Tag: Mass Incarceration
Same Shit Different Package: NYC Plans to replace Rikers Island Facility
Four jails New York City plans to replace its Rikers Island facility will have cells with natural sunlight, space for…
Editor’s Note: Blogging, News And Life
It’s interesting how we create a false sense of obligation or importance. While taking my break from social media, I…
‘Modern Day Debtors’ Prisons’
nyti.ms/2M7d3Q8 In late July, Mr. Sanders introduced legislation that would end cash bail on the federal level. “Cash bail” is…
New York City’s Young Inmates Held In Solitary Confinement For Years, Despite Ban
nyti.ms/2mzzY8w “The case of Kalief Browder, a Bronx teenager who spent much of a three-year stint awaiting trial in solitary…
Why Are There So Many Single Black Women?
Mass Incarceration: What Caused The Dramatic Rise In Never Married African-Americans Why are so many black women single? Could this…
High Society Impunity
Op-Ed Updates: Where We Stand Bassem Masri: “Racism is the conduit to white power” With one in 100 Americans imprisoned, mass…
Big Business and Slavery
Big business and potential slavery http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/opinion/07-Jul-2014/big-business-and-potential-slavery The private prison industry is one of the fastest growing in the…
