CUNY Academic Commons | The Prison Studies Group | Activity https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/the-prison-studies-group/ Activity feed for the group, The Prison Studies Group. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 02a074f05c222101c99a424d24b0e9c1 Sharmaine Browne joined the group The Prison Studies Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/322948/ Tue, 27 Jan 2015 21:32:36 -0500 186ed17ff08e9ad62d1e2445d9b205f0 Logan McBride wrote a new blog post In the wake... in the group The Prison Studies Group http://theprisonstudiesgroup.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/11/25/in-the-wake/ Tue, 25 Nov 2014 14:59:26 -0500 After last night’s grand jury announcement of no indictment, and after last week’s police-shooting of Akai Gurley in East New York, we wanted to re-share a bunch of resources that were compiled and circulated in […]

]]> 5903c524fc4a5b82b4e2315177908355 Dante Salerno joined the group The Prison Studies Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/310068/ Sun, 02 Nov 2014 12:51:49 -0500 b2fc7ba17c8e4189b1de6dd2a2563dcf Jenn Polish joined the group The Prison Studies Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/308363/ Sun, 19 Oct 2014 15:17:56 -0400 a0b8bf714320caa4a260898c953b16e3 Michelle Ronda joined the group The Prison Studies Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/307847/ Wed, 15 Oct 2014 16:55:13 -0400 53e8ff48f7d808ff79921d5fc69aeedd Logan McBride wrote a new blog post Prison Narratives: Changing the Story (4/10@Lehman College) in the group The Prison Studies Group http://theprisonstudiesgroup.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/04/02/prison-narratives-changing-the-story-410lehman-college/ Wed, 02 Apr 2014 12:52:03 -0400 ThumbnailPlease join the African and African American Studies Department, Urban Male Initiative, Women’s Studies Program and City and Humanities Program for an exciting line-up of events changing the conversation about […]

]]> 7d680547f8ec59c61a8e04ce82e55118 Logan McBride wrote a new blog post Isolation and Reintegration: Punishment circa 2014 (4/3@Yale Law School) in the group The Prison Studies Group http://theprisonstudiesgroup.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/04/02/isolation-and-reintegration-punishment-circa-2014-43yale-law-school/ Wed, 02 Apr 2014 12:46:00 -0400 ThumbnailSeventeenth Annual Liman Colloquium
Thursday, April 3, 2014
Yale Law School
Co-sponsored by the Arthur Liman Public Interest Program, the Oscar M. Ruebhausen Fund, and Yale Law School

Isolation and […]

]]> 0af973aad104f9977d5998964e98801a Logan McBride wrote a new blog post What is Justice? Film Series - American Violet (4/3) in the group The Prison Studies Group http://theprisonstudiesgroup.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/04/02/what-is-justice-film-series-american-violet-43/ Wed, 02 Apr 2014 12:29:21 -0400 ThumbnailAmerican Violet – Film Screening and Discussion
A part of the What is Justice? Film Series 
Thursday April 3rd, 2014 – 6:00 – 8:30pm

The What is Justice? Film Series continues Thursday April 3rd from […]

]]> 26d05ae4e4bf2f17d13da0ca2d6ecbc5 Logan McBride wrote a new blog post Michael Jacobson, "Comparing American/European Penal Policies and Prisons" (4/10@6:15pm) in the group The Prison Studies Group http://theprisonstudiesgroup.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/03/26/michael-jacobson-comparing-americaneuropean-penal-policies-and-prisons-410615pm/ Wed, 26 Mar 2014 12:07:35 -0400 ThumbnailJoin the Crime, Law, and Deviance Workshop for a Special Seminar on Prisons with Michael Jacobson,
“Comparing American/European Penal Policies and Prisons: Policy Implications of Touring with US Prison […]

]]> 60cfd298f7b5af7441e7bb7d0b30544c Jack Norton joined the group The Prison Studies Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/259761/ Mon, 17 Mar 2014 14:07:47 -0400 c69cc71041fed8ae4495e60c15f5ea24 Logan McBride wrote a new blog post Carceral States: Rethinking Prisons and Criminal Justice (3/28@GC) in the group The Prison Studies Group http://theprisonstudiesgroup.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/03/14/carceral-states-rethinking-prisons-and-criminal-justice-328gc/ Fri, 14 Mar 2014 13:30:39 -0400 ThumbnailThe Prison Studies Group
presents
The Fourth Annual, Interdisciplinary, Graduate Student Conference
Carceral States: Rethinking Prisons and Criminal Justice
Friday, March 28 12:30-5:30pm @ The Graduate Center, […]

