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This Week in Policy & Public Interest News: 13 Stories You Need to See

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Friday, August 18, 2023
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NEW YORK, Aug. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. To help journalists covering the policy and public interest industries stay on top of the week's most newsworthy and popular releases, here's a roundup of stories from the week that shouldn't be missed.

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  • In recent weeks, dozens of press releases have crossed the wire related to companies' disaster relief efforts in response to the deadly wildfires in Maui, Hawaii.
  • Here are just a few of them:
    On Aug. 15, the Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau released the latest updates surrounding the fires.
  • "The nation's mayors stand in solidarity with Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen and those impacted by the devastating wildfires in Lahaina.
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Eastern Michigan University appoints director of its first bachelor program benefiting incarcerated people this fall

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Monday, August 14, 2023
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Eastern has a long history of engagement with the Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility, offering uncredited courses to incarcerated people since 2008.

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  • Eastern has a long history of engagement with the Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility, offering uncredited courses to incarcerated people since 2008.
  • In July 2023, the Michigan legislature approved $250K in funding for Eastern to launch the bachelor program at the facility.
  • Additionally, "Completing a degree boosts self-esteem for incarcerated students and provides them with fulfilling activities during incarceration," said Meghan Lechner, director of the College in Prison Program.
  • The academic program is expected to help incarcerated people achieve greater job opportunities and higher earnings when released back into society.

CORRECTION - WGU Labs Partners With Nucleos To Pilot Degree Programs For Incarcerated Learners

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Friday, February 10, 2023
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WGU Labs , an affiliate of Western Governors University (WGU), has entered into a strategic partnership with Nucleos , a social impact company with a mission to promote a more just society through education and training, to explore the potential for WGU to deliver bachelor’s degree courses to incarcerated people.

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  • WGU Labs , an affiliate of Western Governors University (WGU), has entered into a strategic partnership with Nucleos , a social impact company with a mission to promote a more just society through education and training, to explore the potential for WGU to deliver bachelor’s degree courses to incarcerated people.
  • The collaboration will leverage the Nucleos Learning Platform to bridge the existing IT infrastructure of prisons and deliver coursework to yield a bachelor’s degree.
  • Just recently, the Department of Education ruled that incarcerated individuals will again have access to Pell Grants, starting July 2023.
  • The Accelerator at WGU Labs will collaborate with Nucleos to determine how WGU can deliver degree programs to incarcerated people in correctional facilities by utilizing the Nucleos Learning Platform.

WGU Labs Partners With Nucleos To Pilot Degree Programs For Incarcerated Learners

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Tuesday, January 10, 2023
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The collaboration will leverage the Nucleos Learning Platform to bridge the existing IT infrastructure of prisons and deliver coursework to yield a bachelor’s degree.

Key Points: 
  • The collaboration will leverage the Nucleos Learning Platform to bridge the existing IT infrastructure of prisons and deliver coursework to yield a bachelor’s degree.
  • Just recently, the Department of Education ruled that incarcerated individuals will again have access to Pell Grants, starting July 2023.
  • The Accelerator at WGU Labs will collaborate with Nucleos in creating one such pathway by supporting the delivery of WGU’s educational model through the Nucleos platform.
  • Nucleos’ delivery of WGU courses will allow people involved with the justice system to access the same federal college funding available to all Americans.

U.S. Prison Population Rate At Lowest Level in Three Decades, Report Finds

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Wednesday, January 11, 2023
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ROCKVILLE, Md., Jan. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The U.S. incarceration rate dropped in 2021 to the lowest level in three decades, according to a report by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). The prison population declined one percent in 2021 after sinking 14 percent in 2020 largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The latest number was the eighth consecutive fall in the prison population, which has plummeted 25 percent since 2011.

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  • The U.S. incarceration rate dropped in 2021 to the lowest level in three decades, according to a report by the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
  • ROCKVILLE, Md., Jan. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The U.S. incarceration rate dropped in 2021 to the lowest level in three decades, according to a report by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS).
  • The prison population declined one percent in 2021 after sinking 14 percent in 2020 largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • The latest number was the eighth consecutive fall in the prison population, which has plummeted 25 percent since 2011.

NCLD Calls for Juvenile Justice Reform with a New Report, Unlocking Futures: Youth with Learning Disabilities & the Juvenile Justice System

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Thursday, December 8, 2022
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The National Center for Learning Disabilities ( NCLD ) calls on the U.S. Department of Education (USED) to improve the Juvenile Justice system by stopping the criminalization and disadvantaging of students with learning disabilities.

