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Criminal InJustice: Interdependence and Radical Imagination
December 23rd, 2015
† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer (In)Justice and Considering Hate, is contributing editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm […]
Continue ReadingCriminal InJustice: 10 Years On, Stanley Tookie Williams
December 16th, 2015
† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI.Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer (In)Justice, is contributing editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm. 10 Years On, Stanley […]
Continue ReadingCriminal InJustice: Dirty Work
December 9th, 2015
† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer (In)Justice and Considering Hate, is contributing editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm […]
Continue ReadingCriminal InJustice: States of Women’s Incarceration
December 2nd, 2015
† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer (In)Justice and Considering Hate, is contributing editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm […]
Continue ReadingCriminal InJustice: The Insidious Allure of the Videotape
November 25th, 2015
† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer (In)Justice and Considering Hate, is contributing editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm […]
Continue ReadingCriminal InJustice: National Lawyers Guild Calls for Prison Abolition
November 18th, 2015
† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer (In)Justice and Considering Hate, is contributing editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm […]
Continue ReadingCriminal InJustice: Smoke and Mirrors, Essential Questions About “Prison Reform”
November 11th, 2015
† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer (In)Justice, is contributing editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm. Smoke and Mirrors: […]
Continue ReadingCriminal InJustice: Norman R. Morrison (1933-1965)
November 4th, 2015
† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer (In)Justice and Considering Hate, is contributing editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm […]
Continue ReadingCriminal InJustice: #AssaultinSouthCarolina No Anomaly
October 28th, 2015
† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer (In)Justice and Considering Hate, is contributing editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm […]
Continue ReadingRevelations: Art versus Capital/Art Wins
October 25th, 2015
Artist Ai Weiwei banned from using Lego to build Australian artwork “An earlier major exhibition of Ai Weiwei’s work, held inside Alcatraz island penitentiary in the San Francisco bay, featured works made out of the plastic construction toys…. The piece, titled Trace, showed pixelated images of more than 175 prisoners of conscience including Nelson Mandela, […]
Continue ReadingCriminal InJustice: The Humanity of Prisoners
October 21st, 2015
† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer (In)Justice and Considering Hate, is contributing editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm […]
Continue ReadingRevelations: Crimes of Style ~ Shepard Fairey
October 18th, 2015
Shepard Fairey vandalism case ‘disappoints’ Detroit arts community Shepard Fairey: force of urban regeneration or malicious vandal? DETROIT ROCKS: Thank You! Crimes of Style ~ Jean Michel Basquiat (8)
Continue ReadingCriminal InJustice: Bride Of The Freedom-To-Marry Frankenstein
October 14th, 2015
Let’s be clear: what I have to say here about being queer and married is about me. It’s not about you. If you’re LGBT or queer, and you wanted and are happy to be married, and if I have not already told you so personally, I extend cheers, congratulations, and blessings to you. It gives me joy to wish you long and beautiful lives together filled with lovely adventure and meaning.
Continue ReadingCriminal InJustice: National Week of Action Against School Pushout
October 7th, 2015
The Dignity in Schools Campaign’s 6th Annual National Week of Action Against School Pushout will take place from Saturday, October 3rd to Sunday, October 11, 2015. This year’s theme is Invest in Public Education, Not Prison Cultivation!
Continue ReadingCriminal InJustice: LSP Angola Prison Rodeo, At the Intersections of Abuse
September 30th, 2015
As October approaches, it is that time again, time for the now twice-yearly extravaganza known as the “Wildest Show in the South”. The famous/infamous Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola Prison Rodeo, a tradition that spans nearly 50 years.
Continue ReadingCriminal InJustice: JWLOP, Three Years Later
September 23rd, 2015
Three years ago the Supreme Court ruled on the cases of Miller v. Alabama and Jackson v. Hobbs , striking down statutes in 29 states that provided for mandatory life-without-parole (JLWOP) sentences for children.
