As part of SCSJ’s End Mass Incarceration Week observance, we are posting daily blogs about various issues affecting incarcerated people. This post by SCSJ macro…
Oscar Quintero, Currently Detained Inside Etowah County Detention Center, Speaks Up on the Brutality of the Immigration Detention System
Immigrant Rights Groups Block Entrance to…
Recently, Reina Gossett and Dean Spade of Sylvia Rivera Law Project came together to co-facilitate a lively and brilliant online conversation about how a prison…
February 05, 2014 Columns » Citizen >>Write to the editor
“Have You Ever Been Convicted of a Crime?” prevents nonviolent offenders from re-entering society
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Source: Online-Paralegal-Degree.org
There are 2.3 million people living behind bars in the United States
● The US prison system costs the federal government $55 billion…
Why Police Lie Under Oath (via http://amicuscuria.com)
By Michelle Alexander THOUSANDS of people plead guilty to crimes every year in the United States because they…
Facts and Figures on Incarceration in America (via Moyers & Company)
Over the last four decades, America’s prison population has increased dramatically. This tremendous growth…