Justice System

Making the Connection Between Grief and Incarceration
posted on MARCH 27, 2013 by Shannon Frediani
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The “Transforming Grief/Moving Towards Justice: Preventing and Reducing Incarceration” conference, to be held in the San Francisco Bay Area on April 12 and 13, invites all who work with marginalized communities to explore the link between severe loss, unresolved grief, and incarceration.

TAGS: mass incarceration, urban youth, restorative justice, community health
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Life After Murder: Five Men in Search of Redemption
posted on MARCH 04, 2013 by Ken Preston
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Can a murderer be redeemed? What happens to murderers who’ve served decades in prison? Award-winning journalist Nancy Mullane began asking these questions while visiting San Quentin State Prison on an assignment to report on the exploding costs of incarceration. The people she met in prison astonished her with their remorse, introspection, determination and hopes for freedom and forgiveness.

TAGS: mass incarceration, Books, Events
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Life After Murder: Five Men in Search of Redemption
posted on MARCH 04, 2013 by Ken Preston
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Can a murderer be redeemed? What happens to murderers who’ve served decades in prison? Award-winning journalist Nancy Mullane began asking these questions while visiting San Quentin State Prison on an assignment to report on the exploding costs of incarceration. The people she met in prison astonished her with their remorse, introspection, determination and hopes for freedom and forgiveness.

TAGS: mass incarceration, Books, Events
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Don't Follow the Loser on Immigration Reform
posted on JANUARY 30, 2013 by Jakada Imani and Rhina Ramos
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As the immigration reform debate heats up will we truly create a pathway to citizenship for aspiring Americans or simply follow the loser on failed, enforcement-first approaches?

TAGS: immigration reform, immigration detention, President Obama
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Books Not Bars at the Chowchilla Freedom Rally
posted on JANUARY 24, 2013 by Meredith Fenton
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We are proud to be a supporter of the Chowchilla Freedom Rally this weekend.

TAGS: Chowchilla Freedom Rally, overcrowding
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Private Prisons: "Horrific"
posted on JANUARY 24, 2013 by Hayes Morehouse
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Last week, I spoke with LaNita Mitchell, a Families for Books Not Bars member who hasn't seen her son in 3 years because he's in a private prison in Oklahoma.

TAGS: private prisons
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On living the dream of justice
posted on JANUARY 22, 2013 by Rhina Ramos
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A blog adapted from a speech given by our National Campaigner, Rev. Rhina Ramos.

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On living the dream of justice
posted on JANUARY 22, 2013 by Rhina Ramos
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A blog adapted from a speech given by our National Campaigner, Rev. Rhina Ramos.

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California's Prison Emergency
posted on JANUARY 15, 2013 by Jakada Imani
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Why Governor Brown's refusal to de-crowd California's prisons is a bad move, financially and morally, for California

TAGS: Governor Jerry Brown, US Supreme Court
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Ella Baker Center on the Move
posted on DECEMBER 12, 2012 by Jakada Imani
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Our Executive Director shares the Center's plans for 2013.

TAGS: Ella Baker Center, mass incarceration, tradeoff
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