Minnesota becomes first state to stop separating incarcerated moms from newborns
Although the details are still being ironed out, Minnesota will allow both mother and child to be placed in a community-based program for up to a year.
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The United States has more people in jail or prison than any other country in the world. Yet, as the calls for prison reform becomes louder with each passing year – the state of Minnesota has taken a historic step to protect pregnant inmates and their newborns from being separated right after childbirth.
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Schafer: A Dayton brother tackles a new horizon, efficiency in philanthropy April 10, 2021 8:00am Text size Copy shortlink:
Social scientists have so thoroughly proved that people make charitable donations based on emotions rather than carefully thinking about impact that they have probably moved on to more interesting stuff.
The founder of the Constellation Fund in Minneapolis, Andrew Dayton, said he knows about those studies, too. Yet for him, the debate is not over.
The nonprofit he launched is built on the notion that relying on objective evidence is the way to direct money into the most promising programs to fight poverty in the Twin Cities. He has made enough progress that it s time to take this approach very seriously as donors.