Criminal Legal System

News and issues concerning the police, the courts, and the corrections system.

Breaking the School-to-Prison Pipeline
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Breaking the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Nicole Cardoza
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The school-to-prison pipeline introduces students to the criminal legal system, affecting their mental health, academic potential, and livelihoods.

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Criminal Legal System Education
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A Timeline of the FBI and its Role in Political Persecution
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A Timeline of the FBI and its Role in Political Persecution
Andrew Lee
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On August 8, the FBI raided former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home on suspicion of mishandling classified documents (MSN).  When activists demanded defunding of the police, conservatives trumpeted their unconditional support for law enforcement. For the same people to now shout “defund the FBI” raises the question of whether “their love of law enforcement only…

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Criminal Legal System History
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Slavery Hasn’t Been Abolished, It’s Been Reformed
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Slavery Hasn’t Been Abolished, It’s Been Reformed
Vidal Guzman
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Despite the end of slavery, forced labor practices continue in prisons and jails across the country, exploiting incarcerated people

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Criminal Legal System
2400 1600 Vidal Guzman
Beyond Decriminalization: The Fight for Sex Workers’ Rights
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Beyond Decriminalization: The Fight for Sex Workers’ Rights
Dominique Stewart
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Examining the harms of criminalizing sex work and why decriminalization, not legalization, is the solution. 

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Criminal Legal System Social Justice
2400 1600 Dominique Stewart
Why Taco Stands Might Fix What Curfews Cannot
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Why Taco Stands Might Fix What Curfews Cannot
Andrew Lee
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With Jim Crow-era origins, curfew laws fail to protect public safety; instead, they ensure marginalized young people are criminalized.

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Criminal Legal System Social Justice
2400 1350 Andrew Lee
Held for Ransom: The Right to Protest and Reality of Cash Bail
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Held for Ransom: The Right to Protest and Reality of Cash Bail
Andrew Lee
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The cash bail system works within a flawed structure that forces people, mainly Black and Brown, to pay for their freedom.

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Criminal Legal System
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The Racist and Toxic Staff Culture in Prisons
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The Racist and Toxic Staff Culture in Prisons
Michael J Moore
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Due to policies and the staff culture in prisons, racial segregation and oppression are used to subjugate minority groups.

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Criminal Legal System
6630 4420 Michael J Moore
Deinstitutionalization and the Creation of Modern-Day Asylums
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Deinstitutionalization and the Creation of Modern-Day Asylums
Dominique Stewart
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Despite its intentions, deinstitutionalization resulted in people with mental illness being moved from one carceral institution to another.

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Criminal Legal System Health
2400 1600 Dominique Stewart
Facing Life: Mass Integration is Only Beginning
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Facing Life: Mass Integration is Only Beginning
Andrew Lee
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Ending mass incarceration in prisons must be accompanied by creating “mass integration” for those released.

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Criminal Legal System
2400 1594 Andrew Lee
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