]]> f4153159243232a16f0f0858b3558842 Logan McBride wrote a new blog post New York State to support college education in Prison in the group The Prison Studies Group http://theprisonstudiesgroup.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/02/27/new-york-state-to-support-college-education-in-prison/ Thu, 27 Feb 2014 15:16:02 -0500 Check out the announcement from Governor Andrew Cuomo, made February 16, 2014. Here is coverage of the announcement from Inside Higher Ed.

Support for Cuomo’s plan is being challenged, and NYS Senator Tom […]

]]> 1ccf60507c78bb12856831d460cdb0e7 Logan McBride wrote a new blog post The Historical Roots of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Criminal Justice (2/25@JJ) in the group The Prison Studies Group http://theprisonstudiesgroup.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/02/24/the-historical-roots-of-racial-and-ethnic-disparities-in-criminal-justice-225jj/ Mon, 24 Feb 2014 22:21:24 -0500 ThumbnailThe Historical Roots of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Criminal Justice
featuring Clinton Lacey, Deputy Commissioner for the NYC Department of Probation
Tuesday, February 25th at 1:45pm 
John Jay College, […]

]]> 962051180809bbd591d686bf8893cb7a Logan McBride wrote a new blog post Beyond the Bars Conference (Save the Date: March 7-8) in the group The Prison Studies Group http://theprisonstudiesgroup.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/02/15/beyond-the-bars-conference-save-the-date-march-7-8/ Sat, 15 Feb 2014 15:48:22 -0500 ThumbnailThe annual  Beyond the Bars conference, this year entitled Beyond the Bars: Breaking Through is coming up March 7th and 8th and will include keynote speeches from Angela Davis, Fania Davis and Beth Richie, […]

]]> 652776d8b5ef7c2834a92b7b55f9b049 Logan McBride wrote a new blog post Lost in Detention (2/18@7pm) in the group The Prison Studies Group http://theprisonstudiesgroup.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/02/15/lost-in-detention-2187pm/ Sat, 15 Feb 2014 15:45:49 -0500 ThumbnailLost in Detention Film Screening and Discussion  
February 18th, 2014 — 7-9pm  
Columbia Law School
Jerome Green Hall – Room 106

The Justice Initiative will kick off the year next Tuesday February 18th with […]

]]> b09189c6aec20da844de2a8a669d1600 Logan McBride wrote a new blog post The Drug War: Policing and US Militarism at Home and Abroad (2/20@6:30pm) in the group The Prison Studies Group http://theprisonstudiesgroup.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/02/15/the-drug-war-policing-and-us-militarism-at-home-and-abroad-220630pm/ Sat, 15 Feb 2014 15:32:11 -0500 ThumbnailThe Drug War: Policing and U.S. Militarism at Home and Abroad

Join us for an important conversation about how the U.S. Drug War has fueled mass incarceration and discriminatory policing practices in the U.S. as […]

]]> ae86809ec49727760929cc3d21efa25e Logan McBride wrote a new blog post Community Event on Stop and Frisk Lawsuits - 1/27/14 in the group The Prison Studies Group http://theprisonstudiesgroup.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/01/27/community-event-on-stop-and-frisk-lawsuits-12714/ Mon, 27 Jan 2014 16:08:14 -0500 ThumbnailCommunity Event on the Stop and Frisk Lawsuits and Lasting Reforms
Monday, January 27th, 2014
6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University
55 Fifth Avenue, Room 204

Are you […]

]]> 07b1fbd8bbe23bbf2baa726c1d78484b Maurice Vann joined the group The Prison Studies Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/245418/ Wed, 15 Jan 2014 23:03:20 -0500 477c80b4836fd8cea8f10932548cbd99 Logan McBride edited the blog post CFP: Prison Studies Annual Graduate Student Conference - March 28, 2014 in the group The Prison Studies Group http://theprisonstudiesgroup.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/12/15/cfp-prison-studies-annual-graduate-student-conference-march-28-2014/ Mon, 13 Jan 2014 14:34:46 -0500 Call for Papers

