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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.

The other classical rationale for punishment — a rationale usually reserved for explaining the value of incarceration — is an interest in removing offenders from settings in which they would be able to repeat their crimes.

That's already a major barrier to people seeking treatment in the first place (as is a dearth of affordable treatment options); but it can be magnified by a conviction and incarceration, which exacerbate a vicious cycle of lackluster employment opportunities, social exclusion, and continued crime and addiction.

The state, which has the highest incarceration rate in the country, is feeling the pressure of a massive criminal justice budget, and is already slashing funds for public defenders.

The show will be based on investigative reporting by BuzzFeed writer Katie J.M. Baker, and will be similar to the popular Netflix series «Making a Murderer,» which followed the trial and incarceration of an alleged killer.

Sarah and Matt also discuss a new white paper on the effects of redshirting in kindergarten (delaying a kid's start by a year), which suggest that being old for one's grade may result in higher test scores, increased college attendance, and reduced likelihood of incarceration for juvenile crime.

The arrest of a Turkish national at the U.S. consulate follows the incarceration and detention of tens of thousands of suspected dissidents that Erdogan has ordered in Turkey following a failed coup attempt last year which has links to a U.S. - based cleric Fethullah Gueln.

Drew Hart is the author of Trouble I've Seen: Changing the Way the Church Views Racism, which released in January and which tackles police brutality, mass incarceration, antiblack stereotypes, poverty, and everyday acts of racism by placing them in the larger framework of white supremacy.

If just half of that was spent on rehabilitation instead of just churning out more hardened criminals I believe the incarceration numbers would plummet which would be great for the tax payers but terrible for the investors and owners of the private prisons.

This selective «colorblindness» is a mighty convenient approach to race in America for white people, for it allows us to paper over America's troubled (and decidedly anti-Christian) history, to discount racism as a thing of the past for which we are no longer responsible, and to ignore persistent racial injustices like mass incarceration, police brutality, voting rights issues, white flight, and economic inequality, all while consistently benefiting from an oppressive system we claim we can not even see.

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.

The documentary explores not only the current systematic problems that have led to mass incarceration (which disproportionately effects people of color), but also the America's history of racial injustice — and how the two are related.

The offer statistics which prove that spending a relatively small amount to provide free parenting classes can save costly therapy and incarceration in the future.

However, FiveThiryEight.com examined several studies which found that around 40 % of complaints against police officers resulted in legal action, and of those complaints that did result in legal action, 33 % resulted in a conviction and 12 % in an incarceration.

«We want our government to work again on health care, ending mass incarceration, fixing our broken subways,» said Nixon in the video announcing her campaign, which features shots of her in the subway system.

According to him, their incarceration had forced the president to take up the personal attacks on Nana Addo, which he believes the jailed host and panelists of the pro-government radio station, would otherwise have done.

The plan the mayor outlined aims to reduce the jail population to 5,000 after a decade, which he said would allow the city to relocate all inmates from its famous — and infamous — incarceration island.

Last week, de Blasio released a «roadmap» for phasing out the incarceration center, which mostly reiterated steps he called for when he announced a plan to shutter Rikers in March: combining sentencing, bail, mental health and rehabilitation reforms to reduce the city's inmate population from 9,300 to 7,000 by 2021 and 5,000 by 2027.

The measure would require most teenagers convicted of many, but not all, violent and other serious felonies to be treated as minors, which can include a youth or family court venue and juvenile incarceration rather than in general prisons, according to the Raise the Age Campaign.

Democrats have been trying to make these changes — which include giving judges more authority in sentencing by repealing the minimums, and developing treatment programs to replace incarceration for new offenders — for years now, but have been stopped in the past by Republicans controlling the State Senate.

To be eligible for these services, the individual must meet certain criteria, including having a diagnosis of a serious mental illness, and be at risk or have a history of engaging in high - risk behaviors which have resulted in multiple hospitalizations or incarcerations.

The CJC's Needs Assessment Report, which was validated by industry expert RicciGreeneAssociates in 2013, called for a two pronged approach — first, enhance the County's innovative work with Alternatives to Incarceration programs to divert people away from the jail and drive down recidivism; and second, move forward with larger jail facility, designed as transition center campus where the County can improve its ability to institute additional evidence - based rehabilitative and re-entry programs.

Incarceration rates tend to be higher in Southern states which are often more rural as well.

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.

