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Barry Kibrick: ‘Love Your Mistakes’
“Mistakes are your best assets. They hone your skills and develop your creativity. Don’t be afraid to make them, the more the merrier.” From Barry Kibrick Eric Metaxas the right-wing author and radio talk show host, once said when he was talking about one of his books and I’m paraphrasing: “We’re all a bunch a screw […]
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The Economist: America’s Elderly Prisoner Boom
Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat Plus A couple of things hit me when I watched this video. One, the fact that America at least at the state level, has moved away from prison industries in too … Continue reading
The Economist: ‘Jailhouse Nation’
Source:The New Democrat “WITH less than 5% of the world’s population, the United States holds roughly a quarter of its prisoners: more than 2.3m people, including 1.6m in state and federal prisons and over 700,000 in local jails and immigration … Continue reading
The Washington Post: WonkBook- Christopher Ingraham- The Orwellian Deception of Chuck Grassley’s Leniency Industrial Complex
This post was originally posted at The New Democrat Plus Anyone who calls them self a Conservative and especially a fiscal Conservative, but who supports the American Prison Industrial Complex and our current criminal justice system, I at the very … Continue reading
Kristen Cherye: America’s Hardest Prisons- National Geographic Documentary
Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat This is what happens when you house the worst of the worst together. You have these violent criminal inmates who see their time in prison as nothing, but survival. And … Continue reading
CDC’s Worst Nightmare: Inside SuperMax
Source:The New Democrat “Kern Valley State Prison” Source:CDC’s Worst Nightmare For me at least it is not a question of whether we need super max prisons or not. The answer is obvious of course we do with all the … Continue reading
Constitution Daily: Lyle Denniston- The Constitution Outside the Courts: The U.S. Sentencing Commission: Making Punishment Fit the Crimes
Overcrowded Jail This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat Making punishment fit the crime should be an obvious statement if it isn’t, but if you look at our criminal justice system that of course is not always the … Continue reading
Slate: Opinion- Helen Vera- Against Solitary Confinement: States Finding it Impractical as well as Immoral
Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat The current use of the process of solitary confinement in U.S. prisons is deplorable. There are no guidelines relating the length of confinement to severity of offense. The process is … Continue reading
VOA News: Judy Tableou- Prison Work Farm Rehabs Inmates, Horses
Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat This is exactly what prison inmates in general population who want to build their lives and become productive in life should be doing. Which is working, but working in a field … Continue reading
University of Chicago: George E. Kent Lecture- Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow
Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat I do not agree with everything that Professor Michelle Alexander says about the American prison system. And the broader race relations in America, but I agree with her broader premise that … Continue reading
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AP: Raw Video-U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Wants Changes in Criminal Justice System
Prisons are for real criminals people who represent real threats to society because they’ve harmed people intentionally. Either because they like hurting people or to support themselves. Not for people who’ve made mistakes in life but otherwise do not represent … Continue reading
