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Prison Education Saved My Life and Stopped an Environmental Cycle of Incarceration
Studies have shown that expanding access to postsecondary education for people…
May 11, 2018
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Reckoning with America’s History of Lynching and Racial Terrorism
As I was weaving through a six-acre field recognizing over 4,500 black people…
May 09, 2018
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Contemporary Models of Equal Access to Housing
A key area of focus of the Kerner Commission was equal and high quality access…
May 07, 2018
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Dignity for All
As I sat in the lobby at the Vera Institute of Justice last November, awaiting…
May 02, 2018
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Improving Quality of Justice by Reducing Jail Populations
More than 50 years after the findings of the Kerner Commission were released,…
May 01, 2018
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Beyond Second Chance Month
More than 600,000 Americans return home from prison each year across the…
Apr 30, 2018
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Non-traditional Allies Reforming Restrictive Housing in Utah
When it comes to restrictive housing (also known as solitary confinement and…
Apr 26, 2018
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New Orleans’ Jail Population Drops to its Lowest Point Since 1979
As the City of New Orleans marks its tricentennial, Mayor Mitch Landrieu…
Apr 24, 2018
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50 Years of Police Militarization Against Communities of Color
“Police practices” topped the list of deeply held grievances named by the…
Apr 23, 2018
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United Toward Justice
Research by the Vera Institute of Justice (Vera) has demonstrated rising…
Apr 19, 2018