NewJack’s Guide to The Big House by Bruce Reilly
Click Image to Purchase
Unprison
-
Recent Posts
Top Posts & Pages
- Support The Movement: Lower the Damn Rent
- I can relate with Michelle Carter.
- An overview of Louisiana's 2017 criminal justice reform bills
- Trump's Potential Impact on Criminal Justice Reform
- Staying on Point: Can one violent crime derail a Movement?
- 1st National Conference of the Formerly Incarcerated, Convicted People and Families Movement: Program and Schedule, Sept. 9th-10th, in Oakland
- Registration now open for national movement conference on overturning mass incarceration
- Louisiana to vote on Voting Rights restoration tomorrow
- What This Election Means for Criminal Justice Reform and America’s Rising Three Party System
- 2016: The year of voting rights, public defenders, sentencing reform, and Albert Woodfox
Tweeted
- @ScottLSternberg @KevinAllman @votelandry @RTMannJr @rjamesfinn @nytimes The NYTimes editors chose to headline an a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 week ago
- @RTMannJr “Leniency when members of the political power structure commit crimes” - headline fixed. (Subheader: “No… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 week ago
- Some of you politicians just put out any ol’ material, without even running it by people. As much as I hate focus g… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 week ago
- America is learning that Misinformed White Nationalists can March on the Capitol, seek to install an unelected leader, without being shot. 1 week ago
- New Orleans takes teenagers doing car burnouts more seriously than Dept. Of Justice does with people stomping down… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 2 weeks ago
- Actions Arts Commentary Copyright Courts Death Penalty Drug Policy Education Employment Free Speech Housing Innocence Legislation Mental Health Movement Building Police Political Prisoners Politics Prison Conditions prison economics Prisoner Health Private Prison Race Reentry Rehabilitation SCOTUS Sports Uncategorized VOTE Voting Rights
Blogroll
-
Unprison by Bruce Reilly is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
Based on a work at www.Unprison.com. Archives
- July 2017
- June 2017
- April 2017
- November 2016
- September 2016
- June 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- August 2015
- June 2015
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- January 2014
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
Meta
Category Archives: Uncategorized
Dropping the “F-Bomb” on Politicians: The Problem of Felon Disenfranchisement
The Washington Post recently brought up the important annual awareness of roughly 6 million people denied voting rights due to a felony conviction. Unfortunately, they are mistaken to sum up the problem as a “disproportionate effect on blacks.” Indeed any … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Voting Rights
Tagged citizenship, convicted, democracy, felon disenfranchisement, formerly incarcerate, race, racial impact, Voting
Leave a comment
Years After Leaving Prison, I Never Expected A Bike Ride Would Take Me Back
Four years ago, a few activists had a great idea: A 170 mile bike ride fundraiser that brings attention to the distance families travel, from New Orleans to the Louisiana State Penitentiary. “NOLA to Angola” has since raised tens of … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Angola, bike ride, GEO, Louisiana, nola to angola, prison labor, prison rodeo
Leave a comment
Putting Prison-Based Gerrymandering On The Map… And How We Take It Off.
How did a man with a PowerPoint presentation turn into a piece of legislation I pushed on my legislators and allies? With his passion for social justice and intelligence to develop a core issue about democracy. I’m honoring that dedication … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
2 Comments
California Prisoners on Lockdown in Mississippi
Another reminder that the holiday season is not a global love-fest: this report from All of Us or None: “I was contacted by a number of family members whose loved ones are incarcerated in Tutwiler, Mississippi. They informed me that … Continue reading
Forcing Drugs Into Your Children- The Final Straw?
This is what it comes down to: DCYF calling the police to seize children and force them to take anti-psychotics. Read your “1984” and “Brave New World” my friends, and know where to draw the line in the sand. This … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
1 Comment
From Narragansett Bay to Pelican Bay, People Stand in Solidarity for Human Rights
On July 1st, 2011, prisoners in the Security Housing Unit (SHU) in Pelican Bay State Prison, CA went on indefinite hunger strike to protest conditions that have been characterized by the UN as “inhumane and degrading.” Over nearly three weeks … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Political Prisoners, Prison Conditions, Rehabilitation, Uncategorized
Tagged Activism, California, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Criminal justice, Direct Action for Rights and Equality, Human rights, Hunger strike, Mumia Abu Jamal, Pelican Bay State Prison, Prison, Prison-Industrial Complex, Solitary confinement, United States, United States War Department
2 Comments
Probation Violations- The Shadow Justice System and Need For Reform
With three times as many Americans on probation or parole, rather than in prison, it should be understood that this is the the most important place to focus one’s efforts when looking at sentencing guidelines and the costs of prisons. … Continue reading
unprison 
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 →