One of Donna's most challenging obstacles was tackling the medical bills she gained while fighting cancer -- a list of debts over 25 pages long.
The mass incarceration of minority communities, and the resulting mass reentry and lifetime collateral consequences have created the "perfect storm" to ensure that criminal record based employment discrimination serves as a surrogate for race-based discrimination.
When I met M she had schizophrenia, a drug addiction, breast cancer, and had been hospitalized twice as a victim of domestic violence. There is no way M could have overcome this without help.
Each year The Corps Network honors Service and Conservation Corpsmembers whose accomplishments and personal stories exemplify the positive role that C...
Research shows that when low-level non-violent offenders are incarcerated instead of given supervised release, they are more likely to commit new crimes once they get out of prison.
A recent study issued by the National Sheriff's Association and the Treatment Advocacy Center describes the shocking fact that there are now three times more mentally ill persons in American jails and prisons than there are in hospitals.
Instead of having our Drug Czar focus on addiction recovery and prevention programs, how about changing the policy of our racialized criminal justice system?
Last week a unique program was launched by the Osborne Association's Green Career Center to help former prisoners who want to become productive citizens find green jobs.
Efforts to balance state budgets are resulting in the premature release of prisoners. But little is being done to ensure that those who are released don't end up right back where they started, in prison.
