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Hope, Illusion, and Imagination: the Politics of Parole and Reentry in the Era of Mass Incarceration – Lecture by Dr. Kathy Boudin (4pm on 3/4/13)
Posted on February 20, 2013 | No CommentsMonday, March 4, 2013 | 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM Greenberg Lounge of Vanderbilt Hall New York University 40 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012 The Nineteenth Annual Rose Sheinberg Scholar-in-Residence Lecture this year will be presented by Kathy Boudin. Her lecture is […] -
Racial Gap in Men’s Sentencing
Posted on February 20, 2013 | 1 Comment“Prison sentences of black men were nearly 20% longer than those of white men for similar crimes in recent years, an analysis by the U.S. Sentencing Commission found.” Joe Palazzolo, “Racial Gap in Men’s Sentencing,” The Wall Street Journal. February 14, 2013. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324432004578304463789858002.html For the […] -
“Prison and the Poverty Trap”
Posted on February 19, 2013 | 3 CommentsCheck out the latest article in The New York Times’ “Time and Punishment” series. According to recent studies, “while crime may initially decline in places that lock up more people, within a few years the rate rebounds and is even higher than before.” “The shift […] -
Prisons in Haiti: US Plans to Build 2 New Prisons
Posted on February 18, 2013 | 1 CommentHaiti’s criminal justice system attracted international attention following the devastating earthquake of January 12, 2010. The destruction wrought by the quake worsened already severe overcrowding , extreme violence, and widespread disease in Haiti’s prison. The nation’s already broken justice system became even more backlogged, leaving […] -
Prison Public Memory Project
Posted on February 15, 2013 | No Comments“The Prison Public Memory Project uses history, dialogue, the arts and technology to build public memory and safe spaces where people from all walks of life can come together to engage in conversation and learning about the complex and contested role of prisons in communities […] -
Riot and Protest: Prisons and Crime in Venezuela
Posted on February 14, 2013 | No CommentsThe January 26th prison riot at Uribana prison in Venezuela was violent, with at least 61 deaths and 120 wounded. In the wake of this and similar riots, and in the context of President Hugo Chavez’ ailing health, several publications have recently raised questions about […] -
Milk Not Jails
Posted on February 14, 2013 | No CommentsRead about an upstate-downstate grassroots alliance seeking to improve communities urban and rural communities… through dairy agriculture. Tanisia Morris, “Greene Hill Food Co-op Sells Prison Reform,” The Local: Fort Green / Clinton Hill. February, 11, 2013. http://fort-greene.thelocal.nytimes.com/2013/02/11/greene-hill-food-co-op-sells-prison-reform/?smid=pl-share The Greene Hill Food Co-op on Putnam Avenue […] -
Lynching Beyond Dixie – Michael Pfeifer on the History of Lynching (3/21/13)
Posted on February 11, 2013 | No Comments4pm on Thursday, March 21 John Jay College, Moot Court (6.68NB) space John Jay and GC Professor of History Michael Pfeifer and volume contributors William D. Carrigan and Dennis Downey speak about the history of lynching. Lynching in the late nineteenth/early twentieth centuries is typically considered […] -
Open Positions at The Fortune Society
Posted on February 11, 2013 | 1 CommentThe Fortune Society is one of the nation’s preeminent reentry service organizations, providing formerly incarcerated people with the skills and wrap-around services needed to break the cycle of crime and incarceration and to build productive lives in their communities. Fortune’s mission is to support successful […] -
Largest Private Prison Group in U.S. Wishes You a Happy Black History Month – COLORLINES
Posted on February 11, 2013 | No CommentsRead analysis of a recent blog post written by the president and CEO of CCA (the nation’s largest for-profit prison corporation). The article draws on work from the ACLU, the Sentencing Project, and research from several graduate students. Jorge Rivas, “Largest Private Prison Group in […]
