Rebranded and re-imagined, the Light Up Ahwatukee Holiday Festival will kick off the community’s holiday season on Saturday, Nov. 18, in Desert Foothills Park.
Ahwatukee’s early start of the holiday season was expected to begin tonight, Nov. 1, as the holiday lights are turned on along Chandler Boulevard between Desert Foothills Parkway.
The latest report on the Nebraska Correctional System shows a decrease in the use of restrictive housing. The Office of Inspector General of Correctional Services has tracked the data and other prison practices since it was created in 2015 to oversee the state s correctional system. The use of restricting a prisoner s contact with others peaked at 423 in 2018 and has dropped most years since then, to 216 people in August. .
In Mississippi, people face many barriers to restarting their lives after prison. Today s Rethinking Reentry Conference focuses on helping them succeed. Those who have organized the conference know firsthand how hard it can be to start over with a prison record. .