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Newshawk: http://www.drugsense.org/donate.htm
Pubdate: Sun, 20 Nov 2011
Source: Courier-Journal, The (Louisville, KY)
Copyright: 2011 The Courier-Journal
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Website: http://www.courier-journal.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/97
Author: Mariam Williams
Note: Mariam Williams is a writer who lives in Louisville. More of
her writing can be found at RedboneAfropuff.com.
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/racial.htm (Racial Issues)
WAR ON DRUGS RACIST: MASS INCARCERATION AND THE UGLY SPECTER OF A NEW JIM CROW
Last year, I wrote a grant proposal on behalf of three organizations
seeking a total of about $300,000 from the Bureau of Justice
Assistance to fund a mentoring program for ex-offenders re-entering
the community.
BJA was one of two offices administering Second Chance Act Grants,
funding meant to help nonprofit organizations implement programs that
would "improve re-entry planning and implementation," the purpose of
the Second Chance Act of 2007.
After reading Dr. Michelle Alexander's book, "The New Jim Crow: Mass
Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness," and hearing her keynote
address at the Anne Braden Institute's memorial lecture last week, I
feel like the grant was a sham and a glaring example of the
government waste we hear is so prevalent.
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MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom
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