September, 2011
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Beginning October 1st, 2011, California counties will no longer send lower-level offenders to state prison. Additionally, supervision of most people returning from state prison will be handled by county officials instead of state parole agents. Advocates at the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights criticized the plan, which shifts the state’s prison overcrowding and overspending problems to counties, for failing to include sentencing reform to fix the runaway cost of mass incarceration of low level offenders.
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Mercury News
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
This Thursday, Ella Baker Center will celebrate its 15th anniversary. I sat down with Imani, 39, who was born and raised in Oakland, to talk about the nonprofit's mission, how it has evolved, and what he sees as the organization's key priorities moving forward. > more
La Opinión
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
"Es un buen paso en la dirección correcta pero hace falta ir más allá con una reforma carcelaria que no se enfoque solamente en construir más prisiones y en el lado punitivo que destruye comunidades," expuso.
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Huffington Post
Friday, September 2, 2011
In a sustainable, healthy economy, people shouldn't have to settle for grey jobs. Fortunately, Jerry Brown has a plan to fight unemployment and put more Californians to work fixing up houses and apartments to reduce energy consumption -- the renewal and reform of the Public Goods Charge.
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