Word: supportable
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...supposed to support the billions spent on imprisoning the largest number of women in the world because prisons ensure public safety. But 70 percent of the women in prison are non-violent offenders and only a minuscule percentage are really a threat to public safety. Ninety percent have some history of substance abuse, but only one in ten prisoners gets the treatment they need. Though the recidivism rate for people who get a college education in prison is almost zero, in almost all prisons there is no education available beyond G.E.D. Meaningful job training is rare. The general attitude...
...their self-respect intact come out painfully scarred. With no further education or job skills, and now hindered by a criminal record, it is nearly impossible to find a job. When employers hear about a prison record, the "we're not hiring today," rejection comes quickly. There is no support for women recently released. With housing costs rising and a felony conviction barring them from public housing, many women end up in shelters, still expected to support families and they easily relapse into substance abuse and end up back in prison. As a woman recently released in Massachusetts said...
Harvard will contribute $150 million to Radcliffe's present endowment to form a $350 million dowry for the new Institute. $50 million of those funds will be used to support undergraduate financial...
Even if NATO erred in beginning its bombing campaign, as some allege, recognition of that fact cannot give Albanians back their homes. NATO must concentrate on finding the right means to achieve its ends; if air strikes are insufficient for this purpose, we would support the use of NATO ground troops in Kosovo to protect the Kosovar Albanians, to return the refugees to their homes, and to and secure their safety...
...half-mile or mile, [the course] is justlined with screaming college girls," he said."That's probably the best part of the course interms of fan support. They're crazy. They couldn'tbe more supportive...