Continue ReadingCriminal InJustice: Art and Freedom/Dali at Rikers
September 16th, 2015
The story seems an impossible one, too incredible to be true. How could there be an art class for prisoners at Rikers Island? How could it be that Salvador Dali was planning to attend one day in 1965? How could the painting he gifted to prisoners with be safe in the dining hall for nearly 2 decades — located near the trash cans — only to be removed and later stolen by prison staff?
Continue ReadingCI: Attica Prison Uprising 101
September 9th, 2015
What follows is the introduction to an educational resource developed by Project NIA on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Attica Prison revolt. Criminal Injustice is honored to republish this today, on the 44th anniversary of the Attica uprising. The legacy of the inmate resistance remains eternally relevant, but especially today.
Continue ReadingCI: The Daunting Task of Decarceration
September 2nd, 2015
In the swirl of campaign driven talk of an “end to the era of mass incarceration”, it is crucial to consider again: What exactly does this mean? How could it possibly be achieved?
Continue ReadingCI: Metaphysics, Imagination, and Police/Prison “Reform”
August 26th, 2015
That reform trap door can open awfully fast under unsuspecting feet. Recently it opened up under Black youth leadership in the Windy City when the ACLU of Illinois announced the results of its secret negotiations with the City of Chicago regarding the Chicago Police Department’s “stop and frisk” practices.
Continue ReadingCriminal InJustice: #Ferguson/#Everywhere Still
August 12th, 2015
† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer (In)Justice, is contributing editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm. #Ferguson/#Everywhere Still […]
Continue ReadingCI: #BlackAugust
August 5th, 2015
† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer (In)Justice, is contributing editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm CST #BlackAugust […]
Continue ReadingCriminal InJustice: Aileen
July 29th, 2015
† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer (In)Justice, is contributing editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm CST Aileen comments […]
Continue ReadingCriminal InJustice: Eastern State Penitentiary, Cautionary Tales
July 22nd, 2015
† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer (In)Justice, is contributing editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm CST Eastern […]
Continue ReadingCriminal InJustice: “Broken Windows”/Broken Lives, One Year Later
July 15th, 2015
† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer (In)Justice, is contributing editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm. “Broken Windows”/Broken […]
Continue ReadingCriminal InJustice: Captivity, Control and Resistance
July 8th, 2015
† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer (In)Justice, is contributing editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 Captivity, Control and […]
Continue ReadingCriminal InJustice: Restorative Justice is Needed For Albert Woodfox, The Black Panther Party & The Nation
July 1st, 2015
† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer (In)Justice, is contributing editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm. Healing Our […]
Continue ReadingCriminal InJustice: To Break the Chain
June 24th, 2015
† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer (In)Justice, is contributing editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm. To Break […]
Continue ReadingCI: Isolation
June 17th, 2015
† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer (In)Justice, is contributing editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm. Isolation Editors […]
Continue ReadingCI: The #Police in Your Heads
June 10th, 2015
† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer (In)Justice, is contributing editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm. The #Police […]
Continue ReadingCI: Counting
June 3rd, 2015
† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer (In)Justice, is contributing editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm. Counting by […]
Continue ReadingCI: The Ubiquity, the Banality of Mediated Policing & Punishment
May 27th, 2015
† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer (In)Justice, is contributing editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm. The Ubiquity, […]
Continue ReadingCI: #StudentsNotSuspects #NoSROs #Mpls
May 20th, 2015
† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer (In)Justice, is contributing editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm. #StudentsNotSuspects #NoSROs […]
Continue ReadingCI: Torture, Lies, and Denial
May 13th, 2015
† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer (In)Justice, is contributing editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm. Torture, Lies, […]
Continue ReadingCI: ‘Whiteness’, Criminality, and Double-Standards of Deviance/Social Control
May 6th, 2015
† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer (In)Justice, is contributing editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm. ‘Whiteness’, Criminality, and […]
Continue ReadingCI: On Violence
April 29th, 2015
† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer (In)Justice, is contributing editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm. On Violence […]
Continue ReadingCI: The Universal Pains of Prison
April 22nd, 2015
† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer (In)Justice, is contributing editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm. The Universal […]
Continue ReadingCI: Commodified and Caged, Still
April 15th, 2015
† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer (In)Justice, is contributing editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm. Commodified and Caged, […]
Continue ReadingOn the 50th Anniv of the Civil Rights Act: Persistent White Supremacy, Relentless Anti-Blackness, and The Limits of the Law
April 14th, 2015
Author and Editor, Nancy A. Heitzeg, of the Criminal Injustice Series has two new publications out that are a must read: On The Occasion Of The 50th Anniversary Of The Civil Rights Act Of 1964: Persistent White Supremacy, Relentless Anti-Blackness, And The Limits Of The Law, Heitzeg, Nancy A. Ph.D. (2015), Hamline University’s School of […]
Continue ReadingHow “Hate” Lets Us Off the Hook
April 5th, 2015
Authors Kay Whitlock (left), co-editor of Criminal InJustice, and Michael Bronski (right) have published a new book “Considering Hate” that is required reading. This is a transformative text that not only presents us with provocative questions about who we have been and who we are as a civilization, but also how we can rise above […]
Continue ReadingCI: A Tale of Two Prisons
April 1st, 2015
† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer (In)Justice, is contributing editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm. A Tale of […]
Continue ReadingCI: The Irrelevance of “Innocence”
March 25th, 2015
† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer (In)Justice, is contributing editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm. The Irrelevance of […]
Continue ReadingCI: Low-level Offenses and Racial Profiling, Minneapolis Edition
March 18th, 2015
† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer (In)Justice, is contributing editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm. Low-level Offenses and […]
Continue ReadingCI: The Attorney General of the United States
March 11th, 2015
† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer (In)Justice, is contributing editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm. The Attorney General […]
Continue ReadingRevelations: March On
March 8th, 2015
Eyes on the Prize (VI) — Bridge to Freedom, 1965 From the Archives: Where’s the Spirit of Selma Now? by Gay Talese Fifty Years After Bloody Sunday in Selma, Everything and Nothing Has Changed, The Nation SHELBY COUNTY, ALABAMA v. HOLDER, ATTORNEY GENERAL, et al. No. 12-96. Argued February 27, 2013–Decided June 25, 2013 The Voting Rights […]
Continue ReadingCI: A Glimpse…
March 4th, 2015
† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer (In)Justice, is contributing editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm. A Glimpse… […]
Continue ReadingCriminal InJustice: Abolition X
February 25th, 2015
† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer (In)Justice, is contributing editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm. Abolition X Editors […]
Continue ReadingFree Albert Woodfox!
February 18th, 2015
† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer (In)Justice, is contributing editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm. Free Albert Woodfox! […]
Continue ReadingCI: The Supreme Court and the Shape of Social Movements
February 4th, 2015
† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer (In)Justice, is contributing editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm. The Supreme […]
Continue ReadingCI: A Dirge for Tucker, Torture, and Dirty Work
January 28th, 2015
† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer (In)Justice, is contributing editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm. A Dirge […]
Continue ReadingRevelations: I Shot a Man in Reno…
January 25th, 2015
Legal Debate on Using Boastful Rap Lyrics as a Smoking Gun Meet Tiny Doo, the rapper facing life in prison for making an album As rappers go, Brandon Duncan’s approach is not unusual: his lyrics reflect the violent reality of the streets. But in the pantheon of rappers who have had run-ins with the courts, […]
Continue ReadingCI: #FreeMLK
January 21st, 2015
† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer (In)Justice, is contributing editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm. #FreeMLK by […]
Continue ReadingCI: The Rock, Reclaimed
January 14th, 2015
† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer (In)Justice, is contributing editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm. The Rock, […]
Continue ReadingCI: The Year of Resistance 2015
January 7th, 2015
† Criminal InJustice is a weekly series devoted to taking action against inequities in the U.S. criminal justice system. Nancy A. Heitzeg, Professor of Sociology and Race/Ethnicity, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer (In)Justice, is contributing editor of CI. Criminal Injustice is published every Wednesday at 6 pm. The Year […]
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