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Daryl Atkinson

June 18, 2015

SCSJ's Daryl Atkinson on the PBS NewsHour discussing "Ban the Box"

SCSJ Senior Attorney for Criminal Justice Daryl Atkinson appeared on the PBS NewsHour on Wednesday, June 17, 2015 and discussed “Ban the Box” hiring reform with NewsHour Senior Correspondent William Brangham and senior executive counsel for the National Federation for American Business Elizabeth Milito. From its earliest days as a refuge for colonial settlers seeking a fresh […]

Category iconCriminal Justice,  Recent News Tag icon#BanTheBox,  #FairChance,  Ban the Box,  Daryl Atkinson,  NewsHour,  PBS NewsHour

June 11, 2015

SCSJ's Daryl Atkinson a finalist for David Carliner Public Interest Award

Southern Coalition for Social Justice Senior Staff Attorney for Criminal Justice Daryl Atkinson was recognized as a finalist for the American Constitution Society’s (ACS) David Carliner Public Interest Award at the 2015 ACS National Convention in Washington D.C. on Thursday, June 11. The award is given annually to a mid-career public interest lawyer and honors an attorney […]

Category iconCriminal Justice,  Recent News Tag iconAmerican Constitution Society,  Daryl Atkinson,  David Carliner Public Interest Award

April 23, 2015

SCSJ's Daryl Atkinson discusses "On the Run" on HuffPost Live

Senior Attorney Daryl Atkinson joined host Marc Lamont Hill and University of Wisconsin Sociologist Alice Goffman in a HuffPost Live discussion of Goffman’s book, “On the Run.” Much of “On the Run” focuses on the book’s main subjects, black men in their 20s living in a Philadelphia neighborhood who find ways to evade, dodge and […]

Category iconCriminal Justice,  Recent News Tag iconAlice Goffman,  Ban the Box,  criminal justice reform,  Daryl Atkinson,  fair chance,  HuffPost Live,  Marc Lamont Hill,  On the Run

April 3, 2015

Words matter: the importance of humanizing criminal justice vocabulary

Inmate. Prisoner. Other. Discussed. What to call incarcerated people: Your feedback By BLAIR HICKMAN We received more than 200 responses to our callout asking the best way to refer to people behind bars. Of the options we offered, 38 percent preferred “incarcerated person,” 23 percent liked “prisoner” and nearly 10 percent supported use of the […]

Category iconCriminal Justice,  Recent News Tag iconcriminal justice reform,  Daryl Atkinson,  The Marshall Project

March 25, 2015

"Ban the Box" campaign gains momentum in Washington

This story was written by Josh Gerstein and appeared on politico.com on March 25, 2015   Obama urged to ease hiring of ex-prisoners A group of criminal justice reformers, including some who served prison time, are headed to the White House Wednesday to press President Barack Obama to do more to help those who’ve been convicted […]

Category iconCriminal Justice,  Recent News Tag icon#BanTheBox,  #FairChance,  Ban the Box,  criminal justice reform,  criminal records,  Daryl Atkinson,  Executive Order,  Fair Chance Hiring

February 24, 2015

SCSJ's Daryl Atkinson discusses 'The New Jim Crow' on HuffPost Live

SCSJ Senior Attorney Daryl Atkinson appeared on HuffPost Live at 6:30 PM EST with Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and HufffPost Washington Bureau Chief Ryan Grim to discuss Michelle Alexander’s critically acclaimed book, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Era of Colorblindness and the opportunities for criminal justice reform. Alexander’s book reveals the phenomena […]

Category iconCriminal Justice,  Recent News Tag iconCory Booker,  Daryl Atkinson,  HuffPost,  HuffPost Live,  The New Jim Crow

February 21, 2015

Ban the Box to increase tax revenue and reduce crime

‘Ban the Box’ to increase tax revenue and reduce crime Guest Commentary QNotes ENGAGE: Write a letter to the editor For 1.6 million North Carolinians, the worst part of job searching is not the interview, but the moment they drop off the application. Nearly every employment application contains a small box on the front page […]

Category iconCriminal Justice,  Recent News Tag iconBan the Box,  Community Success Initiative,  criminal history,  Daryl Atkinson,  Dennis Gaddy,  employment,  formerly incarcerated people,  Qnotes,  reentry,  Second Chance Coalition,  Tessie Castillo

February 17, 2015

Eliminating the Second-Class Status of People With Criminal Records

Daryl Atkinson ’07 is a man on a mission to ensure that equal justice under the law is realized for those with a criminal past. His mission is simple: restore the civil rights and human rights of people with criminal records. This may appear to be a mighty feat as America has the highest rate […]

Category iconUncategorized Tag iconArtika Tyner,  criminal justice reform,  criminal records,  Daryl Atkinson,  University of St. Thomas

January 23, 2015

Shriver Racial Justice Training Institute Applications Open

Don’t Miss the Call to Action! Application Deadline: February 27, 2015! With recent events in Ferguson, Staten Island, and elsewhere, our nation is at a pivotal moment in understanding and addressing issues of race, implicit bias, and the structural barriers that marginalize communities of color. It is more important than ever for equal justice advocates […]

Category iconRecent News Tag iconAnita Earls,  Annie E. Casey Foundation,  Chicago,  Daryl Atkinson,  Ford Foundation,  implicit bias,  Northwestern University School of Law,  racial justice,  Racial Justice Training Institute,  Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law,  Shriver Center

November 18, 2014

Press Clipping: Inmates sue staff of Lanesboro Correctional

WBTV 3 News, Weather, Sports, and Traffic for Charlotte, NC ANSON COUNTY, NC (WBTV) – Five former prisoners of Lanesboro Correctional in Anson County say guards at the prison helped gang-affiliated inmates get weapons and wage attacks. They are now suing the facility. Additional Links Inmates: Officers at Lanesboro helped gang members wage attacks The […]

