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Social Workers
Life Inside
September 10, 2020
How Counseling Incarcerated Clients Helps Me Heal
My brother committed suicide because he felt totally alone. As a volunteer social worker at a jail, I can let even the most judged people know that someone cares.
By
Lizzie Fatseas
News
November 12, 2018
The Courts See a Crime. These Lawyers See a Whole Life.
Pairing old-school defense with attention to real-life problems gets people out of jail.
By
Eli Hager
Commentary
February 18, 2015
Making Overseers into Advocates
A social worker’s take on the misery of probation.
By
Jeff Deeney