“That box was the bane of my existence”
Photo to the left: Dorsey Nunn is executive director of Legal Services for Prisoners with Children and founder of All of Us or None, which advocates for prison reform and…
Category: Mass incarceration
Three-Strikes and You’re In: The Unconstitutionality of the Three-Strikes Law
The Supreme Court has been cranking out hit after hit of rulings that show signs of our progress as a nation that views Americans as human beings: as ones who…
Slavery by Any Other Name
When attempting to make structural change in America it is always important to begin by understanding the structures in question, how they got that way, and only then advocating solutions….
Ban the Box
This post was originally published on Creative Loafing Atlanta. Asking former prisons about past conviction history on job applications is a barrier to re-entry Every week, men and women who…
Things we should freak out over instead of Ebola
Dear everybody — Please stop freaking out about Ebola. I’m not making light of illness, I’m just trying to bring some sanity back to what the real threats in our…