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Tag Archives: prison industrial complex
Redlining, Reentry, and the Nonprofit Game
The past twenty years I have worked in the nonprofit sector which, if it wasn’t a business entity, would provide a classic illustration of a misnomer, because many entities and people profit in this sector, some much more than others. … Continue reading
Just Info Is…
There are so many quotes about information, to name a few: that it is liberating; that it enlightens; that it empowers; that it is power. The Just Info Hotline is the premier project of the New York Law Collective. It … Continue reading
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Review of “No Man’s Land”
Prison is a place steeped in mythology, from the outright lies about it politicians tell to promote their “crime-fighting” policies to the propaganda prison officials print in their periodicals to justify its raison d’être; even prisoners, in their writings, contribute … Continue reading