Punished for Addiction: Women Prisoners Dying From Lack of Treatment
Punished for Addiction: Women Prisoners Dying From Lack of Treatment
Allison Glass, state director of Healthy and Free Tennessee, says laws that send pregnant women to jail for drug use—but do not require improved drug treatment in jails—hurt women. “The legislators' concern really is not about helping women, or … Read more on RH Reality Check
'Teach a Man to Fish'
One of 165 independent, community-based Goodwill agencies across the United States and Canada, Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee collects donated goods and sells them in its stores, and the revenues go to fund job training and placement programs … Read more on Memphis Daily News
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