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A New Beginning for Members of Mexico’s Notorious Cartels

Placing her trust in the basic goodness of people—and The Way to Happiness—Rosalba Cordero is changing inmates’ lives to vanquish the vicious cycle of crime in Mexico.

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Love Letters From Prison

At Zephyrhills Correctional Institution, it’s another pretty morning. James Hutchison, Florida inmate number 656970, is already started on his day’s work: a list of maintenance requests that will take him into various corners of the rambling 750-man facility.

CRIMINAL REFORM

Criminon Keeps Kids Out of the “System”

Criminon Florida, which has been working with inmates in Florida penal institutions for almost 25 years, answered the call to help handle the escalating juvenile crime in Pinellas County…

CRIMINAL REFORM

Actual Innocence

On that day more than 20 years ago, Miles was 19 years old and living in Dallas, Texas. He had a job at McDonalds, but much bigger plans—he was set to study plastics engineering at Texas State Technical Institute. On the night of May 15, 1994, Miles was at a friend’s house watching TV—along with another friend, and that friend’s girlfriend.