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crime

Unlock ’em up?

The Justice Department has announced that it will begin releasing 6,000 "nonviolent" inmates from federal prisons starting at the end of this month. Welcome to the era of de-incarceration. At a conference named for former New York Mayor David Dinkins (who presided over the city at a

boston

Harvard’s prestigious debate team loses to NY inmates

BOSTON (AP) — Months after winning a national title, Harvard's debate team has fallen to a group of New York inmates. The showdown took place at the Eastern New York Correctional Facility, a maximum-security prison where convicts can take courses taught by faculty from nearby Bard College, and where

vatican

50 inmates get tour of Vatican gardens, Sistine Chapel

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican has opened its doors, temporarily, to 50 inmates from Rome's Rebibbia prison. The inmates got a private tour Sunday of the lush Vatican gardens and listened to Pope Francis' Sunday blessing from the frescoed splendor of the Sistine Chapel.