Courts Ease Up on Women Prison Sentences Rise in Female Inmates
In Framingham Mass Linda Shaw serves a one year term for drug related theft. national female inmate numbers have surged 25 percent in two years, to over 16 700, driven by tougher judges and parole boards. Space limits and transfer of inmates strain women’s facilities. Framingham's population more than doubled to over 250.
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Ms. Shaw
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Alvin Bronstein
American Civil Liberties Union
Washington
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Massachusetts
Joe Landolfi
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Jack H. Backman
Joyce Murphy
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Prison system overstretched with released inmates
Readable fragments show a Frederick area story about overcrowded prisons and ex-inmates, especially women, who feel unprepared for life outside. Quotes from Ms Shaw reflect the struggle after four months on a drug charge as she faces release challenges and a risky transition back to society.
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Ms. Shaw
Shelter operators oppose arrest of homeless vagrants
In Baltimore, shelter leaders urged a City Council committee to drop a bill empowering police to arrest vagrants sleeping in public. They argued it targets homelessness rather than crime and would burden jails, while sponsor DiPietro defended the measure as addressing criminals posing as homeless. The hearing ended without action.
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Josatina Abromaitis
Dominic DiPietro
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Brendan Walsh
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DiPietro
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