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Articles by LJ DawsonJul 1, 20224:35 pmJuly 1, 2022
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Incarcerated people are more likely to be sick and less likely to receive care

First seen in The Des. People who get locked up are more likely to be dealing with chronic health issues and less likely to receive care than the general population. Being incarcerated also creates additional […]

Articles by LJ DawsonJun 28, 20224:59 pmJuly 1, 2022
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Overdose Deaths Behind Bars Rise as Drug Crisis Swells

First seen in PBS NewsHour and KHN. Annissa Holland should be excited her son is coming home from prison after four long years of incarceration. Instead, she’s researching rehab centers to send him to as […]

Articles by LJ DawsonJun 15, 20224:53 pmJuly 1, 2022
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New report debunks 2020 youth crime wave

First seen in The Des. Almost a year ago, a carjacking left The District of Columbia aghast. Mohammad Anwar, died in the hospital after he was hit with a stun gun and crashed his car while […]

Articles by LJ DawsonMay 29, 20225:06 pmJuly 1, 2022
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Fighting for a second chance

First seen in The Des. When Dontrell Britton returned from federal prison to his mother’s DC apartment in 2017, he didn’t have tens of thousands of Instagram followers or over 400 thousand TikTok followers on his team like he […]

Articles by LJ DawsonFeb 18, 20224:41 pmJuly 1, 2022
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COVID-19 RIPS THROUGH WEST VIRGINIA WOMEN’S PRISON AS FEDERAL AGENCY TAKES HEAT

First seen in CNN. Rory Adams did not know that Christmas in a small rural hospital in West Virginia would be the last time he saw his wife alive. She’d entered prison in early January 2021 […]

Articles by LJ DawsonDec 17, 20215:08 pmDecember 30, 2021
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TIM BLAKE ON THE PSYCHEDELIC REVOLUTION, MOVING THE EMERALD CUP TO L.A. AND PROTECTING SMALL, LEGACY CANNABIS FARMERS IN THE EMERALD TRIANGLE

First seen in The News Station Tim Blake spoke to The News Station this fall before the Emerald Cup Harvest Ball. The Emerald Cup was held in Santa Rosa this December one last time before […]

Articles by LJ DawsonMar 16, 20215:41 pmMarch 16, 2021
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Many Undocumented Immigrants Left Out Of Pandemic Relief Package

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Articles by LJ DawsonMar 9, 20212:42 pmMarch 12, 2021
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WITHOUT A PANDEMIC SAFETY NET, IMMIGRANTS LIVING IN US ILLEGALLY FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS

First seen in Kaiser Health News Ana’s 9-year-old son was the first in the family to come down with symptoms that looked like covid-19 last March. Soon after, the 37-year-old unauthorized immigrant and three of […]

Articles by LJ DawsonFeb 16, 20214:12 amFebruary 17, 2021
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Native and Black Youth More Likely to be Locked Up Than Whites, Report Finds

First seen in The News Station A new report from The Sentencing Project, a Washington, D.C., based think tank, found that nationwide, Native youth are three times and Black youth five times more likely to be incarcerated than whites. The […]

Articles by LJ DawsonJan 28, 202111:33 am
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Hate Needles? Get a Coronavirus Vaccine and a Free Joint

First seen in The News Station WASHINGTON, D.C. — Activists and advocates with DCMJ, better known as DC Marijuana Justice, have pushed cannabis legalization in the nation’s capital through stunts in the past — like […]

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