Currently, written by incarcerated people at various facilities in Virginia.
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Less Than 100 Years from a Desegregated America
The Slave Trade mentality took a few cruel ideas that turned in 100’s of years and generations to first build, then to maintain such harsh judgements, treatment, and to reclassify a people because of the color of their skin – that is not unprecedented. But the systematic way that it grew and kept strong is…
What’s a Pound of Human Worth?
By Christopher Smith Read The institution of slavery is still alive and well in these United States. For authority, I cite the U.S. Constitution, Amendment XIII: “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject…
Rehabilitation = Financial Literacy
Justice should not only punish, and deter. Justice should also be restorative. Restoration is an important component, but it has to go beyond fines and court cost. If we never make the money that restitution will never get paid. – Lord Serious
Design
It is not a matter of if the prison system is broken. Thats an understatement. The prison system is doing exactly what it was designed to do!
Re-Slaving America (Make America Great Again!?)
Five states, here in America, are putting a rather interesting bill on their ballots this midterm election season… Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Oregon, and Vermont are all trying to reintroduce “forced labor” back into the American penal system. This situation makes this month’s Brilliance writing prompt somewhat prophetic… – Q. Patterson
The Justice System’s Antiquated
The fact that the United States still operates under post civil war era criminal justice standards is plain wrong! Governments need frameworks to establish beginnings. – J. Reinard
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