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UN passes "Mandela Rules" on treatment of prisoners. Where does Montana stand?
The United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice approved the Mandela Rules last week. The Mandela Rules are named in honor of the late South African President Nelson Mandela, who was imprisoned for 27 years by the country's apartheid regime. They are the revised United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners. These rules are the leading international body of principles on the treatment of prisoners, but they were drafted in 1955 and were badly in need of updating.
Sarah Howell: Ordinance creates negative impacts on low-income women and families
Sarah Howell, director of Montana Women Vote, spoke at the Feb. 10 Missoula Council meeting against an anti-panhandling law that violates civil liberties and for commonsense actions that protect safety and actually help Missoula's poor and homeless. Thank you, Sarah.
Janet Finn: 'Let’s not confuse fear of difference...with a threat to safety'
Supporters of safety and civil liberties turned out Monday, Feb. 10 to testify in favor of changes to Missoula's panhandling ordinance. As it stands now, the ordinance violates First Amendment rights without doing anything to enhance safety.Here are the comments from Janet Finn, a Missoula resident and chair of the social work program at the University of Montana:
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