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Category Archives: Actions
GEO Withdraws $6 Million Stadium Deal Amidst Public Outcry
There will be no more private prison sponsorship on the FAU stadium. Apparently the corporate prison industry is not so proud of their work after all. The GEO Group offered $6 million to name Florida Atlantic’s football stadium after their … Continue reading
Posted in Actions, prison economics, Private Prison
Tagged Florida Atlantic, Florida Atlantic University, GEO, GEOGroup, George Zoley, Owlcatraz, protests, stadium naming rights
Alliance Pushes Census Bureau on Miscounting Prisoners
Prison Policy Initiative has been at the forefront of the longstanding dilemma where prisoners have been used to bulk up the populations of rural prison towns, while draining numbers from the urban centers they are arrested in. The victories seen … Continue reading
Action Packed Hearing on Public Housing and Criminal Convictions
The public hearing held at Housing Authority of New Orleans (HANO), regarding criminal convictions, turned out to be three hours of praise, criticism, education, and a whole lot more from roughly 200 people. For some, January 22nd was the first … Continue reading
Testify: US Commission on Civil Rights Tackles Employment Discrimination
The federal government is not done developing the law around discrimination against people with criminal records, particularly as the Disparate Impact on people of Color has been rampant. They are accepting testimony until January 21st. Our friends at National Employment … Continue reading
Posted in Actions, Commentary, Employment, Legislation, prison economics, Race, Rehabilitation
Tagged Ban the Box, criminal record, EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Louisiana, New Orleans, Prison, Rhode Island, United States, United States Commission on Civil Rights, Washington DC
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Prison Phone Rates in Louisiana, America’s Prison Camp, Face Hearing
The Louisiana Public Service Commission hearing on prison and jail phone reform is scheduled for November 15th, in Baton Rouge. Commissioner Foster Campbell is proposing a 25% rate cut and elimination of extra fees for phone calls. All the contracts … Continue reading
Posted in Actions, prison economics, Rehabilitation
Tagged DOC, Foster Campbell, jails, Louisiana, Louisiana Public Service Commission, phone, Prison, rates, sheriff, VOTE
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Hunger Strikes, Solitary Confinement, and the United Nations Day In Support of Victims
Today marks the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. It also marks the 12th day of a hunger strike in Georgia prisons to protest the beatings, retaliation, and torture that came as a reaction to the … Continue reading
Posted in Actions, Commentary, Prison Conditions
Tagged California, Center for Constitutional Rights, Dick Durbin, FICPM, Georgia, Hunger strike, Prison, Solitary confinement, TOPS
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Power of the Silent Marchers?
Today’s march down Fifth Avenue was more than just a Sunday stroll of pissed off activists. Fathers and sons joined with thousands of others from all five boroughs of New York, to send a unified message to the NYPD, Ray … Continue reading
Posted in Actions, Race
Tagged Fifth Avenue, Floyd, Frisk, Michael Bloomberg, New York City, New York City Police Department, NYPD, Ramarley Graham, Rodney King, Sean Bell, Shantel Davis, silent march
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Formerly Incarcerated Issue Statement Regarding NYPD’s Stop and Frisk Policy
Formerly Incarcerated & Convicted People’s Movement June 17th 2012 Silent March against Racial Profiling Letter in Solidarity There comes a time when the American people must recognize that we lead the world in prison cells. The American people must also recognize … Continue reading
Posted in Actions, Race
Tagged Black, Bloomberg, class action, Floyd, Frisk, Kelly, Latino, New York City, New York City Police Department, NYPD, racial profiling, silent march, stop and frisk
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Unprison 2011-2013 Index
Below you will find an index of the articles written over the past several years for Unprison. Readers are encouraged, as issues arise in your area, to utilize the research, analysis, and opinions presented below. Some of these have appeared elsewhere, … Continue reading →