Criminal InJustice: Community Corrections ~ Widening the Profiteering Net
We have to ask – again — if “reforms” really reduces the scope of the prison nation or if they are merely more smoke and mirrors.
Criminal InJustice: “Cincinnati Goddamn”
Cincinnati Goddamn is an important documentary by April Martin and Paul Hill that chronicles a crucial moment in the history of resistance to racialized police killings.
Revelations: We Are All #Inky
We should pause to reflect on the world-wide resonance of the story of Inky, a beautiful and indefatigable octopus who knew all drains lead to the sea. We all know, at the most base level, that any enclosure – be it barren or resplendent — is captivity. And must be…
Criminal InJustice: Know the Terrain
† 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, and author of The School-to- Prison Pipeline: Education, Discipline and Racialized Double Standards, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer…
Criminal InJustice: New Book ~ The School-to-Prison Pipeline: Education, Discipline, and Racialized Double Standards
† 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, and author of The School-to- Prison Pipeline: Education, Discipline and Racialized Double Standards, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer…
Criminal InJustice: #FreeKevinCooper
† 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, and author of The School-to- Prison Pipeline: Education, Discipline and Racialized Double Standards, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer…
Revelations: After #SeaWorld
SeaWorld Says It Will End Breeding of Killer Whales “The company has 29 orcas: 11 in San Diego; seven in Orlando, Fla.; five in San Antonio; and six in Loro Parque, on Tenerife, the largest of the Canary Islands. It does not plan to release the killer whales into the…
Criminal InJustice: Albert Woodfox, Free At Last
† 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, and author of The School-to- Prison Pipeline: Education, Discipline and Racialized Double Standards, is the Editor of CI. Kay Whitlock, co-author of Queer…