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Gentrification Impacts Urban Parolees

Sharlene Green 10.29.18 Despite the latest NYS criminal justice reforms (pre-trial detention, alternative to incarceration), the re-incarceration of parolees for technical violations remains a controversial issue. From January 2014 to January 2018 NYC’s jail population declined by 21%. However, a reverse trend occurred among technical parole violators who were re-incarcerated at a 15% rate from…
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Mass Incarceration, is the End Truly in Sight?

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/25/us/texas-district-attorney-race-mass-incarceration.html From Dallas to Manhattan, one common trend resonates through America, “End Mass Incarceration Now.” From Black Lives Matter to Blue Lives Matter, it is no surprise that police brutality, specifically the violence imposed on Brown communities has become a mainstream of discourse, but its new profound political discourse is a pleasant but unexpected surprise.…
Sharlene Green