Prisonmovement's Weblog (Free subscription) | 25/12/2008
California Needs a New Clemency System by Allen Jones In 2003 California’s prison population was 162,000 adult inmates. The cost of the system at that time was just under $6 billion. Today’s California’s prison population is 170,000 adult inmates and the cost is over $12 billion according to published reports. As a laymen, on paper that looks like [...]
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 24/12/2008
CLEVELAND, Tenn., Dec. 24 (UPI) -- U.S. residents pay up to $8 billion annually to secure payday loans as the financial service has exploded in popularity nationwide, officials say. Check Into Cash founder W. Allen Jones said with at least $50 billion doled out by payday lenders nationwide each year, the payday loan industry has become a lucrative business practice, the Los Angeles Times...
California Progress Report (Free subscription) | 24/12/2008
by Allen Jones In 2003 California’s prison population was 162,000 adult inmates. The cost of the system at that time was just under $6 billion. Today’s California’s prison population is 170,000 adult inmates and the cost is over $12 billion according to published reports. As a laymen, on paper that...
Pharmalot (Free subscription) | 17/12/2008
... stands out. “It’s standard practice in the industry to influence a few key decision-makers,” Allen Jones, a Pennsylvania whistle-blower who brought the Janssen case to the attention of Texas authorities, tells the paper. “But this is perhaps the most transparent example I have seen.” In court papers filed in Travis County, Janssen officials call Jones an “opportunistic ‘late-comer’...
Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 17/12/2008
... stands out. "It's standard practice in the industry to influence a few key decision-makers," said Allen Jones, a Pennsylvania whistle-blower who brought the Janssen case to the attention of Texas authorities. "But this is perhaps the most transparent example I have seen." In court papers filed in Travis County, Janssen officials call Mr. Jones an "opportunistic 'late-comer'...
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
Allen Jones scored on a 59-yard run, and Youngstown Ursuline (15-0) returned two interceptions for touchdowns to win the Division V title 21-0 over Findlay Liberty-Benton on Saturday.
Valdosta Daily Times--Local News (Free subscription) | 04/12/2008
... Shane Christensen, Dixie State College, Utah; Brooke Cassidy, Charleston, S.C.; and Jasey Allen Jones, University of Georgia.Atlanta-based ceramics artist Mark Knott is the visiting artist scheduled for spring 2009. He will give a lecture and lead a workshop.Since arriving at VSU, Schmidt has worked to increase the public’s awareness of the university’s ceramics program, with events...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
... sparked outrage among disability charities, who claim the BBFC is still "living in the dark ages".Allen Jones, from the Wheelchair Users Group, one of the UK's largest disability charities, said: "This is just awful. How on earth can someone say scenes showing disabled people are unsuitable for young people?"We are like everyone else, we just happen to use wheelchairs to get around....