Carceral States: Rethinking Police, Prisons, and Criminal Justice
The Fourth Annual Graduate Student Conference
Hosted By
The Prison Studies Group
March 28, 2014
Graduate students are […]

]]> 27cba7cf4d9e23fa8563ad6a3f0df6f0 Logan McBride wrote a new blog post Developing Justice Monthly Roundtable (Thurs 12/5 @7pm) in the group The Prison Studies Group http://theprisonstudiesgroup.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/12/03/developing-justice-monthly-roundtable-thurs-125-7pm/ Tue, 03 Dec 2013 14:11:46 -0500 Join the NYC Student Collective to End Mass Incarceration for the launch of our monthly roundtable discussions, Developing Justice. Students interested in or currently doing work around issues of incarceration and […]

]]> 95061bfd66f317c48a3c79b168a7d986 Logan McBride wrote a new blog post Pensar las cárceles de América Latina: CFP in the group The Prison Studies Group http://theprisonstudiesgroup.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/11/30/pensar-las-carceles-de-america-latina-cfp/ Sat, 30 Nov 2013 17:17:14 -0500 Check out this amazing CFP to participate in an international colloquium on prisons in Latin America this April 23-25 in Lima, Perú.
Será un coloquio fascinante!

Here is the CFP in Spanish: Convocatoria.

]]> 1ed4fabe471061c8e415578f7b8a717b Logan McBride edited the blog post Talking Transition: Criminal Justice Conversations in the group The Prison Studies Group http://theprisonstudiesgroup.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/11/15/talking-transition-cj/ Sat, 16 Nov 2013 13:35:50 -0500 ThumbnailTalking Transition:
Criminal Justice Conversations

Election Day isn’t (and should be) the only day of the year that the public has an opportunity to shape politics. Talking Transition has created a space […]

]]> 08dc5c4004ef9f425dc160730b4f0dde Logan McBride edited the blog post Adjunct Opportunity: Criminal Justice Course at LaGuardia (Winter) in the group The Prison Studies Group http://theprisonstudiesgroup.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/11/15/criminal-justice-course-at-laguardia-winter/ Fri, 15 Nov 2013 17:26:10 -0500 LaGuardia Community College is seeking an adjunct to teach a Introduction to Criminal Justice course during the winter session  (Jan-Feb) on M/W 5:45-9pm.

If you are interested, please contact Colleen Eren.

]]> baa508ea72dba979fbc68e30f36e7933 Logan McBride wrote a new blog post Screening of Herman's House (11/12@7pm) in the group The Prison Studies Group http://theprisonstudiesgroup.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/11/10/screening-of-hermans-house-11127pm/ Sun, 10 Nov 2013 13:30:47 -0500 Herman’s House is a documentary that chronicles the friendship between artist Jackie Sumell and Mr. Herman Wallace, one of the political prisoners of the Angola 3. “What kind of house does a man who has lived in a […]

]]> d717e9791d4deebcb48cdbf4a1a89094 Logan McBride wrote a new blog post Prison and Policing...on the Stage and Silver Screen in the group The Prison Studies Group http://theprisonstudiesgroup.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/11/08/prison-and-policing-on-the-stage-and-silver-screen/ Fri, 08 Nov 2013 15:31:59 -0500 ThumbnailWe’ve recently learned of two upcoming events that feature the experience of police, policing, and incarceration — the first dramatized in a one-man theatrical performance, the second a documentary debuting at […]

]]> 911c514bc692a6c20054e70f5b129a72 Logan McBride wrote a new blog post The Riverside Church Prison Ministry: 40 Years (Nov 8-9) in the group The Prison Studies Group http://theprisonstudiesgroup.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/11/04/the-riverside-church-prison-ministry-40-years-nov-8-9/ Mon, 04 Nov 2013 13:04:49 -0500 Join The Riverside Church on November 8 and 9 to honor the 40th anniversary of the Prison Ministry, and to kick off a new campaign to improve parole, reunite families, and restore communities.

