Attica. The name itself has long signified …– James Forman, Jr.
Attica. The name itself has long signified resistance to prison abuse and state violence.
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Attica. The name itself has long signified resistance to prison abuse and state violence.
Mass incarceration will have to be dismantled the same way it was constructed: piecemeal, incrementally and, above all, locally.
A black man of my generation born in the late 1960s is more than twice as likely to go to prison in his lifetime then
We must continue to recruit progressive prosecutors to run in local elections, support those who do, and hold them accountable if they win.
In court, judges tell people that their conviction carries a sentence of years, or probation. The truth is far more terrible. People convicted of crimes
African-Americans have always viewed the protection of black lives as a civil rights issue, whether the threat comes from police officers or street criminals. Far
I clerked for a judge, William Norris, on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals right after law school and then for Justice O’Connor the next
We need to hire more black police officers in this country because these are good jobs, and African Americans should have their fair share of
We rarely have good alternatives to offer to prison – that’s our default.
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