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Friday, 14 September 2018 22:45

ACLU Blueprints Offer Vision to Cut US Incarceration Rate in Half by Prioritizing 'People Over Prisons'

The ACLU on Wednesday announced state-level blueprints that aim to end mass incarceration.

ACLU Blueprints Offer Vision to Cut US Incarceration Rate in Half by Prioritizing 'People Over Prisons'

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Saturday, 13 February 2016 00:00

"New Jim Crow" Author Michelle Alexander on Hillary Clinton's Embrace of Mass Incarceration

Hillary Clinton in 1994: "There is something wrong when a crime bill takes six years to work its way through the Congress, and the average criminal serves only four. There is something wrong with our system."

Acclaimed "The New Jim Crow" author and Ohio State University professor Michelle Alexander, one of the first to draw the nation's attention to the mass incarceration problem, posted this to her Facebook page yesterday:

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Sunday, 31 January 2016 00:00

Black Lives Shattered: How the Clintons Built Their Legacy on White Supremacy

Lillie Harden (left) at the signing ceremony of President Bill Clinton’s welfare reform bill.

The Clinton family likes to portray themselves as champions of black Americans. That couldn’t be further from the truth. Going back almost three decades, the Clintons have a consistent track record of exploiting, targeting, and trampling on the black community, using government as the means to perpetuate white supremacy.

Published in End Racism and Discrimination
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Sunday, 29 November 2015 00:00

Racism and Mass Incarceration in the US Heartland: Historical Roots of the New Jim Crow

Racism and Mass Incarceration in the US Heartland: Historical Roots of the New Jim Crow

If asked what state has the highest incarceration rate of Black people, most people would likely cite Mississippi, Alabama or perhaps Louisiana. They would be about 1,000 miles too far south.

Published in End Mass Criminalization of Black and Brown Youth
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Thursday, 06 November 2014 00:00

California Voters Pass 'Historic' Mass Incarceration Reform

With the new prison reform measure passed, up to 10,000 California non-violent detainees may be eligible for early release.

'This historic vote demonstrates support to advance a public safety strategy beyond incarceration to include treatment and prevention.'

Published in End Mass Criminalization of Black and Brown Youth
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Friday, 31 October 2014 00:00

Shrinking Prisons: Good Crime-Fighting and Good Government

Shrinking Prisons: Good Crime-Fighting and Good Government

Corrections is the ultimate human service—and it can be done more cheaply and more effectively without locking so many people up.

Published in End Mass Criminalization of Black and Brown Youth
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Tuesday, 07 October 2014 00:00

The Mass Incarceration Movement Can Learn From The Climate Struggle

Profiteers and their political allies don’t give up the ship without mobilizing all their resources for the fight. They will grant small concessions, window dress their past practice, even invite their most intransigent enemies into the tent, but they will not change unless a political force emerges that compels them to do so.

Published in End Mass Criminalization of Black and Brown Youth
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