News Archives: 2002  |  2003 From Jail Cell to the Job Market December 13, 2002 - Steven Greenhouse, The New York Times NEW YORK - Welfare-to-work programs have moved thousands of women from welfare into jobs, and now many conservative groups that championed those programs are trying to apply them to another problematic population: the hundreds of thousands of men who are released from prisons each year. The organizations, run by religious conservatives and crime-fighting conservatives, believe that the welfare-to-work model — a mix of tough love and true training — may reduce recidivism and move many of the roughly 550,000 men released from prison each year nationwide into meaningful employment. For complete article: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/13/nyregion/ 13CONV.html?tntemail1=&pagewanted=print&position=top (registration required) Nunavut hamlet wants to banish repeat offender November 18, 2002 - CBC News CAMBRIDGE BAY, NUNAVUT - The hamlet council of Cambridge Bay in Nunavut wants to banish a repeat offender from the community. The council has asked the territorial government to ban David Nakashook from returning to the town. The 45-year-old man has a long history of crime. For complete article: http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2002/11/18/nunavut_banish021118 Teen faces victims of N.S. train wreck August 30, 2002 - CBC News STEWIACKE, N.S. - A 15-year-old boy who admitted causing a train derailment that injured dozens of people in Nova Scotia apologized to some of the passengers Thursday. The forum, not open to the public, was intended to give victims a say in the teen's punishment. Recommendations will be passed on to a judge at a sentencing hearing Oct. 2. For complete article: http://cbc.ca/stories/2002/08/29/stewiacke_020829 Update - November 6th, 2002: http://cbc.ca/stories/2002/11/06/via_derail02110 Police compile future suspects database August 26, 2002 - Amy Carmichael, Canoe News WILMINGTON, DELAWARE (AP) -- Police in Delaware are trying to get a head-start on cracking crimes before they happen by setting up a database that contains a list of people who officers believe are likely to break the law. Defense attorneys and the American Civil Liberties Union oppose the database, which lists names, addresses and photographs of the potential suspects -- many of whom have clean slates. For complete article: http://www.canoe.ca/CNEWSLaw0208/26_database-ap.html Youth justice: How it works August 23, 2002 For complete article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1506013.stm Seeking Data on the Drug War's Child Casualties. July 24, 2002 - Mother Jones.com With an estimated half-million American adults currently behind bars on drug charges, child welfare and prison reform activists have long warned that the War on Drugs is inflicting enormous collateral damage on tens of thousands of innocent bystanders: the children of prisoners. Now, for the first time, a new study attempts to determine just how many such children there are in at least one state. For complete article: http://www.motherjones.com/web_exclusives/features/news/updates.html Winnipeg Mennonite committee publishes book for families of murder victims. July 7, 2002 - Canoe News WINNIPEG (CP) -- It's a book the authors hope you never have to read. "Very much so," says Wilma Derksen, who contributed to Getting Through the Maze: a Guidebook for Survivors of Homicide. It's a step-by-step guide to help those touched by murder and deals with the police, the media, the justice system and the often confusing emotional reactions to the crime. For complete article: http://www.canoe.ca/NationalTicker/CANOE-wire.Homicide-Guidebook.html Grants will boost peace studies May 17, 2002 - Pamela Isaacson, Pal-item.com A $13.88 million grant will help Earlham, Goshen and Manchester colleges strengthen peace studies programs on their campuses and create a center for peace in Indianapolis. The Lilly Endowment Inc. grant combines the efforts of Earlham, a Quaker college, Goshen, founded by Mennonites, and Manchester, a Church of the Brethern school. All are historic peace-church colleges. For complete information: http://www.pal-item.com/news/stories/20020517/localnews/330732.html 2002  |  2003