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  • The National Center for Learning Disabilities ( NCLD ) calls on the U.S. Department of Education (USED) to improve the Juvenile Justice system by stopping the criminalization and disadvantaging of students with learning disabilities.
  • WASHINGTON, Dec. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD) calls on the U.S. Department of Education (USED) to improve the Juvenile Justice system by stopping the criminalization and disadvantaging of students with learning disabilities.
  • As part of its new Unlocking Futures report, NCLD highlights that there are nearly 240,000 instances of juvenile detention in the U.S. every year.
  • "This report sheds light on the many ways our juvenile justice system fails youth with disabilities," says Jessica Snydman, policy research associate, at NCLD.

'YOU AND FIVE-O' LAUNCHES NEW PILOT PROGRAM FOR COMMUNITY POLICING

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Thursday, July 7, 2022
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The pilot program is designed to facilitate mutual trust and communication between police officers and the communities they protect and serve.

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  • The pilot program is designed to facilitate mutual trust and communication between police officers and the communities they protect and serve.
  • The purpose of the training is to reinforce life-saving interactions for law enforcement and to underscore its role in protecting residents.
  • YFO is part of the North Carolina Governor's Crime CommissionGrant for DisproportionateMinority Contact (DMC), awarded to the City of Kinston.
  • Kinston Police DepartmentInterim Chief of Police Jenee Spencer said: "YFO has been working with the Kinston Police Department and its community members for three years.

New NCES Data Show Increases in School Shootings and Cyberbullying in K-12 Schools Over the Last Decade

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Tuesday, June 28, 2022
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WASHINGTON, June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- There were a total of 93 school shootings with casualties at public and private elementary and secondary schools during the 2020–21 school year, more than in any other year since data collection began, according to the Report on Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2021. The annual report released today by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), within the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES), also shows that cyberbullying in public schools increased to 16 percent in 2019–20, versus 8 percent in 2009–10.

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  • In the 202021 school year, the total of school shooting casualties included 43 school shootings with deaths and 50 school shootings with injuries only.
  • According to the report, school shootings are defined as incidents in which a gun is brandished or fired on school property.
  • During the coronavirus pandemic, "school shootings" also included those that happened on school property during remote instruction.
  • However, the percentage of public schools that reported cyberbullying was roughly double in 201920 compared with 200910 (16 vs. 8 percent).

Police Agencies around The Nation Pledge to Do No Harm

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Tuesday, May 3, 2022
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NEW YORK, May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With 70 million encounters between police and community annually1, issues of police use of force remain top of mind in cities around the nation. In response, the 501 (c)(3) organization Police2Peace announced today "The Peace Officer Promise", policing's first-ever Hippocratic oath for policing to 'do no harm' while serving and protecting American communities. 

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  • Police seeking to 'do no harm' may be the most powerful concept in policing today, that is The Peace Officer Promise.
  • Municipal groups across the nation support the Promise, including the Police Advisory Commission for the City of Philadelphia.
  • In all, more than 17,000 law enforcement agencies around the nation have been invited to support The Peace Officer Promise.
  • The Peace Officer Promise gives police agencies a way to build trust and confidence by making a public reaffirmation of their 'do no harm' commitment.

CivicEye Launches Inaugural Law Enforcement Empowerment Program; Opens Application Process to Provide Free Access to a Limited Number of Tribal Law Enforcement Agencies

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Tuesday, April 19, 2022
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CivicEye, the end-to-end provider of cloud software for Public Safety, today announced the launch of the Law Enforcement Empowerment Program (LEEP), an opportunity for tribal law enforcement agencies to partner with CivicEye to conduct a free Records Management System (RMS) pilot program. This program will be a vital tool in enabling agencies that otherwise couldn't afford software or solutions for their departments. The LEEP program for 2022 launches with the primary focus on tribal law enforcement, seeking to enable these agencies to enlist new strategies and technologies that not only help drive efficient internal processes today but also drive more efficient policing and build safer communities for years to come.

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  • This program will be a vital tool in enabling agencies that otherwise couldn't afford software or solutions for their departments.
  • Native American Law Enforcement agencies have faced significant challenges securing funding to properly staff and give their departments access to needed resources to serve their communities.
  • "Small and medium law enforcement agencies have struggled to receive funding and don't have modern applications and technologies to help them move forward.
  • There are 258 tribal law agencies that make up a subset of all small agencies nationwide ( Bureau of Justice Statistics ).