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What we know : solutions from our experiences in the justice system / edited by Vivian Nixon and Daryl V. Atkinson.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.
- Criminal justice, Administration of.
- Prison administration--United States.
- Prison administration.
- Alternatives to imprisonment--United States.
- Alternatives to imprisonment.
- Criminals--Rehabilitation--United States.
- Criminals.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : The New Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- "When The New Press, the Center for American Progress, and the Formerly Incarcerated and Convicted Peoples and Family Movement issued a call for innovative reform ideas, over three hundred currently and formerly incarcerated individuals responded. What We Know collects two dozen of their best suggestions, each of which proposes a policy solution derived from their own lived experience. A thoughtful and surprising cornucopia of ideas for improving America's criminal justice system, from those most impacted by it"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Introduction
- A Note from the Editors
- 1 Earmark Jobs to Reduce Recidivism
- 2 A Tiny Ray of Light: On the Need for an Authentic Oversight Regime Within the Texas Department of Criminal Justice
- 3 Unlock Digital Inclusion
- 4 On Prison Labor
- 5 Correcting Excessive Sentences of Youthful Offenders
- 6 An Act to Increase Voter Registration and Participation
- 7 On Honor Yards
- 8 Undebatable
- 9 A Call for Pardons
- 10 Over-Incarceration and Gain Time: What's Wrong and How to Fix It
- 11 From Coming Home to Running the Homecoming Project
- 12 "Life" Means Death
- 13 The 13th and the Problem of the Color Line
- 14 From the Ground Up: Tapping the Strengths of Incarcerated People
- 15 A Bridge to Employment
- 16 Closing the Literacy Gap
- 17 The Age of Inequality: Ending the Mass Incarceration of Our Youth
- 18 Prisons as Nursing Homes: A Taxpayer Debacle
- 19 In Defense of Survival: Incentivizing Good Behavior
- 20 Electoral Politics: The New Revolution
- 21 Wards of the State
- 22 Mass Incarceration and Small Business
- 23 A New North Star
- Acknowledgments
- Notes.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-62097-530-0
- OCLC:
- 1503841570
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