Testify: US Commission on Civil Rights Tackles Employment Discrimination
The federal government is not done developing the law around discrimination against people with criminal records, particularly as the Disparate Impact on people of Color has been rampant. They are...
View ArticleUnprison 2011-2013 Index
Below you will find an index of the articles written over the past several years for Unprison. Readers are encouraged, as issues arise in your area, to utilize the research, analysis, and opinions...
View ArticleCrashing the System with Stop and Frisk
The Floyd v. New York class action suit, to hold the city accountable for hundreds of thousands of baseless harassments by the NYPD, is the affordable option for NYC taxpayers and the court system. If...
View ArticleGEO Withdraws $6 Million Stadium Deal Amidst Public Outcry
There will be no more private prison sponsorship on the FAU stadium. Apparently the corporate prison industry is not so proud of their work after all. The GEO Group offered $6 million to name Florida...
View ArticleStill Marching: 50 Years Later
I like to believe that more Americans believe in the concept of equal justice today than in 1963. The 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington will evoke different thoughts from different people,...
View ArticleThe Myth of Prison Slave Labor Camps in the U.S.
A Displaced and Discarded Labor Force, originally appearing in Counterpunch, by JAMES KILGORE As Adam Gopkin reminds us, “mass incarceration on a scale almost unexampled in human history is a...
View ArticleAre Schools Violating the American With Disabilities Act Every Time a Kid...
Are you looking for a new approach to dismantling the School-to-Prison Pipeline? The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and Rehabilitation Act bar any federal program, or institutions...
View ArticleWriter seeking agent / publisher wanting manuscript on crime, punishment, and...
Some of you have read my posts on the criminal justice system for years, while others may be just discovering my work. Hopefully you have found my commentary insightful, perhaps useful, and whether...
View ArticleWhat This Election Means for Criminal Justice Reform and America’s Rising...
There is no need to write an ad hominem synopsis to the unprecedented 2016 Presidential election race, so let’s jump right into it. Those of us who have deep involvement on specific political issues...
View ArticleAn overview of Louisiana’s 2017 criminal justice reform bills
It is widely known that Louisiana is the most incarcerated state in the world. This means massive numbers of families and communities have members struggling with a lifetime punishment. Fortunately, we...
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