Featuring:


 […]

]]> 51ebc2a55c4c47fc4dd98166be370cdc Jeanene Barrett joined the group The Prison Studies Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/235651/ Fri, 01 Nov 2013 17:35:43 -0400 c53c816b0856e7e54165d49bcba3275b Logan McBride wrote a new blog post Where I am Going: Stop-and-Frisk in the group The Prison Studies Group http://theprisonstudiesgroup.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/10/17/where-i-am-going-stop-and-frisk/ Thu, 17 Oct 2013 14:03:40 -0400 “We all have places to go. Stop-and-frisk shouldn’t stop us.”
Where I am Going is a short-documentary series on NYPD’s stop-and-frisk policy. The 4-5 minute videos share the experience of stop-and-frisk from the […]

]]> a4bd4576de2fccad4436c9e292bd81e6 Logan McBride wrote a new blog post Coming of Age With Stop and Frisk - 10/17(5:30-7:30pm@JJay) in the group The Prison Studies Group http://theprisonstudiesgroup.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/10/16/coming-of-age-with-stop-and-frisk-1017530-730pmjjay/ Wed, 16 Oct 2013 21:57:58 -0400 Thumbnail
Coming of Age with Stop and Frisk:

Experiences, Self-Perceptions, and Public Safety Implications

 

The Center on Race, Crime, and Justice at John Jay College is hosting an event marking the […]

]]> 27672878d088d987c791184a1ed03942 Logan McBride wrote a new blog post Juvenile In Justice: Visualize the American Juvenile Justice System in the group The Prison Studies Group http://theprisonstudiesgroup.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/10/14/juvenile-in-justice-visualize-the-american-juvenile-justice-system/ Mon, 14 Oct 2013 23:18:42 -0400 ThumbnailCheck out this raw and powerful multidisciplinary project (photo, book, blog, interview, lecture, video) that documents the conditions and treatment of juvenile detention in the United States. Through photographs, […]

]]> c05db319aa607609d48a764304bd0fbb Logan McBride wrote a new blog post Our Voices: Perspectives on Abusive Policing (6pm-Oct. 24, CCNY) in the group The Prison Studies Group http://theprisonstudiesgroup.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/10/05/our-voices-perspectives-on-abusive-policing-6pm-oct-24-ccny/ Mon, 07 Oct 2013 12:28:00 -0400 ThumbnailOur Voices: Perspectives on Abusive Policing
6pm Thursday, October 24th
City College CUNY, North Academic Center room 1/202
Free and Open to the Public

This event with feature a panel of students from […]

]]> c98d0eb190c290bbb1a9db2a1d2fbff0 Logan McBride edited the blog post Herman Wallace (1941-2013) in the group The Prison Studies Group http://theprisonstudiesgroup.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/10/04/herman-wallace-1941-2013/ Sat, 05 Oct 2013 11:36:48 -0400 ThumbnailIn Memoriam.
Herman Wallace passed away early this morning, October 4, 2013, just three days after being released from Angola Prison, where he spent more than four decades in solitary confinement. Almost […]

]]> faaa80c1530b43e69a428000e1c2e12a Charlotte Thurston joined the group The Prison Studies Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/221421/ Fri, 13 Sep 2013 19:46:11 -0400 dd2df04a476b83ce32ea5ee8ef9e7009 Logan McBride wrote a new blog post "Race, Law, and Justice" - CUNY BMI Eighth Annual Conference (10/4/13) in the group The Prison Studies Group http://theprisonstudiesgroup.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/09/12/race-law-and-justice-cuny-bmi-eighth-annual-conference-10413/ Thu, 12 Sep 2013 12:31:10 -0400 ThumbnailThe CUNY Black Male Initiative hosts it’s eighth annual conference this year at York College. The event is packed with amazing panels and esteemed speakers, all on the topic of “Race, Law, and Justice.”

