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36244
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Reducing recidivism for ex-offenders were programs such as the NC State Industry Expansion Solutions (IES). Through this program, they earn a Lean Manufacturing Certificate. Attesting to the success of this program were statistics related to job growth and economic impact. Asserting its necessity were statistics related to the likelihood of recidivism in the absence of employment.
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36477
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Illustrating the research-based positive emotional and psychological impact of pet ownership is pet therapy. Involving trained animals contributing to stress reduction in humans, pet therapy takes place in in facilities such as hospitals, correctional institutions, and homeless shelters. Examples of facilities offering pet therapy mentioned are Reuter Children’s Outpatient Hospital and UNC Asheville’s Peers Educating Peers and Advancing Health Program (PEPAH).
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27705
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North Carolina prisons are currently operating with dozens of vacant positions for mental health workers. Vacancies were reported to have had a “very negative” impact on patient care by the Department of Public Services in 2012. Inmates with mental illnesses are increasing and the lack of staff to accommodate them has already been attributed to helping cause Michael Anthony Kerr’s death in 2014.
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517
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The commission's recommendations pertained to two categories of prisoners: pretrial detainees and sentenced prisoners. North Carolina's most pressing prison problems include overcrowding, lawsuits, and the threat of federal intervention.
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Popular Government (NoCar JK 4101 P6), Vol. 55 Issue 2, Fall 1989, p20-28, bibl, f
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11550
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David L. Jones, Secretary of the Department of Corrections, discusses problems facing the state's prison system and what might be done to correct them. New facilities are needed. The state has seventy-seven prison units, but 60 percent were built in the 1930s. Central Prison in Raleigh is the state's only maximum security institution. Many units are overcrowded, creating problems with and among inmates.
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We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 34 Issue 1, Jan 1976, p17-20, il, por
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13747
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A religious revival started by a lay preacher in a North Carolina camp for convicts, has converted 73 of the 81 inmates. The Bible spreads from cell to cell and convicts organized their own study club.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 19 Issue 39, Feb 1952, p3-5, 19, f
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