2017: Criminal Justice System

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Books

• Worse than Slavery: Parchman Farm and the Ordeal of Jim Crow Justice - David M. Oshinsky
• Condemnation of Blackness - Khalil Muhammed
• Slavery By Another Name - Douglas Blackmon
• Are Prisons Obsolete? - Angela Davis
• New Jim Crow - Michelle Alexander
• Lockdown High - Annette Fuentes
• Invisible Men - Becky Petit
• Women Behind Bars: Gender and Race in US Prisons - Vernetta D. Young and Rebecca Reviere
• Chokehold: Policing Black Men

Essays

• Mass imprisonment and the life course: Race and class inequality in US incarceration - B Pettit, B Western - American sociological review, 2004
• Racism on trial: New evidence to explain the racial composition of prisons in the United States - PA Langan - J. Crim. L. & Criminology, 1985
• And Justice for Some - E Poe-Yamagata, MA Jones - 200
• Post-racial racism: Racial stratification and mass incarceration in the age of Obama - IFH López - California Law Review, 2010

Websites

• http://www.sentencingproject.org/
• https://www.prisonpolicy.org/
• http://www.drugwarfacts.org/cms/
• https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/news/2012/03/13/11351/the-top-10-most-startling-facts-about-people-of-color-and-criminal-justice-in-the-united-states/
• http://www.businessinsider.com/study-finds-huge-racial-disparity-in-America-prisons-2016-6
• http://www.naacp.org/criminal-justice-fact-sheet/

Documentaries

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Ongoing: Learn and connect

See more about Art 180's work to connect incarcerated teams, artists, and top legal experts to transform the juvenile justice system at www.performingstatistics.org. Learn about the art and advocacy work, download free teaching tools, and request more information.

Ongoing: Volunteer and teach

OAR has a great need for volunteers to facilitate classes at the Henrico County Regional Jail East (New Kent).  The commitment is 1.5 hours per week. All curriculum, materials, and training are provided. Classes include: Anger Management, AA/NA, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy groups, Parenting, or Healthy Relationships. For more information, contact Hannah Brechlin, Community Engagement Coordinator at (804) 643-2746 or hbrechlin@oarric.org.