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After serving time, former convicts find themselves punished through Utah housing programs

Bethany West April 20, 2020

By age 20, Nic Lightner had served two nights in jail and completed community service for possessing marijuana on two separate occasions. He never expected he would be paying for his crimes for the rest...

Medicine for mental health: Incarceration instead of medical care

Rachel Badali June 12, 2017

When the street is your home, a jail may be your only healthcare provider.Across the country, thousands of homeless people, many whom are suffering from mental illness, are met with little sympathy and...

Programs are offered to inmates to help reduce criminal recidivism rates, though programs lack availability and funding. (Victor / flickr)

Back behind bars: Recidivism in Utah

Chris Nichols April 19, 2017

“Educated people are less likely to commit crimes,” said Jonathan Wride, an employee at the Ogden County Jail who works in the GED program. Wride commented on the barriers in between incarcerated...

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