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Category Archives: prison economics
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
Crashing the System with Stop and Frisk
The Floyd v. New York class action suit, to hold the city accountable for hundreds of thousands of baseless harassments by the NYPD, is the affordable option for NYC taxpayers and the court system. If each plaintiff were to bring a … Continue reading
Posted in Courts, Police, prison economics, Race
Tagged budget, CCR, Court, crash the system, Floyd, Floyd v. New York City, harassment, Michael Bloomberg, New York City, New York City Police Department, NYC, NYPD, stop and frisk, trial
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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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New York’s Innovative Solution to Crime: Betting on Success
This post first appeared in the Huffington Post. Coauthored by Bruce Reilly and Inimai Chettiar New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg recently announced a new initiative that could save government money, decrease the crime rate and strengthen urban communities. Global investment bank … Continue reading
California to End Funding of Child Prisons: A Window of Opportunity
In 1989, California was spending $600 million to supervise the 23,000 children under the control of California Youth Authority (CYA). Two thirds of those children were taken from the home and placed in a variety of scenarios, from group homes … Continue reading
Out of L.A.- FICPM Will Register 1 Million Voters Opposed to Mass Incarceration
When a young woman from Arizona asked how she could get her voting rights restored, she heard a blunt reply: “We don’t need you to get your rights restored. We need you to get together with other folks and work … Continue reading
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 →