mass incarceration
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WOSS: Restoring Education to Abolish Modern Slavery
Mass incarceration is, in fact, modern-day slavery.
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Mass Incarceration of Women and Minorities a New Crisis
Despite a narrowing disparity between incarcerated black and white women, females have emerged as the new face of mass incarceration.
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D.C. Law Groups to Hold Forum on Mass Incarceration
A trio of D.C. law groups will hold a special panel discussion this weekend on mass incarceration, an issue of…
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MONROE: Hundreds Rallied for Meek Mill, But What About the Rest?
Why have we accepted the disproportionate incarceration of Black Americans as the norm?
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Justice After Injustice
(Slate) – Early in the morning on Jan. 3, 1984, Janet Burke, a 20-year-old white woman, was opening the day…
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Black Lives Matter: National Town Hall Held at Congressional Black Caucus
By Jerry Ford II Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times Hundreds packed the Washington Convention Center as…
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Documentary Featuring Obama Prison Visit Debuts in Oklahoma
TIM TALLEY, Associated Press EL RENO, Okla. (AP) — Federal inmates at an Oklahoma prison said Wednesday they are hoping…
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Another State Faces Allegations of Illegally Jailing Poor
(NBC News) – A growing movement against the jailing of poor offenders who cannot pay fines has hit New Hampshire,…
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Rep. Maxine Waters Wants to Rid Mandatory Minimums
“Mandatory Minimums: New Opportunities for Criminal Justice Reform” by Linda Poulson Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Mandatory…
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Report Details Economic Hardships for Inmate Families
(New York Times) – A survey of families that have a family member in jail or prison has found that…
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