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		<title>NewsOK: Federal funding runs out for mentoring children of inmates</title>
		<link>http://oklahomasis.com/2011/08/03/newsok-federal-funding-runs-out-for-mentoring-children-of-inmates/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[BY CARRIE COPPERNOLL ccoppernoll@opubco.com

Published: August 1, 2011

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Oklahoma lost the last two years of its federal funding for a program that pairs mentors with children of incarcerated parents.

Justice Clark, 9 of Oklahoma City,  takes a break from paddling.  Children and mentors of Big Brothers Big  Sisters participated in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Journal Record: On the job, out of trouble</title>
		<link>http://oklahomasis.com/2011/07/19/journal-record-on-the-job-out-of-trouble/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:07:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Persistence pays off for woman after prison term
By Laney Ellisor 
The Journal Record										 																
 Friday, July 15, 2011

Cielito Russell, assistant manager at Taco Bell in El Reno.  (Brent Fuchs)

OKLAHOMA CITY – On March 17, 2009, Cielito Russell was released from prison with little money, many bills and no job.
She owed $150 per month for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Journal Record: Project gives female offenders a second chance</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:06:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Laney Ellisor
The Journal Record										 																
 Friday, July 15, 2011
OKLAHOMA  CITY – The new Tulsa Community Women’s Reentry Project is helping  female offenders find jobs within 30 days of their prison release by  beginning when the women are still incarcerated.
The project was created by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections  Division of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tulsa World: Mom moves forward after serving sentence</title>
		<link>http://oklahomasis.com/2011/07/11/tulsa-world-mom-moves-forward-after-serving-sentence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 17:54:23 +0000</pubDate>
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Tulsa World
By: Cary Aspinwall and Adam Wisneski
07/10/11
Megan Olmstead has a tan now, one of the telltale signs that she&#8217;s no longer living in a correctional facility.
She lives at her mother&#8217;s house, where there&#8217;s a pool, a dog and toys for her 3-year-old daughter Chloe &#8211; and no warden, no bars, no bed checks.
A few weeks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tulsa World: Rising crime rates prompt study to evaluate state&#8217;s justice system</title>
		<link>http://oklahomasis.com/2011/07/07/tulsa-world-rising-crime-rates-prompt-study-to-evaluate-states-justice-system/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 01:16:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[incarceration]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ by: BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol Bureau
 Friday, June 24, 2011
 6/24/2011 7:28:01 AM
 OKLAHOMA CITY  &#8211;  House  Speaker Kris Steele on Thursday announced a comprehensive study of the  state&#8217;s criminal justice system, which leaders hope will lead to the  creation of legislation and policies that result in better use [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NEWSOK: Oklahoma selected for intensive criminal justice study</title>
		<link>http://oklahomasis.com/2011/06/24/newsok-oklahoma-selected-for-intensive-criminal-justice-study/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2011 01:19:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oklahoma was selected for the Justice Reinvestment Initiative, a  program funded in part through the federal Department of Justice. It  will include an intensive study aimed at improving public safety and  reducing prison overcrowding.
BY SEAN MURPHY

Published: June 24, 2011

State leaders Thursday promised a detailed study of Oklahoma&#8217;s criminal justice system with a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NEWSOK: Oklahoma governor signs prison bill</title>
		<link>http://oklahomasis.com/2011/05/13/newsok-oklahoma-governor-signs-prison-bill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2011 01:33:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Measure expands Oklahoma&#8217;s use of community sentencing programs  and the electronic monitoring of low-risk, nonviolent inmates. It also  limits the governor&#8217;s role in the parole process for nonviolent  offenders.
BY MICHAEL MCNUTT mmcnutt@opubco.com


Published: May 12, 2011




Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin signs one  of five separate bills designed to shore up the state&#8217;s underfunded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oklahoma Watch: Incarcerations imperil children&#8217;s future</title>
		<link>http://oklahomasis.com/2011/01/30/oklahoma-watch-incarcerations-imperil-childrens-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 01:44:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Children whose parents are in prison are more at risk for unhealthy physical and social behavior

by Jaclyn Cosgrove, Oklahoma Watch
jcosgrove@oklahomawatch.org
January 30, 2011


She doesn’t remember Jeffrey’s funeral.
But Laura Taff knows that’s when it all started – the booze, the pills, the drugs, anything she felt would sedate her.
All of it was self-medication. Taff wanted the pain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tulsa World: Oklahomans support alternative programs</title>
		<link>http://oklahomasis.com/2010/12/04/tulsa-world-oklahomans-support-alternative-programs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Dec 2010 01:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
photo by Mike Simons &#124; Tulsa World
Dawn Elrod lies in her bed at  Eddie Warrior Correctional Center at Taft, Oklahoma. A recent survey  indicates Oklahomans support looking for more effective and less costly  ways of treating nonviolent offenders.
Poll results indicate Oklahomans support alternative programs as a way to reduce the state&#8217;s incarceration [...]]]></description>
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		<title>eCapitol: OK-Pilot program aimed at reducing Oklahoma&#8217;s high female incarceration rate</title>
		<link>http://oklahomasis.com/2010/10/18/ecapitol-ok-pilot-program-aimed-at-reducing-oklahomas-high-female-incarceration-rate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 15:52:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Author:	Erin Boeckman Date:	10/11/2010
(OK) Two groups in Oklahoma City and Tulsa are working with the Oklahoma Department of Corrections to implement a pilot program that was approved by the Legislature this year to address Oklahoma&#8217;s status as No. 1 in female incarceration.
The program was authorized under HB 2998, by Rep. Kris Steele, R-Shawnee, and Sen. Todd Lamb, [...]]]></description>
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