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Woman gets prison for ‘widespread, brazen’ theft from kids program

More than $1 million disappeared from a nonprofit charged with helping at-risk preschool kids in West Michigan, and now the ...

Out-of-state couple headed behind bars after stealing $110,000 from Arizona's lightly-regulated school voucher program

Johnny Bowers will spend 2.5 years in prison, while his wife, Ashley Hopkins, will spend 14 days in jail. The couple also ...
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65,000 Pennsylvania kids have a parent in prison or jail − here’s what research says about the value of in-person visits

Across Pennsylvania, an estimated 65,459 children have a parent in jail or prison. That’s according to a recent email inquiry to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. Nationwide, nearly half of ...
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Why more Tarrant County kids are going to Texas youth prisons than any others

The rising number of youth sent from counties like Tarrant is helping to push the waitlist for beds in youth prisons to near ...
Houston Chronicle

65,000 Pennsylvania kids have a parent in prison or jail − here’s what research says about the value of in-person visits

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Julie Poehlmann, University of Wisconsin-Madison (THE CONVERSATION) Across ...
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65,000 Pennsylvania kids have a parent in prison or jail − here’s what research says about the value of in-person visits

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