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“College Behind Bars” by Lynn Novick

Posted on November 25, 2019 by lindaoppenheim

The Bard Prison Initiative provides a rigorous college education for a small number of prisoners in New York State. Starting on Monday, November 25 at 9 p.m., on PBS (Check local listings.) and continuing over four weeks, this mini-series…

Category: Broadcast, Continuing Conversations, Video Tags: Bard College, Bard Prison Initiative, college, criminal justice system, education, higher education, incarceration, Lynn Novick, New York State, PBS, prison, prison abolition, Ruha Benjamin

“Breaking the Chains,” Faith, Justice & Incarceration conference, November 17, 2019

Posted on November 9, 2019 by lindaoppenheim

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The Lawrenceville Presbyterian Church (2688 Main Street (Route 206), Lawrenceville, NJ) is hosting a mini-conference on faith and justice on Sunday, November 17. Speakers and workshop leaders include activist Shane Claiborne and Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman. For a full list…

Category: Conference Tags: Bonnie Watson Coleman, incarceration, Shane Claiborne

The Steeling of Minds: Education and Access in America’s Prisons, October 18, 2019

Posted on October 18, 2019 by lindaoppenheim

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Category: Events, The New Jim Crow Tags: education, higher education, incarceration, prison

Continuing Conversation on Race and White Privilege: Incarceration, October 7, 2019

Posted on September 30, 2019 by lindaoppenheim

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On Monday, October 7, 2019, 7 – 8:30 PM at the Princeton Public Library (65 Witherspoon St.), Not in Our Town Princeton’s Continuing Conversation will present the second part of the series–The (In)justice System. We will examine the institution of…

Category: Continuing Conversations, Events, The New Jim Crow Tags: Campaign to End the New Jim Crow, criminal justice system, incarceration, Krystal Seruya, mass incarceration, New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, Wilma Solomon, youth

A Relentless Jailhouse Lawyer Propels a Case to the Supreme Court

Posted on August 6, 2019 by lindaoppenheim

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With a 10th grade education, Calvin Duncan served his fellow inmates by doing legal research on their cases at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola for 23 years. Before being , Duncan won liberation for several inmates and identified the…

Category: Article Tags: Angola, Calvin Duncan, incarceration, law, Louisiana, prison, U.S. Supreme Court

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“Breaking the Chains,” Faith, Justice & Incarceration conference, November 17, 2019

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A Relentless Jailhouse Lawyer Propels a Case to the Supreme Court

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