CLAUDIA LAUER | Delta Democrat-Times

Home

Prison psychological specialist Christine Ransom, right, leads a group session for inmates, Dec. 14, 2023, in the Neurodevelopmental Residential Treatment Unit at Pennsylvania's State Correctional Institution in Albion, Pa. The prison unit is helping men with autism and their intellectual and developmental disabilities stay safe behind bars while learning life skills. The unit is the first in the state and one of only a handful nationwide. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

AP
registered content - login required to view
Click to register / login

Prisoners with developmental disabilities face unique challenges. One facility is offering solutions
By CLAUDIA LAUER - Associated Press
Sun,03/03/24-4:52AM , 84 Reads
ALBION, Pa. (AP) — “You are the Lighthouse in someone’s storm,” reads the message above a mural of a sailboat bobbing on ocean waves under a cloud-studded azure sky. It's an unexpected slogan for a prison wall.
Click Here to Read More

A sign marks an entrance to the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building in Washington, Jan. 23, 2023. The Justice Department proposed changes Monday, Feb. 5, 2024, to rules governing state-run programs that provide financial assistance to violent crime victims in order to address racial disparities and curb the number of subjective denials of compensation. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

AP
premium content - for subscribers only
Click to subscribe

Justice Department proposes major changes to address disparities in state crime victim funds
By CLAUDIA LAUER - Associated Press
Mon,02/05/24-3:07PM , 67 Reads
The Justice Department proposed changes Monday to rules governing state-run programs that provide financial assistance to violent crime victims in order to address racial disparities and curb the number of subjective denials of compensation.
Click Here to Read More

Students arrive for classes at Taylor Allderdice High School in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. The mother of an intellectually disabled girl who allegedly was led from school grounds by three male students and sexually assaulted in a Starbucks bathroom and a nearby empty building has filed a lawsuit Wednesday, Jan 24, 2024, accusing Starbucks, Pittsburgh Public Schools and a property management company of negligence. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

AP
free content

Mother of disabled girl who was allegedly raped in Starbucks bathroom sues company, school district
By CLAUDIA LAUER - Associated Press
Wed,01/24/24-9:18AM , 77 Reads
The mother of an intellectually disabled girl who was allegedly led from school grounds by three male students and sexually assaulted in a Starbucks bathroom and a nearby empty building filed a lawsuit Wednesday accusing Starbucks, Pittsburgh Public Schools and a property management company of negligence.
Click Here to Read More

An NYPD patrol car is parked outside a synagogue on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

AP
premium content - for subscribers only
Click to subscribe

An increase in harassment against Jewish and Muslim Americans has been reported since Hamas attacks
By CLAUDIA LAUER - Associated Press
Wed,10/25/23-11:15PM , 186 Reads
Muslim and Jewish civil rights groups say they’ve seen large increases in reports of harassment, bias and sometimes physical assaults against members of their communities since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks.
Click Here to Read More

Subscribe to CLAUDIA LAUER