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Drastically redefining incarceration in California, prison officials are about to start releasing thousands of female inmates to serve the remainder of their sentences at home. The move will help the state meet a court-imposed deadline to thin its chronically overcrowded prisons, and could be extended to male inmates in the near future, administrators said Monday. Incarcerated mothers who...

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Channel 10 News – Sacramento – September 12, 2011 SACRAMENTO – Just a few days after Sacramento Sheriff Scott Jones said the state’s plan for realignment is “asinine”, more than 30 other sheriff’s have agreed. Prisoner realignment, made possible by AB 109, enforces a U.S. Supreme Court mandate, which calls state prisons to…[For full story: http://www.news10.net/news/article/154512/2/Sheriffs-concerned-about-realignment-Brown-wont-budge ] Go...

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The New Jersey Supreme Court has instructed police and judges to take into account an array of responses that might prevent mistaken identifications. California should do the same. To many Americans — including many jurors — eyewitness testimony is the gold standard when it comes to evidence. But studies demonstrate that a variety of factors can lead to...

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In Detroit, a passenger may have been the victim of unconstitutional racial profiling as a result of her Middle Eastern appearance.

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Terrorizing Ourselves: Specious reports of "suspicious" activity throw airports into disarray across the country, but no threats to aviation uncovered.

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PENLYNE CASTLE, Sep 12, 2011 (IPS) - Jamaica's Blue Mountains are coffee country. Here, up among the clouds, farmers produce one of the world's most exclusive brands of boutique coffees. Here is the original post: Women Coffee Farmers Seize a Plastic Lifeline

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Sept. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Restoring and preserving dry-land forests can help provide food and fertilizer on small farms and prevent the recurrence of famine in Kenya and other African countries, a research group said. Read the rest here: Africa Forest Restoration Can Protect Food Security, Group Says

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A single Green Climate Fund will not succeed in routing $100 billion per year of funding from the developed to the developing world to combat climate change, according to a white paper published by Bloomberg New Energy Finance. More: Single UN Climate Fund Won't Work

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Climate change is seriously affecting food production in the Pacific region and could result in rise of hunger and malnutrition in the area, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Tuesday. See original here: 'Climate change could increase hunger in Pacific'

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Solar, wind, biofuels and other renewable sources of energy get the hype, but there's no getting around the fact that most of our electricity still comes from fossil fuels. Read the original here: Carbon Capture Isn't Dangerous. But Is It Worth It?