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Video: Hawaiian judge creates new program for parolees that gives HOPE they won’t return behind bars

Feb 10, 2014, 12:00 AM 0

LatinaLista — The penal system is big business in the United States, especially when most of the inmates go through the revolving door. Those released on probation usually find themselves back behind bars after violating their probations – at…

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There’s a rise in new and dangerous tensions between Latinos and blacks

Aug 11, 2009, 12:51 PM 9

LatinaLista — The issue of tensions existing between blacks and Latinos, in this day and age, has always been quickly pooh-poohed. The consensual feeling is that both communities have reached the heights of education, political sophistication and cooperation that…