Grassroots Organizations Form Committee to Defeat Proposition 36
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 249: The Clean Slate Initiative
This week on Everyday Injustice we have Erik Altieri, the Interim Director of Campaigns for the Clean…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode #248 – Criminal Justice Reform – Prop 36 and Kamala Harris
This week on Everyday Injustice we have Insha Rahman, the Director of Vera Action, a non-profit organization…
Culpability: Examining the Moral Hazard of Excusing Criminal Conduct on Slavery, Mass Incarceration and Structural White Supremacy
Understanding how the founding of the United States was built by the exploitation of the world’s migrating…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode #247: California Donor Table
This week on Everyday Injustice we are joined by Ludovic Blain and Michael Daly of the California…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 246: Dismantling Mass Incarceration
In July, the book, Dismantling Mass Incarceration, was released, edited by Premal Dharia, James Forman, Jr., and…
The EBSCO Dairies, Part One: Imprisoned College Students In California Discuss…
How The Digital Search Tool Allows Them To Critically Evaluate Mass Incarceration, The 1619 Project, Youth Offender…
Increased Funding for Public Defenders Would Make U.S. Safer, Op-Ed Argues
SAN FRANCISCO, CA- Increasing the funding for public defenders offices across the country would provide needed resources…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 242: America’s Original Prison-for-Profit
Through the telling of the story about William Freeman, Harvard Historian Robin Bernstein effectively rewrites an historical…
Guest Commentary: An Ankle Monitor Gives a False Taste of Freedom
“I spent 30 months on an ankle monitor. It felt crueler than jail.” By Wesley Vaughan When…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 240: Tinisch Hollins on the Rollback Attempt of Prop 47
A decade ago, California voters passed Prop. 47 which reduced the punishment of simple drug possession and…
BRIEFING: ‘Incarceration and Crime: A Weak Relationship’ in U.S. and Around the Globe
By Lily Rusk WASHINGTON, DC – Over the past 10 years, incarceration and crime rates have declined…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 239: New York Tells Story of Going from Lifer to Redemption
Rahsaan “New York” Thomas grew up in the notorious Brownsville section of Brooklyn, New York, where he…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 237: In-custody Deaths Investigated in Rhode Island
In April, four incarcerated people at the Adult Correctional Institutions in Cranston, Rhode Island, died. Everyday Injustice…
REPORT: U.S. Mass Incarceration Incarcerates 5 Million People – 2 Million Disproportionately Black
By Olivia Biliunas WASHINGTON, DC – Mass incarceration continues to be more prevalent in the U.S. than…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 235: Dorsey Nunn – What Kind of Bird Can’t Fly?
In her introduction to Dorsey Nunn’s book, Michelle Alexander quoted Toni Morrison: “Just remember that your real…
Guest Commentary: Louisiana Legislators Are Trying to Keep People in Prison Longer. It Won’t Make Anyone Safer
Crime is on the decline, but instead of investing in communities, Governor Jeff Landry is reversing reforms…
Guest Commentary: Want to Make Communities Safer? Make Sure People Coming Home from Jail and Prison Have a Place to Live
By Nazish Dholakia It took two years of constant effort for Ashia Wilson to find a home…
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 233: What Rehab Means for Someone Serving LWOP
When Michael Owens was an angry and traumatized young man, he committed a horrible crime and was…
‘Crossroads’ of Criminal Justice Reform – U.S. Urged to Learn from Past Failures of Mass Incarceration
By Shaolien Chen-Graf and Helen Shamamyan NEW YORK, NY – Senior Director of the Justice Program at…