AltWeeklies Wire
As Virginia Jail Inmates Prepare for Release, Challenges Aboundnew
Of the roughly 4,800 men who are inmates each year at the Albemarle Charlottesville Regional Jail, 72 go through the eight-week Re-entry program. Who gets tapped is mainly a matter of scheduling, but once on the list, they're given a choice: Take the eight-week course, or lose as much as six months time off they've earned for good behavior.
C-Ville Weekly |
Erika Howsare |
09-02-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Underground Petroleum Tanks Mar Virginia Drinking Waternew
Because of population density and geological factors, Albemarle County is particularly polluted by underground gas storage tanks, and the problem of leaking tanks is more widespread than most realize.
C-Ville Weekly |
Erika Howsare |
07-01-2009 |
Environment
How Dense Can We Get?new
Packing people in with "mixed-use corridors" and the "neighborhood model" sounded good -- but critics now wonder, what were officials thinking?
C-Ville Weekly |
Will Goldsmith, Erika Howsare and Meg McEvoy |
01-10-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
