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Grant Will Work To Improve The Health Of People Released From Prison

November 6, 2015

By Gilman Halsted A group that advocates for overhauling the state’s prison system has received a $1 million grant to improve the health of former inmates after they’re released. The five-year grant from the Wisconsin Partnership Program will link the 160 churches in the WISDOM network with public health experts from the University of Wisconsin-Madison […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Criminal Justice Reform, Gilman Halsted, Parole Revocation, WISDOM network

America Nears Sweeping Reform of a Criminal Justice System that Has Decimated Black Communities

November 6, 2015

by Nick Chiles Urban News Service When a new inmate steps behind the walls of a prison in Georgia, the entirety of his or her criminal record and mental state is fed into a complex algorithm called the Next Generation Assessment. The NGA just might be the future of America’s criminal justice system. This algorithm […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Criminal Justice Reform, Next Generation Assessment, Nick Chiles, President Barack Obama

Obama Says Black Lives Matter Movement Is Legit

October 30, 2015

by Courtne Dixon Special to the NNPA News Wire Service from HU News Service WASHINGTON – The Black Lives Matter movement, who many have embraced and others have claimed is anti-police, received an endorsement from the nation’s highest law enforcement officer, President Barack Obama, during a special White House session last week to deal with […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Bill Keller, Black Lives Matter, Charlie Beck, Courtne Dixon, Criminal Justice Reform, John Walsh, President Barack Obama, Racial Justice

Rep. Maxine Waters Wants to Rid Mandatory Minimums

September 25, 2015

“Mandatory Minimums: New Opportunities for Criminal Justice Reform” by Linda Poulson Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Mandatory minimum sentencing is an out-of-touch, unfair mechanism in the criminal justice system that disproportionately affects people of color, U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) argued during a forum titled “Mandatory Minimums: New Opportunities for Criminal Justice […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Criminal Justice Reform, Linda Poulson, Mandatory Minimum Sentencing, Maxine Waters

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