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“Just Call Me Bala”
In 2010, Vera began working with the Ohio Green Prison Project (OGPP), a…
Mar 03, 2017
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Why Reimagining Prison for Young Adults Matters
Young people ages 18 to 24 make up 10 percent of the U.S. population but…
Feb 28, 2017
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This Year’s Oscar Film Nominees Highlight the Shared History of Black American Life and Mass Incarceration
For the last several years, the Academy Awards have taken place during Black…
Feb 23, 2017
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Vera Mourns the Passing of Senior Program Associate Amy Judy: 1962-2017
Vera mourns the loss of Amy Judy, a senior program associate in our Center on…
Feb 15, 2017
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Why We’re Studying the Causes and Consequences of Solitary Confinement
Every day, tens of thousands of incarcerated people are held in restrictive…
Jan 26, 2017
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Juvenile Justice Systems Still Grappling with Legacy of the “Superpredator” Myth
In the 1990s, sociologists inaccurately predicted that there would be a wave of…
Jan 24, 2017
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More Incarcerated Women Deserve Clemency
Former President Obama commuted the sentences of more people in one year than…
Jan 19, 2017
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How the Criminalization of Adolescence Fuels the School-to-Prison Pipeline
In her new play on the school-to-prison pipeline, Notes from the Field, actress…
Jan 17, 2017
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Lifting of Funding Restrictions Paves the Way for Incarcerated Survivors of Sexual Abuse to Access Victim Services
On December 31, 2016, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office for Victims of…
Jan 13, 2017
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Police and Communities Must Work Together to Support Victims of Hate Crimes
After the 2016 presidential election, unusually large numbers of children and…
Dec 20, 2016