Breaking the Cycle: California’s Fight Against the School-to-Prison Pipeline Breaking the Cycle: California’s Fight Against the School-to-Prison Pipeline “Walk into any classroom in California, and you’ll see so many kids filled with promise,” says a public school teacher in the Oakland school district. But for too many students, especially “Black, Brown, disabled, homeless, and foster… Continue reading Breaking the Cycle: California’s Fight Against the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Learning Behind Bars: The Growing Role of Prison Education Programs Learning Behind Bars: The Growing Role of Prison Education Programs There are nearly 2 million people incarcerated in the United States, with most of them being in state prisons. Additionally, among the almost 600,000 people released from prison each year, approximately 60% of those are… Continue reading Learning Behind Bars: The Growing Role of Prison Education Programs
Returning Home: Mountain City, TN and Chicago, IL Returning Home: Mountain City, TN and Chicago, IL Imagine this: You just got released from prison. You have no money and no place to stay. You do not have a phone or a means of transportation. You do not even have a valid form of identification. On… Continue reading Returning Home: Mountain City, TN and Chicago, IL
Can Alternative Emergency Response Programs Save Lives? Can Alternative Emergency Response Programs Save Lives? An elderly woman is suicidal after receiving a stage IV cancer diagnosis and feels like a burden to her family. A mother calls the police concerning her 13-year-old son with autism, who is having a mental health crisis. Someone calls 911… Continue reading Can Alternative Emergency Response Programs Save Lives?
Healing Over Punishment: Restorative Justice Healing Over Punishment: Restorative Justice “When I became a lawyer, I thought the criminal justice system would meet people’s needs,” says Jon, a facilitator at a restorative justice clinic in North Carolina. “But it doesn’t. Offenders aren’t helped, they’re punished.” This is what happens in the United States’ punitive system:… Continue reading Healing Over Punishment: Restorative Justice
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