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Named after the 13th constitutional amendment, which abolished slavery except as «punishment for crime,» the doc uses archival footage and expert commentary to make the case that slavery hasn't disappeared from the U.S. — it's evolved into our modern system of mass incarceration, one in which many prisons are run by for - profit companies and prisoners can be paid a pittance to work for corporations.

So drug prosecution is a big part of the mass incarceration story, he said.

Before the era of mass incarceration, there was already evidence linking problems in poor neighborhoods to the high number of single - parent households and also to the high rate of mobility: the continual turnover on many blocks as transients moved in and out.

The consequences of mass incarceration are enormous, as are the ongoing realities of neighborhood and school segregation, education inequity, and employment and health care disparities.

Rethinking how sentencing guidelines are created, what treatment programs could look like for those suffering from addiction and the effectiveness of mass incarceration is part of trading in the «war» strategy for something more nuanced and effective.

Mashing up images of mass incarceration and tribal dancing, Lamar's lyrical depth, social activism and masterful skills as a performer were on full display.

Rethinking how sentencing guidelines are created, what treatment programs could look like for those suffering from addiction and the effectiveness of mass incarceration is part of ending the «war» strategy for something more nuanced and fair.

In response to the issue, Legend launched an organization called FreeAmerica, which is dedicated to helping people who are finding real solutions to the problems at the heart of the mass incarceration epidemic, and advocating for legislative changes to help end it.

A defense of punishment and prisons without confronting the realities of mass incarceration is, at best, myopic.

I find it troubling that Webb does not situate his defense of punishment (even if it is «saved») within the broader context of mass incarceration in the United States.

In its resolution, the IDC includes language «that the state should assist in ensuring that 16 and 17 year olds receive the treatment and programming they need in order to avoid the repeated cycle of mass incarceration that many of our youth experience today.

Also at 6 p.m., JustLeadshipUSA hosts a conversation between state Sen. Gustavo Rivera and JustLeadshipUSA Glenn Martin on de Blasio's decision to close Rikers Island, the costs of mass incarceration, and the future of criminal justice reform in New York and beyond, Central Park West, Manhattan.

«I look forward to our continued partnership to improve our industrial waterfront economy, to create a Harbor Middle School, to continue working alongside organizations like UPROSE to create opportunities for our youth and supporting the Red Hook Community Justice Center to break the cycle of mass incarceration,» she said.

«It's time to end the era of mass incarceration.

Hawkins Calls for Truth and Justice Commission re Mass Incarceration (Albany, NY) Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate for Governor, called for an end to the war on drugs and the establishment of a Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission to address the impact of mass incarceration on people of color.

In a year when Grover Norquist, Newt Gingrich, Ed Meese and others are championing the downsizing of mass incarceration, and on the heels of former New York Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik excoriating the failures of a prison system that simply warehouses, Governor Cuomo's announcement is part of a broad rethinking about how to make «corrections» correctional,» said Katzenstein.

In a speech to a group of New York lawyers, a federal judge from Brooklyn assailed the criminal justice system in which he has worked for more than 40 years, saying that the country had to «jettison the madness of mass incarceration» and find an alternative to overly punitive sentencing to address the problem of crime.

We will not allow New York to treat our teenagers like criminals in criminal court or continue the tradition of mass incarceration of our youth and the 8 members of the IDC will not vote for a budget in the absence of Raise the Age.»

The New York City Bar Association released a report urging federal and state leaders to «make the reduction of mass incarceration a top priority» and offering several recommendations for changing sentencing laws and other policies.

At a Democratic candidates forum hosted by the Village Independent Democrats (VID), a Democratic club, on Tuesday night, Scott Caplan, police misconduct and corruption officer for the Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club, asked Nixon to state in her own words whether she thinks de Blasio and the NYPD can do better in the areas of mass incarceration, marijuana, police accountability and police discipline.

The era of mass incarceration of mostly black and brown people is the backdrop of recent protests in Ferguson, Missouri.

Gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon, a staunch ally of Mayor Bill de Blasio who is challenging his frequent - foe Gov. Andrew Cuomo, says New York City can do «so much better» in the areas of mass incarceration, marijuana enforcement and police accountability — the latest sign that she is moving further to distance herself from her old bud.

Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate for Governor, called for an end to the war on drugs and the establishment of a Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission to address the impact of mass incarceration on people of color.

Hawkins joined with Alice Green and Center for Law and Justice to deliver 10,000 petition signatures to Cuomo Tuesday calling on the governor to establish a Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission to study the impacts of mass incarceration on New Yorkers, largely brought about by the failed war on drugs.

«This is an industry that profits off of mass incarceration,» said City Comptroller Scott Stringer.

