The majority of people sitting in local jails haven’t been convicted of a crime.
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Graph showing who profits from mass incarceration. (Hint: It's not just the private prison companies.)
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Printable / Fillable Versions of this Lesson: These .pdf and .docx files of this lesson plan and all accompanying resources can be printed or downloaded and shared with students to use independently. Full lesson for students [.pdf] Full lesson for students [.docx] "Mass Incarceration" by Bryan Stevenson [.pdf] Lesson Overview: The 1619 Project, inaugurated with a special issue of The New York Times Magazine, challenges us to reframe U.S. history by marking the year when the first enslaved…
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Report calculating homelessness among formerly incarcerated people by race and gender.
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EJI works to end mass incarceration and racial inequality.
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10 Troubling Facts About Latinas and Mass Incarceration http://bit.ly/1LuWepA via @Latina #WomenInPrison
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A new report says the number of people exonerated in the United States has risen again, with more than half from cases in which it was later determined that no crime occurred. The most exonerations came out of Harris County.
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Our nation’s mass incarceration habit is morally and financially bankrupting us. This week, America’s inmates are staging an intervention.
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"Many of the old forms of discrimination that we supposedly left behind in the Jim Crow era are suddenly legal again once you’ve been branded a felon," says Michelle Alexander, author of "The New Jim Crow."
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As a Houston, Texas divorce and family law attorney I have had the opportunity to help service members through divorce and family law cases. In order to do this, it is important to not only be aware of Texas Family Law but also familiar with the local rules of the court each family law court in Harris County, Texas.
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Life After Prison explores the challenges faced by thousands of people who return from incarceration each year and the organizations, communities and families that welcome them home.
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To say that we treated human beings like numbers is not an overstatement.
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Jeffrey Toobin interviews former inmates at a McDonald’s in Baltimore: “It’s one thing to consult books like Michelle Alexander’s ‘The New Jim Crow’ and read about the mass incarceration of African-Americans in the United States, but it’s another to see former prisoners filling the seats at a fast-food joint.”
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Mass incarceration is the major increase in the number of people in prison in USA. Explore the sociology of mass incarceration, its causes and consequences.
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An informational guide about the history, causes, and facts on mass incarceration in the United States.
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A young Baltimore resident's photos of protests and riots are sweeping social media.
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