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Why are so many women being imprisoned?
According to the Vera Institute, women in jail are the fastest growing correctional population in the country—increasing 14-fold between 1970 and 2014. Most are women of color and they are being held for low-level, nonviolent offenses. Why is this happening? https://www.vera.org/publications/overlooked-women-and-jails-report
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“Hope is that thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us if we have the courage to reach for it and to work for it and to fight for it.” – President Barack Obama
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“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much” Hellen Keller
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Chipotle Hiring Event > This Wednesday! 09/26/2016 OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH HIRING EVENT ALERT Chipotle is hiring 5,000 individuals on September 28th between 8-11 am and 3-5 pm in stores throughout the country. This one day event bypasses traditional screening and application processes, and allows individuals to interview and get hired on the spot. To attend,…
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Vision and Hope
AzCAAC- Arizona Center for Afro-American Children announces The launch of new statewide collaborative efforts to address issues of racial disproportionality and disparities in the areas of: …
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Fairness is Fiscally Responsible
“Vast numbers accused of petty offenses spend their pretrial detention time jailed alongside hardened convicts, learning from them how to be better criminals…One extreme example of someone held because he couldn’t afford bail is a 16-year old accused of stealing a backpack and unable to pay his $3,000 bail who stayed at Rikers Island for…
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Presumption of Guilt and Disproportionality in the Justice System
Should the move to reduce racial disproportionality in criminal justice also be examining and evaluating how and whether disproportionate stops and other unjustified interactions with law enforcement may be connected with disproportionate incarceration rates as well as other negative or lethal encounters with the system? http://www.eji.org/police-shootings-sterling-castile-demand-immediate-action
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