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The Legal Intelligencer
Monday, February 22, 2010
Prison is not a good place for pregnant women. That does not mean that pregnancy provides immunity from wrongdoing and incarceration, but it does mean that there should be a strong public policy interest in promoting healthy pregnancies and good birth outcomes for incarcerated women who choose to continue their pregnancies.
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Reaching Across the Table to Provide Legal Services 'Face to Face'
The Legal Intelligencer
Monday, February 22, 2010
"Meeting basic human needs to reduce suffering and empower lives." That's the mission of Face to Face Inc., a Pennsylvania nonprofit located in the Germantown section of Philadelphia, which pursues the mission through its variety of programs for the poor, including a free legal center.
The Public Interest Calendar of Events for March
The Legal Intelligencer
Monday, February 22, 2010
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The Public Interest Calendar of Events for February and March
The Legal Intelligencer
Monday, January 25, 2010
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Nonprofit Works to Protect Wages of Indigent Workers
The Legal Intelligencer
Monday, January 25, 2010
Friends of Farmworkers Inc. is a Pennsylvania-based, nonprofit legal services organization whose mission is to improve the living and working conditions of indigent or distressed farmworkers, mushroom workers, food-processing workers, workers from immigrant and migrant communities and their families.
The Bitter Fruits of the Private Prison Movement
The Legal Intelligencer
Monday, January 25, 2010
On a cold wintry night in March 1986, the private prison movement began in Pennsylvania. At 1 a.m., under the cover of darkness, a couple of busloads of inmates from the overcrowded Washington, D.C., prison system arrived at the private for-profit "268 Center" in Armstrong County, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported at the time.
Juvenile Law Center Strives for Justice Reform
The Legal Intelligencer
Monday, December 28, 2009
The Juvenile Law Center's highly publicized work on behalf of thousands of Luzerne County teens is of obvious import. It also has its ironies.
DRN Advocates for Adult Protective Services System
The Legal Intelligencer
Monday, November 23, 2009
In more than 40 states, adult protective service, or APS, systems have authority to investigate and offer protective services to individuals with disabilities who are subject to abuse, neglect, or exploitation.
The Public Interest Calendar of Events for December
The Legal Intelligencer
Monday, November 23, 2009
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The Public Interest Calendar of Events for October and November
The Legal Intelligencer
Monday, October 26, 2009
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