Under […]

]]> 94d648247c4c4380af0e01effd0f8da3 Logan McBride wrote a new blog post The Correction (Sept-Oct events) in the group The Prison Studies Group http://theprisonstudiesgroup.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/09/11/the-correction-sept-oct-events/ Wed, 11 Sep 2013 12:04:41 -0400 ThumbnailJohn Brown Lives! is sponsoring several events this fall that open up conversation about the 40-year impact of the Rockefeller Drug Laws.  The organization is based in New York’s North Country (where the […]

]]> 2f32af5ed00ddb19eb4e22de279b067e Logan McBride wrote a new blog post The Costs of Incarceration in the group The Prison Studies Group http://theprisonstudiesgroup.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/09/09/the-costs-of-incarceration/ Mon, 09 Sep 2013 15:55:05 -0400 ThumbnailIncarceration is a costly business. Recent studies have revealed just how expensive it is for states and localities to incarcerate men and women (and children) in prisons and jails.

Here is the recent article […]

]]> fc2eb5a4d739ee24a05f581f1e411492 Logan McBride edited the blog post Panel: Deportation Laws and Their Local Impact (9/16; 4-6pm @ JJay) in the group The Prison Studies Group http://theprisonstudiesgroup.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/09/03/panel-deportation-laws-and-their-local-impact-916-4-6pm-jjay/ Thu, 05 Sep 2013 17:57:50 -0400 ThumbnailPanel: Deportation Laws and Their Local Impact

The Inaugural Event for a semester-long Immigration and Deportation Initiative at John Jay.
Monday, September 16, Time: 4-6pm
9.64 Conference Room, New Building, […]

]]> ef18e9478bf9cef830bf2c6ce90a81f1 Logan McBride wrote a new blog post PEN Festival: "Frozen in Time--Racist Traditions and the Prison System" & "The Lock and Key" in the group The Prison Studies Group http://theprisonstudiesgroup.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/04/30/pen-festival-frozen-in-time-racist-traditions-and-the-prison-system-the-lock-and-key/ Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:44:30 -0400 Frozen in Time: Racist Traditions and the Prison System

Saturday, May 04, 3 – 4:30pm

Cooper Union: Frederick P. Rose Auditorium 41 Cooper Square, NYC

With Soffiyah Elijah, Laura Kurgan, Marc Mauer, Susan […]

]]> a703e6c2540373196767ecbb9970b360 Logan McBride wrote a new blog post Carceral Aesthetics: Art and Visuality in the Era of Mass Incarceration - Nicole Fleetwood (5/3/13) in the group The Prison Studies Group http://theprisonstudiesgroup.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/04/30/carceral-aesthetics-art-and-visuality-in-the-era-of-mass-incarceration-nicole-fleetwood-5313/ Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:38:51 -0400 Carceral Aesthetics: Art and Visuality in the Era of Mass Incarceration

Nicole Fleetwood (Associate Professor of American Studies, Rutgers)

Fri 5/3 @ 2PM – Room 4406, English Lounge, Graduate Center, […]

]]> 2788f2a233f037acb90f18c0c9752242 Logan McBride wrote a new blog post Police, Prisons, and Power: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Criminal Justice (4/12/13) in the group The Prison Studies Group http://theprisonstudiesgroup.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/04/03/police-prisons-and-power-interdisciplinary-perspectives-on-criminal-justice-41213/ Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:49:28 -0400 Join the Prison Studies Group for our Third Annual Graduate Student Conference on Friday, April 12 at The Graduate Center, CUNY.

“Police, Prisons, and Power: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Criminal Justice” […]

]]> b920abc022756cddfe312ddb170a05e9 Isa Vasquez joined the group The Prison Studies Group https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/193441/ Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:04:50 -0500 223a6cdee406c01077908d6b8e6ac20b Logan McBride wrote a new blog post Call for Blog Post Authors - Featured Analysis in the group The Prison Studies Group http://theprisonstudiesgroup.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/02/28/call-for-blog-post-authors-featured-analyss/ Fri, 01 Mar 2013 01:10:20 -0500 Can you fill in these blanks with any of the following terms?

police, jail, prison, reentry, the war on drugs, criminal justice, felony disenfranchisement, solitary confinement, political prisoners, immigrant […]

]]> dc17afa67e758ffda02a89cc0d5001ae Logan McBride wrote a new blog post Broken on All Sides - Film Screening and Panel Discussion (3//9/13) in the group The Prison Studies Group http://theprisonstudiesgroup.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/02/28/broken-on-all-sides-film-screening-and-panel-discussion-3913/ Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:40:24 -0500 Film Screening and Community Discussion

Broken on All Sides: Race, Mass Incarceration & New Visions for Criminal Justice in the U.S.

