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When rehabilitation is undermined by surveillance and suspicion

I've been clean for six months but my parole officer treats me like I'm still using and one dirty test that isn't even mine could send me back to prison.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The carceral logic of punishment is sabotaging genuine efforts at recovery and reintegration.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Criminal justice systems globally?”

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