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Tag: Correctional Institutions: Page 4
Community Colleges
Locked Out of Higher Education
State budget cuts are crippling support for prison education programs throughout the U.S.
March 2, 2010
STEM
Panel Approves Justice Reform Bill
After months of inaction, a U.S. Senate panel has approved a comprehensive review of the nation’s criminal justice system, including issues such as the disproportionate share of minorities — particularly African-Americans — in U.S. prisons.
January 25, 2010
African-American
Tough Times: African-American Realities Beneath the Breakthroughs
Despite enjoying progress on political fronts, poverty, HIV/AIDS and unemployment still plague Black America.
October 29, 2009
STEM
Law Professor: Criminal Justice Reform Begins With Jury Nullification
Paul Butler, a professor of law at George Washington University and former Washington prosecutor, said Wednesday, that jurors should use their power to be change agents against the dysfunctional policies of the criminal justice system.
July 1, 2009
STEM
Decrying Over-Representation of African-Americans in Prisons, Reformers Ask Senate for Changes
Reforming the nation’s ailing criminal justice system can help African-Americans and many of the nation’s youth, whose brushes with the law leave them with bleak futures and few opportunities, a prominent Black legal scholar and other leaders told Congress Thursday.
June 11, 2009
Native Americans
UA Navajo Roommate Case Ends in Guilty Verdict
A young woman accused of stabbing her roommate to death in their University of Arizona dorm room could be sentenced to life in prison after being convicted Sept. 19 of first-degree murder.
September 29, 2008
Home
Congressional Leaders, Scholars Gather to Strategize on Black Male Issues
For the third consecutive year, more than a 1,000 academics, activists and political leaders gathered in New York on Friday to strategize on the problems that beset young Black males.
July 13, 2008
STEM
New Reports Illustrate Racial Disparities in Criminal Justice System
Marking the 35th anniversary of New York’s controversial Rockefeller drug laws, the tough mandatory minimum sentencing laws for drug offenders, three new reports were issued by the Human Rights Watch (HRW), The Sentencing Project (TSP) and the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) that highlight the alarming racial disparities that exist in drug-related arrest and imprisonment.
May 8, 2008
Home
Missouri Professor Taps Time in Streets for Study of Prison
Wearing shorts in 30-degree weather and a yellow raincoat revealing tattoos on his left triceps and left pinky finger, University of Missouri-Columbia sociology professor Brian Colwell is no ordinary researcher.
March 4, 2008
Home
BLACK MEN – Left out and locked up
There are an estimated 1.5 million Black men in prison and another 3.5 million on probation.
February 6, 2008
STEM
From a Georgia Jail Cell To A Morehouse Classroom
A year ago, Genarlow Wilson was in a Georgia prison because of a conviction that prompted national discussions about fairness and justice in the criminal justice system. Next week, he starts his journey toward becoming a Morehouse Man.
January 9, 2008
Students
Black, Brown and College Bound
Annual conference focuses on boosting minority male higher ed attainment.
December 26, 2007
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