<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/beyond-the-bars-of-hopelessness-how-we-can-revive-parole.html" dsn="news"><title>Beyond the Bars of Hopelessness: How We Can Revive Parole</title><item_date>02/04/2017 12:00:00 PM</item_date><author>Jean Trounstine</author><image><img src="/news/images/truthout-logo.png" alt="Beyond the Bars of Hopelessness: How We Can Revive Parole"/></image><image_caption>Beyond the Bars of Hopelessness: How We Can Revive Parole</image_caption><thumbnail><img src="/news/images/truthout-logo.png" alt="Beyond the Bars of Hopelessness: How We Can Revive Parole"/></thumbnail><summary>There are roughly 2,500 juveniles serving lifetime sentences in the United States, but do their indiscretions committed at an impressionable age accurately define their true selves? William James College Professor Robert Kinscherff</summary><category>In the News</category><featured/><tags><tag>In the News</tag></tags></item>