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Film series examines the Black experience in America’s criminal justice system

November 18, 2021 by Jad Salem

Four short films titled “Healing Thru Freedom” were created to document Black experiences in America’s modern criminal justice system, according to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book/Movie Reviews, Book/Movie Reviews, Criminal Justice, Recently Posted Tagged With: criminal justice system, Documentary

Technology makes your smart phone a snitch

September 11, 2018 by Wayne Boatwright

A tech-tidal wave is hitting the criminal justice system, transforming faces into license plates and your smart phone into a snitch. These new … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Legal Tagged With: criminal justice system, criminal red flags, facial recognition, General Protection Data, MIT Media Lab, Rekognition, Smartphones, Street-Level Surveillance, The Economist, The European Union, The Herald Mail Media

SQ parolee helps troubled teens through music

June 7, 2018 by Achilles

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By the time John Wallace was released from San Quentin, he had written 75 songs. John Wallace, 39, who discharged in 2003, founded a project called … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: All of My Life, bullying, criminal justice system, John Wallace, Legion Beats in San Rafael, Marin City, Marin Independent Journal, trauma

New Tool to Analyzing Criminal Justice Policy

August 10, 2016 by Wayne Boatwright

Incarceration rates are not the entire story of the criminal justice system. For reformers seeking to rationalize our criminal justice policies, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice Tagged With: California, community supervision, criminal justice reform, criminal justice research, criminal justice system, Georgia, Nevada, objective valuation, PPI, Prison Policy Initiative, prison reform, San Quentin, scope of correctional control

Lucifer

April 1, 2016 by Emile Deweaver

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The new FOX series “Lucifer” depicts a lopsided view of America’s criminal justice system, but that may be the least of its sins. In “Lucifer,” Laura … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book/Movie Reviews Tagged With: criminal justice system

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