Saturday, March 9, 2013
1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Riverside Church
enter at 91 […]

]]> 70fbd2f3298eaf5f3097861608275fa8 Logan McBride wrote a new blog post Prisons and Police in 1914 NYC - Thai Jones, Speaks at Gotham Center (3/6/13) in the group The Prison Studies Group http://theprisonstudiesgroup.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/02/28/prisons-and-police-in-1914-nyc-thai-jones-speaks-at-gotham-center-3613/ Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:36:54 -0500 ThumbnailAs part of the Gotham Center’s Forum series, historian Thai Jones will be discussing his latest book, More Powerful Than Dynamite: Radicals, Plutocrats, Progressives, and New York’s Year of Anarchy on March 6, […]

]]> aeda06c9df4f60f671d5df5de4f92c31 Logan McBride wrote a new blog post Hope, Illusion, and Imagination: the Politics of Parole and Reentry in the Era of Mass Incarceration - Lecture by Dr. Kathy Boudin (4pm on 3/4/13) in the group The Prison Studies Group http://theprisonstudiesgroup.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/02/20/hope-illusion-and-imagination-the-politics-of-parole-and-reentry-in-the-era-of-mass-incarceration-lecture-by-dr-kathy-boudin-4pm-on-3413/ Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:13:09 -0500 Monday, March 4, 2013 | 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Greenberg Lounge of Vanderbilt Hall
New York University
40 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012

 

The Nineteenth Annual Rose Sheinberg Scholar-in-Residence […]

]]> 98a9a1b7a904bbd537f680d3e5c76be7 Logan McBride wrote a new blog post Racial Gap in Men's Sentencing in the group The Prison Studies Group http://theprisonstudiesgroup.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/02/20/racial-gap-in-mens-sentencing/ Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:42:36 -0500 “Prison sentences of black men were nearly 20% longer than those of white men for similar crimes in recent years, an analysis by the U.S. Sentencing Commission found.”

Joe Palazzolo, “Racial Gap in Men’s […]

]]> 1bbb98dca6785196c5784d336599b699 Logan McBride wrote a new blog post "Prison and the Poverty Trap" in the group The Prison Studies Group http://theprisonstudiesgroup.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/02/19/prison-and-the-poverty-trap/ Tue, 19 Feb 2013 13:43:14 -0500 ThumbnailCheck out the latest article in The New York Times’ “Time and Punishment” series.

According to recent studies, “while crime may initially decline in places that lock up more people, within a few years the rate […]

]]> a01932fff85d2ed4d4d75678e09d137c Logan McBride wrote a new blog post Prison Public Memory Project in the group The Prison Studies Group http://theprisonstudiesgroup.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/02/15/prison-public-memory-project/ Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:18:11 -0500 Thumbnail“The Prison Public Memory Project uses history, dialogue, the arts and technology to build public memory and safe spaces where people from all walks of life can come together to engage in conversation and learning […]

]]> 5b89e4e50319234b04f1cdc45d4f83bd Logan McBride wrote a new blog post Riot and Protest: Prisons and Crime in Venezuela in the group The Prison Studies Group http://theprisonstudiesgroup.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/02/14/riot-and-protest-prisons-and-crime-in-venezuela/ Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:24:52 -0500 The January 26th prison riot at Uribana prison in Venezuela was violent, with at least 61 deaths and 120 wounded. In the wake of this and similar riots, and in the context of President Hugo Chavez’ ailing health, […]

]]> ba742e024459b814dcfdf084d6d8cfe3 Logan McBride wrote a new blog post Milk Not Jails in the group The Prison Studies Group http://theprisonstudiesgroup.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/02/14/milk-not-jails/ Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:48:51 -0500 ThumbnailRead about an upstate-downstate grassroots alliance seeking to improve communities urban and rural communities… through dairy agriculture.

Tanisia Morris, “Greene Hill Food Co-op Sells Prison Reform,” The […]

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