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The state's juvenile prison system has been called an expensive failure. So Illinois, like several other states, is trying a new approach to make sure kids out on parole don't come back: treating youths who commit crimes less like adults. And the structure of the system is starting to shift.

In Jeff Lemire's latest graphic novel, Jack Joseph maintains an oil rig off the same Nova Scotia coast where his father vanished decades before. The mysterious disappearance plagues Joseph, as past collides with present in this beautifully illustrated work.

Every year, more than 9,000 people are paroled in San Diego County. Most of them don't have health insurance. So they go to hospital emergency rooms for care, or forgo medical treatment altogether. In San Francisco, a community clinic is trying to help parolees manage their chronic health conditions, and get their lives back on track. That service doesn't exist here.

Jared Lee Loughner has agreed to spend the rest of his life in prison, accepting that he went on a deadly shooting rampage at a Tucson political gathering.

Jared Lee Loughner pleaded guilty Tuesday to going on a shooting rampage at a political gathering, killing six people and wounding 13 others, including his intended target, then-Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.

Kurt Russell Does The Duke

The London Olympics opened Friday with a ceremony that was full of spectacle and pride and, unfortunately, some not-so-good television commentary.

Charles Yu's collection Sorry Please Thank You embraces the tradition of experimental fiction that dates back to Gertrude Stein, playfully spinning fictions with a speculative edge. NPR critic Alan Cheuse says he's the best "story-bending talent" since George Saunders.

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The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is hoping to improve rehab programs for inmates and parolees.