Justice Department exposes bleak jail inmate profiles
The Justice Department study finds almost half of female inmates and 13 percent of male inmates have endured abuse, with 27 percent of women and 3 percent of men reporting rape. It links childhood poverty, single-parent homes, and welfare history to high unemployment before arrest, highlighting cycles of victimization and limited resources.
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Justice Department
Washington
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Justice Policy Foundation
Raymond Bell
Pennsylvania
Lehigh University
Bell
Chicken Ladies of Whitefish Farm Fades After 11 Year Credit Battle
Maureen O Boyle and Thelma Lee built an organic chicken farm on 100 acres in Whitefish Montana after moving from Los Angeles. The pair employed over a dozen workers and processed up to 2000 birds weekly but financing disputes with bankers led to an 11 year struggle over 600000 in unpaid loans. Thelma survived on Social Security as their dream unraveled.
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Whitefish
Mont
Maureen O’boyle
Thelma Lee
Flathead Valley
Maureen
Thelma
School shooting threats warned with serious warnings urged
In Edinboro Pa a 14 year old boy fatally shot a teacher at an eighth grade dance wounding a second teacher and two teens. Psychologists urge students and staff to treat threats seriously amid national pattern of school violence.
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Pittsburgh
Burt Singerman
St. Francis Medical Center
Pennsylvania
Edinboro
Andrew Wurst
Phillip Friedman
Wurst
Gillette
Jonesboro
Ark
West Paducah
Pearl
Miss
Tristan Lucas
Ben Mills
Lucas
Parker Middle School
Workers' Comp reform eyed to end subsidies
Huntington AP The Bureau of Employment Programs endorsed a plan to end subsidies keeping workers' compensation premiums low for injury prone industries. From July 1999, 17 of 92 classes would pay more as claims exceed premiums while coal mines face notable rate hikes. The adjustments fund 193 million in debt payments on a 2.2 billion plan, shifting burden to responsible industries.
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Huntington
Bureau of Employment Programs
Workers’ Compensation Performance Council
Cheryl Rawson
Bureau
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Lew Whitener
the Register-Herald
Raleigh County Armory
Montana
Flathead
O’boyle
Rei
Assy
Pera
Des Moines
Beis
Mountaineer
Lal
Byrd Driv
Employment Bureau
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