Tribal Coalition Report Finds South Dakota 'Willfully' Violated Child Welfare...
South Dakota's foster care system "systematically violated the spirit and the letter" of a law meant to protect Native American children, a coalition of tribal directors from the state's nine Sioux...
View ArticleWithout Reviews, Inmates Can Get Lost In U.S. Prison System
Every year 10 million people funnel in and out of America's jails and prisons. And every year some of them get lost. Recently there have been two high-profile cases of such inmates — one who got out...
View ArticleOlder Suspect Described As Controlling, Manipulative
Laura Sullivan tells Robert Siegel that she has been learning more about the older suspect, Tamerlan Tsarnaev. She's been talking with three women who knew him when they were in college — and they...
View ArticleMentally Ill Are Often Locked Up In Jails That Can't Help
Cook County, Ill., Sheriff Tom Dart walks the halls of his jail every day. With 10,000 inmates, this place is a small city — except a third of the people here are mentally ill.Dart has created some of...
View ArticleSpike In Heroin Use Can Be Traced To Prescription Pads
The death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman has brought attention to a grim reality of drug abuse in America — most notably with the increasing use of heroin.Hoffman was found dead in his apartment on...
View ArticleMissouri Execution Stalled Over Lethal Drugs In Short Supply
A few years ago, Missouri, like other states, was having trouble finding lethal execution drugs. Europe was balking, and U.S. drug manufacturers didn't want a part of it.So Missouri turned to a place...
View ArticleEnforcing Prison Rape Elimination Standards Proves Tricky
On a recent day at the Maryland Correctional Institution for Women, inmates in jumpsuits peek out of their cells to see three men with clipboards walk into the housing unit. These men are auditors...
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Ohio State Football Player's Death Draws Attention To Head Injuries
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View ArticleRed Cross Misstates How Donors' Dollars Are Spent
The American Red Cross's CEO, Gail McGovern, has spelled out the organization's promise to donors repeatedly in recent years."Ninety-one cents of every dollar that's donated goes to our services,"...
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