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Producing active, informed, and engaged citizens through postsecondary education
What led you to your interests in education and mass incarceration?
I started…
Apr 04, 2016
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In New Orleans, the housing authority is helping people with criminal convictions rejoin families
Think about a particularly trying time in your life. Now think about
not…
Mar 30, 2016
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Focusing on youth and families in the juvenile justice system
Justice for Families (J4F) is a national alliance of local organizations…
Mar 23, 2016
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Examining the barriers to employment facing justice-involved veterans
The high unemployment rate among veterans who have been involved in the justice…
Mar 18, 2016
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Rethinking mental illness and its path to the criminal justice system
There is growing attention to the intersection of poverty, mental illness, and…
Mar 07, 2016
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The importance of identifying, engaging, and empowering families in juvenile justice systems
Last week, Vera, in partnership with the Georgetown University McCourt School…
Feb 29, 2016
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Achieving consensus on reform of solitary confinement
Last fall, the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, with support from the…
Feb 24, 2016
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Tennessee’s new vision for public safety has lessons for criminal justice reform nationwide
As the 2016 legislative session gets underway in states across the nation, it’s…
Feb 12, 2016
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Can we ignore what we can’t see?
It’s raining today in the District of Columbia. It’s the kind of light, misty…
Feb 08, 2016
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A more compassionate public response to addiction
In 1995, at the height of the AIDS epidemic in this country, 48,979 people died…
Feb 05, 2016