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VA NAACP asks VA Supreme Court to uphold return of voting rights to people with prior felony convictions

Richmond, VA. —The Virginia State Conference of the NAACP filed a brief on Monday, June 27, 2016 in the Virginia Supreme Court in support of…

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The Marshall Project sheds new light on the U.S. criminal justice system

An important new criminal justice resource has just come online: The Marshall Project, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization devoted to criminal justice reform.
The Marshall…

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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…

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Why I support the 'Final Words' book project

Final Words: 517 executed prisoners of Texas Death Row share their last words. It’s time to listen!
This is not a typical SCSJ blog post.…

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Prisons and police culture gone rogue

This post originally appeared in the St Louis American
By Christi Griffin
There are few who did not rise to the occasion, who did not…

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Private Prison Profiteers

Private Prisons: The Injustice League The two largest private prison providers in the U.S. each rake in tens of millions of dollars every year. How…

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Voting Rights and Mass Incarceration

With SCSJ attorneys in federal court hearings this week fighting against North Carolina’s voter suppression laws and the second Clean Slate Clinic in Durham quickly…

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The Unvarnished Truth about the Prison Family Journey

The Unvarnished Truth about the Prison Family Journey The first boldly honest resource for those affected by mass incarceration in the U.S. is stimulating powerful…

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Maya Angelou's legacy: stories that make us whole

Dr. Maya Angelou is famous for embracing and sharing all of her life experiences – the good, the bad, and the horrifying. Her philosophy was…

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FICPM on the vanguard of ending mass incarceration

SCSJ Criminal Justice Reform attorney Daryl Atkinson is a steering committee member of the Formerly Incarcerated and Convicted People’s Movement (FICPM). In the following radio…

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UNC journalism students explore race class and education in Durham, NC

There is no direct means by which a student becomes a dropout, unemployed or a criminal; there is no single decision, policy or process directly…

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Mass Incarceration & People of Color

Mass Incarceration & People of Color One in every 31 Americans is on probation, on parole, in jail or in prison. Distressingly, according to the…