‘I Can Be Free Again’: How Music Brings Healing at Sing Sing
I've seen firsthand how music can restore what's missing in prison: a respect for humanity.
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The Opioid Epidemic’s Infrastructure Problem
While many cities cluster health services, and have hotspots for certain kinds of drug use, Boston's "Methadone Mile" is unique in that, here, the two clusters overlap.
A Look at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Efforts After Hurricane Harvey
Wildlife rehabilitators rescued numerous species after the storm, from common animals like beavers and deer to rarer wildlife like alligator snapping turtles.
You Can’t Stay Here (but the Alternatives Are Better)
In pursuit of mental-health and drug addiction treatment that works.
Patients Are Supposed to Recover in Rehabilitation Hospitals
But many who are sent to them suffer additional harm from the care itself, according to a new…
‘The Wicked Boy’ and the Capacity for Criminal Rehabilitation
Kate Summerscale’s new book is a vivid portrait of how one sensational murder roiled Victorian England. The real…
Psychopaths’ Brains Deviate—And That’s Good
Identifying physical differences in the brains of psychopathic violent offenders suggests there may be hope in rehabilitating other violent criminals.