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The ‘Myth’ of Reentry (Cont’d): An Ethnographic Account
I have gotten many very interesting responses to my post about Michael Vick and the ‘Myth’ of Reentry. One of the questions raised by a commenter was about how the prison system has traditionally...
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Dumb Policies #3: More Barriers to Jail Visitation
There is a lot of lip service paid to “successful” re-entry for former prisoners. One of the most important findings from recent research suggests that successful prisoner re-entry depends in large...
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Coming Home: A Poignant Scene of A Prisoner’s Return
I have written a couple of times already about a new documentary called the Interrupters by Steve James (who directed Hoop Dreams) and Alex Kotlowitz (who wrote ‘There Are No Children Here’) that will...
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Call to Action: Support ‘Clear Up Juvenile Records’ IL HB 2841
I want all of you to know that I am passionately committed to the success and development of ALL young people. I believe that we need to invest ON THE FRONT END to ensure that all youth have an...
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Perpetual Punishment: Garnishing Prisoners’ Earnings and Lifetime Bans From...
A few days ago, I wrote about how jail inmates in England historically had to pay for their own incarceration. Well here in Illinois in 2011, the Supreme Court is hearing a fascinating case that...
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New Start, Right Start: A Youth-Created Film about Juvenile Expungement Reform
I am very involved in advocating for an automatic juvenile expungement bill here in Illinois. For those who are interested learning more about HB2841, you can visit the UN-marked Campaign blog. I...
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Prison Education Reduces Recidivism…
According to a press release that I received yesterday: “Jake Cronin, a policy analyst with the Institute of Public Policy in the Truman School of Public Affairs at the University of Missouri, studied...
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“Jumping Through Hoops:” Barriers to Erasing Criminal Records…
I am currently working with a coalition of other groups in Illinois to pass a bill to reform the juvenile expungement process. Juvenile expungement is intended to provide people with juvenile criminal...
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Aging in Prison Depicted in a Country Music Video…
I’ve written several times on this blog about the increase in the elderly who are in prison. This increase is related to longer sentences and a curbing of parole in several states. You can read some of...
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Cece McDonald is Out of Prison But Not Really ‘Free’
Yesterday was a good day. Cece McDonald was released from prison after being unjustly incarcerated for 19 months. Adding insult to injury, she was locked up in a men’s prison despite being a woman....
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