Inside: What is the point of jails and prisons? One man pens an essay.
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More than 200,000 Americans are serving life sentences in prisons. Jeffrey Shockley is one of them, doing his time in SCI-Fayette.
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** With little state guidance, schools are all over the board about sharing 988 hotline info ([link removed])
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** Across Pittsburgh colleges, students step up to prevent sexual violence ([link removed])
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