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the state needs to take action to fix the issue for 2030</i></p>]]></description><feedburner:origLink>https://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2025/06/25/kansas_prison_gerrymandering/</feedburner:origLink></item><item rdf:about="https://www.prisonpolicy.org/resources/legal/"><title><![CDATA[Legal Resources]]></title><link>https://www.prisonpolicy.org/resources/legal/</link><description><![CDATA[The legal resource database was updated with a new listing for <a href="https://www.prisonpolicy.org/resources/legal/PA/" class="legal">Pennsylvania</a>.]]></description><feedburner:origLink>https://www.prisonpolicy.org/resources/legal/</feedburner:origLink></item><item rdf:about="https://www.fwd.us/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/250402_FWD_PricesReport_v13_Web.pdf"><title><![CDATA[Prices for all Americans are set to unnecessarily rise]]></title><link>https://www.fwd.us/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/250402_FWD_PricesReport_v13_Web.pdf</link><description><![CDATA[The Prison Policy Initiative <a href="https://www.prisonpolicy.org/research.html">Research Library</a> was updated with a link to <a href="https://www.fwd.us/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/250402_FWD_PricesReport_v13_Web.pdf">Prices for all Americans are set to unnecessarily rise</a> by FWD.us]]></description><feedburner:origLink>https://www.fwd.us/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/250402_FWD_PricesReport_v13_Web.pdf</feedburner:origLink></item><item rdf:about="https://www.brookings.edu/articles/how-states-can-lead-on-community-safety-five-recommendations-for-preventing-and-reducing-violence/"><title><![CDATA[How states can lead on community safety:]]></title><link>https://www.brookings.edu/articles/how-states-can-lead-on-community-safety-five-recommendations-for-preventing-and-reducing-violence/</link><description><![CDATA[The Prison Policy Initiative <a href="https://www.prisonpolicy.org/research.html">Research Library</a> was updated with a link to <a href="https://www.brookings.edu/articles/how-states-can-lead-on-community-safety-five-recommendations-for-preventing-and-reducing-violence/">How states can lead on community safety:</a> Five recommendations for preventing and reducing violence by Brookings Institution]]></description><feedburner:origLink>https://www.brookings.edu/articles/how-states-can-lead-on-community-safety-five-recommendations-for-preventing-and-reducing-violence/</feedburner:origLink></item><item rdf:about="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00938548251326174"><title><![CDATA[Mental Health Care Barriers for Women Involved in the Criminal Legal System With Substance Use Disorders:]]></title><link>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00938548251326174</link><description><![CDATA[The Prison Policy Initiative <a href="https://www.prisonpolicy.org/research.html">Research Library</a> was updated with a link to <a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00938548251326174">Mental Health Care Barriers for Women Involved in the Criminal Legal System With Substance Use Disorders:</a> A Qualitative Study by Emma M. 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