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A Psychotic Episode Shouldn’t End in a Jail Cell
By Kara Dansky Michelle Mata wants to be treated the way you would want your mom to be treated. She’s an aunt and a neighbor.…
New Courthouse Dog To Help Comfort, Support Victims And Witnesses
By Walt Hunter NORRISTOWN, Pa., (CBS) — The newest and only four-legged employee at the Montgomery County Courthouse officially arrived for work Friday morning. “Turks”,…
Children’s Rights Launches New Website
Have you visited Children’s Rights’ website recently? They just unveiled a new mobile-friendly design, streamlined to bring you the latest on their work, including content…
Mom Has Son Arrested & Sent to Boys Town. Now They’re Closer Than Ever!
Karen made one of the toughest decisions any parent has to make. She had her son Nick arrested and sent to Boys Town. Today, they’re…
RJ Mitte Explains How Having Cerebral Palsy Taught Him To Pity Bullies
By Kira Brekke When RJ Mitte first moved to Los Angeles to begin his acting career at 13, he let his cerebral palsy speak for…
Victory! Town Will No Longer Treat Domestic Violence Victims as Nuisances
By Sandra S. Park Three strikes and you’re out of your home and on the street – all because you called 911 for help. That…
SPLC Urges Federal Court to Address Razors in Alabama Prisons
The Southern Poverty Law Center and the Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program (ADAP) urged a federal court today to block an Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC)…
Stories from the field: SPLC advocate’s meeting with teen a reminder children need second chances
By Sharada Jambulapati Driving down winding country back roads, I headed to an Alabama prison where I would spend the next several hours crammed into…
SPLC Intelligence Report: Deadly Spring of Radical-Right Violence Examined
Extremists from various segments of the radical right lashed out this spring with three murder sprees that left a dozen victims dead – mass murders…
Rage in Ferguson offers important lesson
By Lecia Brooks The seemingly nonstop coverage of protests in Ferguson, Missouri, by cable news networks provided little beyond a disturbing loop of images –…
Detention centers should end excessive isolation of young people
By Theodore Shaw As a community advocate for the Southern Poverty Law Center, I spend countless hours visiting children in Mississippi and Louisiana jails to…
Tacoma Goodwill Employee Testifies Before Congressional Subcommittee
By Laura Walling This week I had the great pleasure of working with Sandra Collins, assistant store manager from Goodwill Olympics and Rainier Region (Tacoma,…