A shift in the criminal justice landscape kicks off November 2nd, as hundreds of people who experienced living under the control of government agencies launch a national platform.
"Comic books place an individual's experience in a political context by describing how the prison system is built on racism, sexism, and economic inequality," Ahrens says.
Phillip S. Smith, Drug War Chronicle. April 11, 2011.
All California has done is shift the burden of the state's corrections overcrowding to the counties, fails to fund crime prevention services like drug treatment, and more.
At a time when Democrats and Republicans are having a difficult time agreeing on anything, let's hope that we can come together to help end America's longest, unwinnable war.
New Mexico lays the groundwork for other states to proactively help people being released from jail and prison to find work and truly rebuild their lives.
Troy Davis faces death by lethal injection in Georgia for a crime with questionable evidence, and his sister, Martina Correia fights alongside him while also battling breast cancer.
America's culture of locking up its citizens has gone too far -- three percent of Americans are under some form of correctional supervision, and we may finally be at the beginning of a trend toward real criminal justice reform.
