Professor Bruce Western, Bryce Professor of Sociology and Social Justice and Co-Director of the Justice Lab at Columbia University, suggests that “neither the police, nor the courts, nor the threat of punishment create public safety. Instead, establishing and maintaining bonds of community produced by families, schools, employers, and churches and other community organizations reduces crime and creates public safety.” On this episode, we speak with community organizer against mass incarceration, Ed Genesis, to explore the ways the criminal justice system limits opportunities to prosper.
https://www.kalamazoocity.org/spk
Grawert, A.C, Kimble, C., and Fielding, J. (2021 February 23). Poverty and Mass Incarceration in New York: An Agenda for Change. Brennan Center for Justice.
https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/2021-02/PovertyMassIncarcerationNY.pdf
Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison. (2020 May). Connections Among Poverty, Incarceration, And Inequality. Fast Focus Research/Policy Brief No. 48-2020
https://www.irp.wisc.edu/resource/connections-among-poverty-incarceration-and-inequality/#_edn4
Nixon, Vivian. D. (2018 April 6). The New Pipeline: Poverty to Prison. Prosperity Now Blog.
https://prosperitynow.org/blog/new-pipeline-poverty-prison
Prison Policy Initiative. Michigan Profile. https://www.prisonpolicy.org/profiles/MI.html
Craigie, Terry-Ann, Grawert, Ames, & Kimble, Cameron. (2020 September 15) Conviction, Imprisonment, and Lost Earnings: How Involvement with the Criminal Justice System Deepens Inequality. Brennan Center for Justice. https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/conviction-imprisonment-and-lost-earnings-how-involvement-criminal