And I'm very proud to say, in this city... the era of mass incarceration did not begin in New York City, but it will end in New York City when we close Rikers Island for good.»

Albany, NY — Members of the Independent Democratic Conference delivered for all New Yorkers in this year's state budget — with a measure to Raise the Age of criminal responsibility to end the cycle of mass incarceration of 16 - and 17 - year - olds and meeting the urgent need of New York's immigrant communities with a historic $ 10 million commitment to legal services.

State Assemblywoman Inez Dickens and Arva Rice, the president of the New York Urban League, sit down with In Focus Host Cheryl Wills to discuss the impact of mass incarceration and the affordable housing crisis.

Green Party gubernatorial candidate Howie Hawkins joined prisoners rights advocates Tuesday at the Capitol to call for a Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission to address the issue of mass incarceration of minorities across the state....

Mayor Bill de Blasio vowed on Friday to close the troubled jail complex on Rikers Island, which has spawned federal investigations, brought waves of protests and became a byword for brutality, in a move he said was intended to end an era of mass incarceration in New York City.

We will not allow New York to treat our teenagers like criminals in criminal court or continue the tradition of mass incarceration of our youth and the eight members of the IDC will not vote for a budget in the absence of Raise the Age.»

In his State of the State speech this week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo once again blasted New York's state prison system, describing what he called the «madness» of mass incarceration in New York.

Important look at the system of mass incarceration erected by ICE in this country, which criminalizes and penalizes people who have committed no crime.

The pardon plan also comes amid a national debate over reducing sentences for nonviolent offenders, in part because of the cost of mass incarceration and concerns about racial inequality in the criminal justice system.

«Study provides first estimate of total US population with felony convictions: Estimates reflect racial disparities in felony convictions during era of mass incarceration.»

The title of DuVernay's extraordinary and galvanizing film refers to the 13th Amendment to the Constitution — «Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States...» The progression from that second qualifying clause to the horrors of mass incarceration and the prison industry in the U.S. is laid out by DuVernay with bracing lucidity.

Last year we read The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, a former slave turned abolitionist and juxtaposed its reading with a viewing of Ava Duvernay's prolific documentary «13th,» which discusses modern - day slavery in the guise of mass incarceration and its direct correlation to a clause in the 13th Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America.

With the support of the Open Society Foundations, Professor Forman is currently writing a book about African - American attitudes towards crime and punishment in the age of mass incarceration.

Attorney James Hall, president of the Milwaukee chapter of the NAACP, rattled off a host of statistics about Milwaukee's low ranking on a number of quality - of - life metrics, from the recent finding by the Annie E. Casey Foundation that Wisconsin is the worst state in the nation for African American children, to our sky - high levels of mass incarceration of black men, our nation - leading racial gap in student achievement, our high poverty rate and geographic segregation.

I have a specific audience in mind — people who care deeply about racial justice but who, for any number of reasons, do not yet appreciate the magnitude faced by communities of color as a result of mass incarceration... (and) those who have been struggling to persuade their friends, neighbors, relatives, teachers, co-workers, or political representatives... but who have lacked the facts and data to back up their claims.

The author wanted to write a book that took on some of the inequalities of mass incarceration and really have the issue resonate, even for readers who think, This couldn't happen to me.

Alcatraz is now part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, and offers a unique space to reflect on the impact of mass incarceration today.

Institutionalised violence is also taken on by Noland, whose Rail (1989), a scaffold pole affixed to the wall with two pairs of handcuffs attached, is a haunting reminder of the US's continuing industry of mass incarceration.

The aftereffects are still with us today — from issues of mass incarceration to disproportionate sentencing of people of color.

Echoes will produce its first full - length documentary exploring the impact of mass incarceration on family structures.

Titus Kaphar's latest two - part show, Shifting Skies at Jack Shainman Gallery examines the racial injustices of mass incarceration in the United States.

For the 2016 and 2017 cycles of the fellowship, the thematic frame is racial justice through the lens of mass incarceration.

+ Second, Sable Elyse Smith presented a reading from Blue is Ubiquitous and Forbidden, a limited edition zine, which takes its title from the artist's current exhibition in the + / - Project Space, considering the trauma of mass incarceration by scaffolding perspectives and proximity — through image, video, voice, and text.

Through video, sculpture, photography and text, Sable Elyse Smith probes the trauma of incarceration as it has related to her own family and history, and the ways these same traumas have been writ - large in America as a result of mass incarceration.

Recent studies examining the economic toll of mass incarceration in the United States conclude that the full cost exceeds $ 1 trillion — with about half of that burden falling on the families, children and communities of people who have been imprisoned, and ultimately removed from civic life.