Free.In.Deed Aka L.A. Ramsay Jr.·May 24An excerpt from my upcoming book Under the Shade of Power & Pain: A Letter to Society.…Several paragraphs back, I alluded to an incident that transpired in 2010, at Clinton Correctional Facility. An “inmate’s” or “offender’s”—what DOCCS has preferred to call us now—life was offended. They “corrected” him as his life was tragically cut short by a long flight of stairs. I was in Clinton at…Mass Incarceration3 min readMass Incarceration3 min read
Andrew Szanton·May 16Michelle Alexander: Fighting the Plague of Mass IncarcerationMICHELLE ALEXANDER, the lawyer, professor, author and civil rights activist, was born in Chicago in 1967, but raised mostly in Ashland, Oregon. One of her parents was white, the other African-American. …Mass Incarceration9 min readMass Incarceration9 min read
fran rooks·Apr 11Member-onlyThe Prison Profiteers: Big BusinessesThe Prison Profiteers: Big BusinessesMass Incarcerations3 min readMass Incarcerations3 min read
NACDL·Mar 13From the President: Ahead of the Curve and Expecting a Bumpy RideBy Nellie L. King, NACDL President January-February 2023 issue of The Champion NACDL’s fight against overcriminalization efforts, mass incarceration, and a criminal legal system skewed against people of color and disadvantaged means puts the organization front and center in the post-Dobbs legal landscape.¹ Regardless of one’s stance on state laws…Mass Incarceration6 min readMass Incarceration6 min read
emeffen.·Mar 2Black Bodies are being preyed on in Manchester, TN.A black man was made a felon at 18 years old when his brain was not fully developed. He served 12 years in prison as a result. He is now 40 yrs old, owns a business, and has a significant other and five children, all under the age of 7…Mass Incarceration8 min readMass Incarceration8 min read
Shakkthi Sadagopan·Feb 21Mass Incarceration and Inequality — Part 1Mass incarceration occurs at disproportionate rates and has been that way for a significant part of history. A book by Michelle Alexander is a good read on this topic; many of the issues within the black community come from pre-established infrastructure built to bring them down. …Mass Incarceration2 min readMass Incarceration2 min read
Dr. Munr Kazmir·Feb 11Member-onlyWill Biden End For-Profit Prisons?President Joe Biden says he’s a capitalist. For-profit prisons aren’t compatible with free-market capitalism. “I’m a capitalist,” President Joe Biden declared during his recent State of the Union Address. In the annual address, Biden’s second since becoming President, Joe Biden laid out his strategy for the next year and provided…Mass Incarceration4 min readMass Incarceration4 min read
Christi Griffin·Jan 13Member-onlyBouncing Off the Walls, What have we Done to Our KidsAfter decades of practicing law and dreaming about returning to the classroom, it was finally going to happen. As much as I enjoyed my first experience teaching as a long-term substitute, getting a state certificate to teach required two more years of undergraduate credits. Getting a law degree required three…Mass Incarceration4 min readMass Incarceration4 min read
Helen Kamilah Amon Bailey·Jan 12beyond the shores of the roaring mountainconfinement is not a stranger to you ,,,,,,,,yet what a strange way to force repentance if I could take on your penance I would ,,,,,,,,drink twice from the bitter cup. I would ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,eat thrice from the plate of wrath. my joy? …Mass Incarceration1 min readMass Incarceration1 min read
Juan Angel Lopez·Dec 21, 2022Woe Unto YeThis one is very personal to me. I hadn’t intended to share it. — Tired of jail, of this cell, tired of living in Hell. They tell us "do better," then mark us to fail. They say–and we know it–that we could do better; They say this, but still they don’t take off these fetters that bind us to poverty, sickness, bad weather. We’re stuck in this storm…Mass Incarceration2 min readMass Incarceration2 min read
