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Criminal defense attorney, Abe Mashni explains the 10 ways law enforcement investigate drug cases. Drug offenses occur when one possesses or sales a narcotic. Charges range from misdemeanor possession, trafficking, to federal trafficking (federal charges are listed and/or explained in a separate section). |
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In the United States, 67% of inmates released from prison will return having committed a new crime within three years. Simply put, the criminal justice system doesn’t accomplish what it was designed to do. But why is it failing? Having worked in both punishment and rehabilitation, Brandon W. Mathews argues that the solution might be simpler than we thought. |
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Many inmates in Finland live in “open prisons,” where they are allowed to own a vehicle, leave for work or school, and host overnight guests. Now, the country is funding educational programs where prisoners learn technology skills like artificial intelligence. (Video is about 5 minutes)
In this week’s Sunday Spotlight, NBC’s Kelly Cobiella travels to Norway and goes inside what’s called one of the most humane prisons in the world and sees why it gets that distinction. (Video is about 14 minutes)
A prison in Connecticut is taking cues from Germany, where inmates do yoga and have keys to their cells. "60 Minutes" reported on it in 2016. |
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From inmates who domesticate wild mustangs, teach financial literacy classes and find catharsis in theater by performing works by William Shakespeare, we visit five facilities with rehabilitation programs that are breaking down the stigmas of prison life. (Video is about 15 minutes)
More former prisoners are reoffending than ever before. We reveal the latest efforts to break the cycle in the first episode of our new Economist Films series. (Video is about 4 minutes)
Heated floors, bike rides, and five-star cooking classes. Welcome to prison in Norway. It looks nothing like most prisons in the US. That's because Norway's prison system is designed with three core values in mind: normality, humanity and rehabilitation. The point of incarceration in Norway, |
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It was a 70-month federal prison sentence, for a white-collar, non-violent, first-time offense, that introduced Teresa Hodge first-hand to the justice system and mass incarceration in America. |
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Maurice (Moe) Egan grew up in East Oakland surrounded by drugs and crime. Even though he found success in sports and later working for Coretta Scott King at the Martin Luther King Jr. Center, his drug use and criminal behavior spiraled out of control. |
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"Nightline" embedded with the Coast Guard, which seizes three times the cocaine as all other U.S. law enforcement agencies combined, on its mission to intercept drug boats in international waters. |
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CBC's Paul Hunter travels to Nogales, Arizona to spend a day with a border agent patrolling the border wall between the U.S. and Mexico. |
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Right now, in Australia, you can get the potent effects of ecstasy, cocaine or cannabis straight over the counter and completely legally - thanks to the booming industry in synthetic drugs. By mimicking their illicit counterparts with clever chemistry, the drug makers can stay one step ahead of the law. And while our police and politicians play catch up, the men behind these crafty alternatives have become a new breed of drug lord - untouchable, unstoppable and very, very rich. |
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As the world has been transfixed by the opioid crisis in North America, another crisis, just as serious, has been unfolding almost unreported across Africa. The addictive prescription painkiller Tramadol has exploded in popularity, used by everyone from workers trying to cope with long hours and grueling labor, to university students looking to have a good time. It’s even the drug of choice for members of Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram, fueling their violence. |
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(Video is about 25 minutes). *WARNING-Must be watch on YouTube-contains triggers and graphic images of drug use
The drug Fentanyl is fifty times stronger than heroin and has claimed the lives of at least 60 people in the last 8 months in the UK. Cameras follow users in Hull to find out how their lives have been affected. |
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Marijuana has been legalized in 15 states and Washington D.C. Meanwhile, drug use and overdose death rates are rising with the opioid crisis. And the U.S. has locked up more people in prison than ever; one in five of the almost 2.3 million incarcerated people are behind bars for a drug offense. |
