By Devin Blake This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city neighborhoods in Milwaukee. Visit milwaukeenns.org. Marshall Jones and his wife, Jessica, have an expression they use when worries about the future threaten to overwhelm them. “Here is holy,” they tell each other. […]
How ‘The Autobiography of Malcolm X’ Changed the Life of This Incarcerated man
By Devin Blake This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city neighborhoods in Milwaukee. Visit milwaukeenns.org. Malcolm X once wrote that, “People don’t realize how a man’s whole life can be changed by one book.” For Victor Thomas, who is about halfway through […]
Families Cheer the Return of In-Person Visits at Milwaukee County Community Reintegration Center
Chantell Jewell points to a body of research that draws connections between strong families and successful re-entry into the community.
With Women Imprisonment Rising, Black Females Still Feel the Brunt of America’s Mass Incarceration
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia America imprisons many more of its citizens than any other developed nation, with men comprising most of the incarcerated. But the rate of growth for female imprisonment has been twice as high as that of men since 1980, according to The Sentencing Project, which estimates […]
Free Calls to Those Who Are Incarcerated Hits A Snag in Milwaukee County
‘It Has Been Set back Years Now’ By Edgar Mendez Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city neighborhoods in Milwaukee. Visit milwaukeenns.org. This story has been updated to correct an error. The plan involves free calls for those […]
Creative Survival: Rhodessa Jones Returns to Madison
By Elizabeth Stephens May 8, 2015 Rhodessa Jones performing on stage Rhodessa Jones is a creative survivalist. She has used theater to save not only her own life but the lives of women affected by drug addiction, sexual abuse, HIV/AIDS and incarceration in prisons. She is a performer, director and […]
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Time to End Mass Incarceration
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., NNPA Columnist April 24, 2015 Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., NNPA Columnist Mass incarceration in the United States is counterproductive and disproportionately causes a long-term injury to Black Americans and others who remain trapped in poverty and disillusionment. How is it that the richest nation on earth and […]