:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Prisons do less to keep inmates from returning http://mtconnections.org/archives/312 http://mtconnections.org/archives/312#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:26:06 +0000 Marc http://mtconnections.org/archives/312 "I can't afford any more years up here -- I've lost too many," said Tatum, who is serving a four-year stint for forgery at the Valley State Prison for Women in Chowchilla. "I'm trying to learn things to change my thinking, change everything about me, so I can go home. It's so easy to get caught up here and never leave. I don't want to die in prison."~Gina Tatum

Continue reading →]]> http://mtconnections.org/archives/312/feed 0 Quote of the Day http://mtconnections.org/archives/186 http://mtconnections.org/archives/186#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:19:58 +0000 Marc http://mtconnections.org/archives/186 Quote of the Day- John Hannan

A quote from a John Hannan letter that I found interesting. Enjoy-

Continue reading →]]> http://mtconnections.org/archives/186/feed 0 American Justice 2009 http://mtconnections.org/archives/103 http://mtconnections.org/archives/103#comments Sat, 12 Sep 2009 22:03:58 +0000 Marc http://mtconnections.org/archives/103 "We, as Americans, like to take pride in our sense of justice. We believe that no other country in the world does a better job of protecting the rights of its citizens. For 50 years I believed this myself; then…I was arrested."


 Continue reading →]]> http://mtconnections.org/archives/103/feed 0 Dollars and Sense http://mtconnections.org/archives/99 http://mtconnections.org/archives/99#comments Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:50:10 +0000 Marc http://mtconnections.org/archives/99 "There is so much abuse of power and corruption here at MSP, it boggles the mind at where one would begin telling the story, but I will try!" -Anthel Brown MSP

Continue reading →]]> http://mtconnections.org/archives/99/feed 0 Problems Treating Addiction in US Prison System http://mtconnections.org/archives/76 http://mtconnections.org/archives/76#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:28:54 +0000 Marc http://mtconnections.org/archives/76 “Pharmacological treatment of opiate dependence is a proven intervention, is cost-effective and reduces drug-related disease and reincarceration rates, yet it remains underutilized in U.S. prison systems,”

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