Category iconUncategorized Tag iconDaryl Atkinson,  Department of Public Safety,  Human Rights,  Lanesboro,  Lanesboro Correctional

November 18, 2014

SCSJ Files Suit Challenging Mistreatment at Lanesboro Correctional

Five men formerly held at Lanesboro Correction Institution in Anson County, NC have filed a federal lawsuit alleging that officers repeatedly helped gang-affiliated inmates get weapons and wage attacks. Plaintiffs in the case allege that they were violently assaulted by fellow prisoners wielding contraband weapons, and that corrections staff were aware of these attacks and […]

Category iconCriminal Justice,  Recent News Tag iconDaryl Atkinson,  Ian Mance,  Lanesboro,  Lanesboro Correctional,  Scott Holmes

October 22, 2014

Formerly Incarcerated Leaders Have Historic Meeting with Federal Interagency Reentry Council

The civil rights movement had the Big Six – Martin Luther King, Jr., Ralph Abernathy, Whitney Young, and other visionaries – advocating for the end of discriminatory treatment toward black and brown people. On Monday, October 20th we saw the emergence of the Big Eight – formerly incarcerated leaders at the forefront of a new civil […]

Category iconCriminal Justice,  Recent News Tag iconBan the Box,  Big Six,  Charles E. Samuels,  Daryl Atkinson,  Dorsey Nunn,  Federal Interagency Reentry Council,  FICPM,  Formerly Incarceratedand Convicted People's Movement,  Glenn Martin,  Jr.,  Karol Mason,  Kenneth Glasgow,  Manuel LaFontaine,  Norris Henderson,  Reentry Council,  Roy Austin,  Susan Burton,  Vivian Nixon

October 17, 2014

Left of Black: Mass Incarceration, Voting Rights & State Sanctioned Violence

Left of Black host and Duke University Professor Mark Anthony Neal is joined in-studio by Daryl Atkinson, Senior Staff Attorney at the Southern Coalition for Social Justice in North Carolina.  In a conversation about mass incarceration, the erosion of voting rights and State sanctioned violence Aktinson asserts that “the State sanctioned violence that we saw […]

Category iconCriminal Justice,  Recent News Tag iconDaryl Atkinson,  Duke University,  Ferguson,  John Hope Franklin Center,  Left of Black,  Mark Anthony Neal,  Mass Incarceration,  State Sanctioned Violence,  voting rights

October 11, 2014

Why #BanTheBox Matters: Durham's Success Story

Want proof that “ban the box” policies help people with criminal records secure good jobs while helping employers hire good workers? You’ll find it in Durham, North Carolina, where government hiring of people with records has increased dramatically since the city and county removed questions about prior convictions from job applications. In 2011, the last […]

Category iconCriminal Justice,  Recent News Tag iconBan the Box,  Collateral Consequences,  Daryl Atkinson,  Durham

October 10, 2014

TalkPoverty LIVE focuses on Durham's "Ban the Box" success

SCSJ Staff Attorney Daryl Atkinson discussed critical policy issues relating to poverty in America with fellow expert panelists on Thursday’s TalkPoverty LIVE! webcast. Joining him were: Jared Bernstein: Senior Fellow at the  Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and former Chief Economist and Economic Adviser to Vice President Biden Jodie Levin-Epstein: Deputy Director of  the Center for Law […]

Category iconCriminal Justice,  Recent News Tag iconBan the Box,  criminal justice reform,  Daryl Atkinson,  Durham,  poverty,  Poverty in America,  TalkPovertyLIVE

September 22, 2014

A Ferguson Near You: police brutality and racism

In the aftermath of the events in Ferguson, Missouri, Duke Law’s Black Law Student Association brought together a panel of experts to discuss the issue of police brutality and race. Because violence against unarmed young men of color is not unique to Ferguson – it happens every day throughout the U.S. SCSJ’s Daryl Atkinson spoke […]

Category iconCriminal Justice,  Recent News Tag iconDaryl Atkinson,  Duke Black Law Students Association,  Durham Police,  FADE,  Ferguson,  police violence,  Racial Profiling,  Trina Jones

September 16, 2014

The Drug War and the Mass Incarceration It Caused: Where We Are and Where We Still Must Go

Posted by Renaldo Pearson at Huffington Post 09/16/2014 9:11 am EDT Updated: 09/16/2014 9:59 am EDT The Drug War and the Mass Incarceration It Caused: Where We Are and Where We Still Must Go (Part 5 of 5) Where We Still Must Go (see Parts 1 – 4 here) These developments not only reflect a […]

Category iconCriminal Justice,  Recent News Tag iconDaryl Atkinson,  Drug War,  michelle alexander,  New Southern Strategy,  North Carolina Second Chance Alliance,  Renaldo Pearson,  The New Jim Crow

September 2, 2014

City Council Decisions On Durham Police Department

This radio interview originally aired on WUNC’s The State of Things on September 2, 2014 City Council Decisions On Durham Police Department    Listen to the full radio interview here 31:25 The Durham City Council meets about the city’s police department tonight and the alleged racial discrimination by law enforcement. City of Durham Credit City […]

Category iconCriminal Justice,  Recent News Tag iconCora Cole-McFadden,  Daryl Atkinson,  Durham CAN,  Durham Police Department,  FADE,  Frank Stasio,  Jorge Valencia,  Racial Profiling,  Reverend Mark-Anthony Middleton,  Steve Schewel,  The State Of Things

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