JAMA Study shows dramatic increase in mortality risk among incarcerated and recently released.

A recent cohort study involving over 3.25 million U.S. adults examined the impact of individual and community-level incarceration on mortality rates. The findings revealed that individuals incarcerated at the time of the survey faced a 39% higher risk of all-cause mortality and more than triple the risk of overdose mortality compared to those not incarcerated. Additionally, higher county-level incarceration rates

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Sex offenders trying to rebuild their lives find ‘angels’ in CoSA

Few crimes elicit society’s rancor and scorn like sex abuse. Whether it’s the vulnerability of the victims or the intimacy of the assault, sex crimes have a unique stigma that follows offenders into prison. This presents a challenge not just for society, but especially for Christians, who believe in God’s radical love and forgiveness, even for sex offenders. Circles of

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You can’t make this stuff up: Boebert suggests Matt Gaetz for special counsel into Epstein mishandling.

Rep. Lauren Boebert has floated a brilliant idea: let’s appoint Former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz as special counsel to investigate the government’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case. Yes. That Matt Gaetz! The same Matt Gaetz who was President Trump’s first pick for Attorney General until that tiny little hiccup — allegations that he paid for sex, including with a

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Florida congressman might get taken down by a law he voted to pass

U.S. Rep. Cory Mills (R – FL) voted for the Take It Down Act, which prohibits “nonconsensual online publication of intimate visual depictions of individuals.” Essentially, the bill criminalizes “sextortion” – the practice of threatening to release explicit material of someone. Sextortion is now a crime under both Florida and federal law. Rep. Mills’ ex, Lindsey Langston, a Republican state

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