In his campaign literature, Lasher says, «We have seen a disturbing rise in school discipline policies that rely on fear and shame; are used to push students out of schools, either directly or indirectly; are too often implemented in racially disparate ways; and which can be the starting point for the school - to - prison pipeline that has contributed to the mass incarceration of young men of color.»

That means many of the same issues that were gridlocked in the legislature in the past are likely to remain so, including the Dream Act, which would provide college aid to children of undocumented immigrants, abortion rights measures, and ending the incarceration of 16 - and 17 - year - olds in adult prisons.

The short play, which incorporates music, video and dance, centers on critical moments in the life of Mandela, including his marriage to Winnie Mandela and the hard physical labor and loneliness of his incarceration.

Since his incarceration, Dasuki has been arraigned before four federal courts which granted him bail, while the ECOWAS court, a sub-regional court not only ordered that the FG release him immediately but also order his compensation to the tune of N15 million.

The six - point plan, which also called for reducing incarceration rates and investing in schools to close what King termed the «school to prison pipeline,» is the broadest package yet proposed by Democratic gubernatorial candidates, though they all have pushed various justice reform issues, particularly Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum.

In addition to helping individuals avoid spending unnecessary time in jail, the report also shows that providing low - income individuals with the ability to post bail helps them achieve better outcomes in their cases and avoid the negative consequences that stem from pre-trial incarceration, which can range from becoming homeless and unemployed to facing deportation.

Brandes this Session is championing pre-arrest diversion programs, which are designed to lower incarceration rates, along with other reform bills.

That means many of the same issues that were gridlocked in the legislature in the past are likely to remain so, including, the Dream Act, which would provide college aid to children of undocumented immigrants, abortion rights measures, and ending the incarceration of 16 and 17 year olds in adult prisons.

pre-arrest diversion programs, which are designed to lower incarceration rates, along with other reform bills.

Did his incarceration suppress the idea of a new Biafra which he propagates or did it in any way discourage other parts of the country from speaking their minds about the structural imbalance in the country?

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.

«Supportive and transition housing initiatives which will help us with alternatives to incarceration and support center, along with an initiative to bring a Horizon House program possibly down in out county, that's in Buffalo.

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

One resident asked state Sen. Jose Peralta (D - East Elmhurst) about his son's incarceration on Rikers Island, to which Peralta said, «I represent the ramp to Rikers, not Rikers Island, just the approach road.»

Sean Collins is with Capital Area Against Mass Incarceration, which calls on local law enforcement officials and agencies to use discretion in dealing with juveniles.

His pioneering of the broken windows approach, which targets minor offenses, has been credited both with decreases in crime and increases incarceration.

Drug policy has focused on a policing approach of prohibition and incarceration, which has contributed to spreading HIV within the injection - drug community.

Tabor pointed out that the coin is dated «to the same year of St. Paul's last visit to Jerusalem, which resulted in his arrest (on the charge of taking Gentiles into the Temple) and incarceration in Caesarea.»

Women have significantly higher rates of Alzheimer's disease, depression, which is itself is a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease, and anxiety disorders, while men have higher rates of (ADHD), conduct - related problems, and incarceration (by 1,400 %).

Prisons are conventionally institutions which form part of the criminal justice system of a country, such that imprisonment or incarceration is the legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime.

«Having cops carry naloxone can be a critical effort in addressing overdose fatalities in some areas,» he said, «and represents a general shift in policing the nation's drug problem away from incarceration, which has proven expensive, ineffective, and deadly for far too many people.»

In the test for which the shorter sentence was used, incarceration rates actually declined from the starting point of 1 % for about the first 5 years and then increased only very slightly, to 0.725 %, for the 50 - year duration.

Aptly named 13th, for the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery, this documentary follows the aftermath of the American Civil War for African Americans, and how slavery has only been perpetuated by different practices throughout the years like disenfranchisement and mass incarceration.

It's a compelling idea (enough to sway a key ally played by Daniel Kaluuya), and a reminder that throughout the African diaspora, the black - white power balance remains as it is courtesy of Jim Crow practices designed to keep minorities in check: persistent segregation, broken drug laws, racially targeted policing, disproportionately high incarceration rates — all of which are identified and indicted by Coogler's truth - to - power script.

The episode, which serves as its own anthology within an anthology series, touches on the American prison system, mass incarceration and exploitation.

What makes the film Crown Heights, which is the latest cinematic retelling of the true story of the wrongful incarceration of a Black man in the United States; difficult to watch... is that it wasn't difficult to watch at all.