Tag: justice reform

• In the ‘Hole’: On Screen & Off

  

  Text by K. Cecchini/Production Stills and Series Image Courtesy of Think Ten Media Group After spending a total of 18 months in solitary confinement during multiple prison stays, William Brown – who has been a free man for five years – willingly reentered the ‘hole’ last summer. This time, though, he went in with cameras. […]

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  August 10, 2015

  Entertainment, Prison Reform, Social Issues & Education

  California’s Men’s Colony, Deborah Tobola, HBO The Wire, jail, justice reform, Marcus Willaims, Poetic Justice Project, Portland Oregon, prison, Ramon Hamilton, SHU, social issues, The wHole, Think Ten Media Group, Wapato Jail

• The Most Significant Domestic Threat?

  

  #Halfby2030. Glenn E. Martin’s key vision is to cut the United States incarceration rate by half in 15 years – while reducing the crime rate. To learn about his progress since our interview in June, I followed up with him on the phone last week regarding the vehicle for his objective, JustLeadershipUSA. Since then, JustLeadershipUSA […]

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  December 29, 2014

  Prison Reform, Social Issues & Education

  blue state, Columbia University, decarceration, domestic threat, George M. Jaffin Professor of Law and Social Responsibility, Glenn E. Martin, halfby2030, incarceration, justice reform, JustLeadershipUSA, leadership, police, prison, prison reform, red state, The New Jim Crow

• “I Can’t Breathe.”

  

  Text and Photo by K. Cecchini Justice cannot breathe in our nation, either, while our African-American brothers -and sisters- disproportionately suffer at the hands of our justice system. Whether the system puts a tag on their toe or cuffs on their hands, African-Americans -and other people of color- are prey to the inherent theme in […]

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  December 21, 2014

  Prison Reform, Social Issues & Education

  Brooklyn, Brooklyn Borough President, Eric Adams, Eric Garner, Glenn E. Martin, half by 2030, halfby2030, I can’t breathe, If you’re a hammer everything is a nail, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, journalism, justice reform, JustLeadershipUSA, Michael Brown, new york city, news, nonviolence, NPR, NYC, NYPD, police, prison reform, profiling, Reverend Al Sharpton, Steve Inskeep