To Punish or Rehabilitate: Lessons from Comparing US Prisons Across International Lines

What happens after someone is convicted of murder? In the most serious cases, the person is given life without parole or a death penalty sentence. Here, he or she is held in strict quarters, likely to never rejoin society. Or the person could receive a life sentence of around 15 years, possibly serve a 21-yearContinue reading “To Punish or Rehabilitate: Lessons from Comparing US Prisons Across International Lines”

Joseph Wilk: A Teen Librarian Making the Library More Than Just a Place for Books

by Daniel Priore For years, a young student walked into the Carnegie Library Teen Department in Oakland with a scowl on his face. He hardly talked and usually just plopped himself down at the computers for hours. That didn’t stop Joseph Wilk from being friendly. He always welcomed teens with a smile. One day theContinue reading “Joseph Wilk: A Teen Librarian Making the Library More Than Just a Place for Books”