Sunday, July 19, 2015

Criminal Justice and Racism related links 071915


S.C. House Votes to Take Down Confederate Flag As Republican Slams Colleagues For Delays


 

National Heroin Use Surges, Doubles Among Women


 



After Democratic protests House scraps revote on Confederate flag ban on federal cemeteries


 

House folds on rebel flag at cemeteries


 

American Horror Story: Children Are Being Housed In Adult Prisons Across The Country. It Has To Stop.


 

Obama commutes 46 prison sentences still shy of estimates


 

Ta-Nehisi Coates On Police Brutality, The Confederate Flag And Forgiveness


 

In Between the World and Me TaNehisi Coates Delivers a Searing Dispatch to His Son


 

The Case for Reparations


 

Ta-Nehisi Coates: 'Personal Responsibility' Won't Help African Americans (Jul 13, 2015)


 

The Hopeful, Heartbreaking Ads Placed by Formerly Enslaved People in Search of Lost Family


 



 

Register Now: Veterans Treatment Court Live Broadcast

The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) will be conducting a live-streaming internet broadcast on justice-involved veterans, highlighting the lifesaving role being played by veterans treatment courts across the country. The three-hour broadcast, titled "Veterans Treatment Courts: A Second Chance for Vets Who Have Lost Their Way," will be aired live on Wednesday, August 26, 2015, at  9:00am PT / 10:00am MT / 11:00am CT / 12:00pm ET.  Registration is required, but there is no charge.  Delivered via live Internet streaming, the broadcast is available for viewing by any individual, agency, or facility nationwide. Participants can view the broadcast individually on a computer screen or use a projector to enlarge the signal for a sizeable audience. 

Register Online for this Live-Streaming Internet Broadcast at: http://nicic.gov/training/ib2015

 

The devastating death of Monroe Bird is an indictment on all of America


 

Detroit teenager sentenced to 5 years in an adult prison for giving officer an intimidating look


 



 

Johann Hari: Everything you think you know about addiction is wrong


 



 

Marilyn Mosby Unafraid to Challenge the Status Quo in the Pursuit of Justice’


 

A Black Woman Named Sandra Bland Got Pulled Over in Texas and Died in Jail Three Days Later Why?


 

Sheriff in Sandra Bland Case Was Fired in 2008 After Racism and Brutality Allegations


 



 

This is what 'black privilege' looks like


 



 

My life matters, and so do the lives of those people Republicans would like to see dead


 



 



 

Racism Edges Up Again as Most Important U.S. Problem


 

Prosecutors Rally Against Sentencing Reform, Say Build More Prisons


 

Chart Of The Day: Eliminate Drug And Immigration Laws—Empty The Federal Prisons


 

Eliminate The Drug Laws Empty Half The Federal Prisons

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