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Prison Narratives: Changing the Story (4/10@Lehman College)
Posted on April 2, 2014 | No CommentsPlease join the African and African American Studies Department, Urban Male Initiative, Women’s Studies Program and City and Humanities Program for an exciting line-up of events changing the conversation about mass incarceration. 12:30: Poetry Slam via Skype from inside Ohio’s Marion Correctional Institution. Q&A […] -
Isolation and Reintegration: Punishment circa 2014 (4/3@Yale Law School)
Posted on April 2, 2014 | No CommentsSeventeenth Annual Liman Colloquium Thursday, April 3, 2014 Yale Law School Co-sponsored by the Arthur Liman Public Interest Program, the Oscar M. Ruebhausen Fund, and Yale Law School Isolation and Reintegration: Punishment circa 2014 This colloquium explores how to reduce the isolation of prisoners, in […] -
What is Justice? Film Series – American Violet (4/3)
Posted on April 2, 2014 | No CommentsAmerican Violet – Film Screening and Discussion A part of the What is Justice? Film Series Thursday April 3rd, 2014 – 6:00 – 8:30pm The What is Justice? Film Series continues Thursday April 3rd from 6-8:30pm with a screening of “American Violet,” a film based on the racially charged drug […] -
Michael Jacobson, “Comparing American/European Penal Policies and Prisons” (4/10@6:15pm)
Posted on March 26, 2014 | No CommentsJoin the Crime, Law, and Deviance Workshop for a Special Seminar on Prisons with Michael Jacobson, “Comparing American/European Penal Policies and Prisons: Policy Implications of Touring with US Prison Officials” April 10th, 6.15-8.15pm Sociology Lounge -
Nikhil Pal Singh, “Race, Crime and Police Power in the Making of US Empire.”
Posted on March 26, 2014 | No CommentsNikhil Pal Singh (Associate Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis and History, New York University) 2pm, Friday, March 28, 2014 — Room 4406 “Race, Crime and Police Power in the Making of US Empire” This talk considers the historical importance of racialized criminality (and criminalized racial […] -
Carceral States: Rethinking Prisons and Criminal Justice (3/28@GC)
Posted on March 14, 2014 | No CommentsThe Prison Studies Group presents The Fourth Annual, Interdisciplinary, Graduate Student Conference Carceral States: Rethinking Prisons and Criminal Justice Friday, March 28 12:30-5:30pm @ The Graduate Center, room 5409 We hope to see you there! (click on the below flyers to access them as downloadable […] -
Art and the Politics of Mass Incarceration (3/1@Barnard)
Posted on February 27, 2014 | No CommentsArt and the Politics of Mass Incarceration: Well Contested Sites at Columbia University Saturday March 1st, 2014, 1-2:30pm Held Auditorium, 3rd Floor of Barnard Hall, Barnard College 116th Street and Broadway Registration Engaging vital issues of criminal justice through the arts, this initiative centers on […] -
The Historical Roots of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Criminal Justice (2/25@JJ)
Posted on February 24, 2014 | No CommentsThe Historical Roots of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Criminal Justice featuring Clinton Lacey, Deputy Commissioner for the NYC Department of Probation Tuesday, February 25th at 1:45pm John Jay College, Room L.76 Reception to follow in L72 at 2:45pm You may RSVP on John Jay […] -
Beyond the Bars Conference (Save the Date: March 7-8)
Posted on February 15, 2014 | No CommentsThe annual Beyond the Bars conference, this year entitled Beyond the Bars: Breaking Through is coming up March 7th and 8th and will include keynote speeches from Angela Davis, Fania Davis and Beth Richie, performances from Bryonn Bain and Impact Repertory Theater. Registration will be coming up soon but for now […] -
Lost in Detention (2/18@7pm)
Posted on February 15, 2014 | No CommentsLost in Detention Film Screening and Discussion February 18th, 2014 — 7-9pm Columbia Law School Jerome Green Hall – Room 106 The Justice Initiative will kick off the year next Tuesday February 18th with a screening of “Lost in Detention” and a post screening Q&A with […]