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Conquering the Self
Jolinda Wade knows what it means to have a story that can be difficult to revisit. In this program, the pastor and author of In Conquering Me: A Memoir of Courage, Faith, and Transformation, looks back on addiction, homelessness, incarceration, trauma, and years of self-doubt—and on the choices that helped her build a different life. Wade…
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Imagining Prison Abolition
Imagine a world that is more just, laws that are more compassionate and people being freer. Georgetown Law professor and author Paul Butler is very familiar with the U.S. criminal justice system. As a former prosecutor, he once fought for long sentences. Now he’s advocating for the abolition of prisons. While that sounds extreme, in…
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Criminal Justice and the Latinx Community
The criminal justice system’s impact on Latina and Latino people in Southern California and across the nation was the focus of the annual UCLA Law Review symposium at the UCLA School of Law. Featuring leading scholars and practitioners who work to uncover and combat the ways in which bias affects Latinx communities’ interactions with law…
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Preparing For Life After Incarceration
“The first 72 hours of freedom, says Nicholas Alexander of the Reentry Success Center are the most fraught with danger. Without a job or a place to live, newly released inmates are at high risk for finding trouble. That’s a situation that Alexander and his colleagues in Richmond, CA are working hard to prevent. They…