INTRODUCTION My name is Nana Carter. I’m a mother, grandmother, and a role model in my community. I’ve lived...
Discover how literature has dominated and explored the social landscape of inequality and uncover how it still affects us...
In the article, ” Second Chances ” (Upfront, Joe Budar, April 1, 2019) it talks about how there is...
Cedric Rue was only 16 years old when he had committed a crime that caused him to go to...
This article follows a man who seems to fall in line with many of the statistics following prison inmates...
In the article Locked Away for Life, I read that in recent years, there’s been a growing trend from...
The connection between education and prison is astonishingly visible from a sociological standpoint but also an economic standpoint. This...
In the article, “Locked Away For Life”(Upfront), I learned about Cedric Rue who murdered a 41 year old man...
The benefits of educating the incarcerated have massive economic and social benefits. Not only does postsecondary education in prisons...
From a video that I watched in Upfront “Opinion: Abolish life without parole”, it’s about a former prisoner speaking...
There has been going around that in Florida they’re allowing ex-criminals to vote. It was part of the new...
Emma Donoghue’s intriguing book, Room is narreated by the main character Jack, who is only 5. This book is...
Loss of Innocence is a concept that is commonly misunderstood. It is not merely just a physical change but...
Discrimination and racism have a presence in modern society, not just in the people but in the systems that...
The Stanford Prison Experiment was cruel and inhumane but led to great psychological change and discovery. The study was...
One effect of the criminal justice system that needs to be talked about more is the lack of employment...
After former inmates are released from prison, they struggle to find support that ensures they don’t end up back...
According to the Prison Policy Initiative, about 0.7% of the United States was incarcerated in 2016, this is approximately...
I have read and annotated three articles that look into education systems inside of youth detention centers, also known...
In some schools, counties, or even states, there is a direct school-to-prison pipeline. Students who, more times than not,...
For a while now, I’ve always noticed that countries with totalitarian Governments like the Soviet Union and North Korea,...
After a man accused another man of stealing his phone Richard Jones was arrested. He was sentenced to 19...
Many a conspiracy theory was born when news of Jeffrey Epstein’s imprisonment reached the American public. A powerful financier...
In the United States, a large percentage of the population is incarcerated. Some of them are petty crimes and...
https://nowcomment.com/documents/136780 This article gave statistics for mentally ill people, homeless people, and incarcerated people, as well as how these...
The topic I am studying for my Exploratory Essay (EE) is about the glorification of serial killers in society....
Immigration may well be the hottest issue in the United States today. Some people want to build physical walls...
Criminal offenders are imprisoned and released over and over again. Therefore, some people think that governments probably need to...
I believe the video “This Is America,” by Childish Gambino represents how America is today in 2018. This...
Dear Superior Court of California-County of Alameda, We are choosing to write to you because you are our county...
The question i have is why is gun violence still playing a big role in the number of deaths...
In business, there exists a competitive craving to be smarter, faster, and bigger than everyone else. This urge stems...
Oakland has always been filled with violence in its neighborhoods and streets. According to Forbes in 2018, Oakland is...
The United States does not tolerate drugs at all, since Ronald Reagan started the war on drugs. If someone...
Seems like a good idea at first glance. Too many prisoners, no money to build prisons. Let private companies...
In privileged communities across America, the phrase “kids are the future” is sung to remind children that they matter....
The United States is home to five percent of the world population, but twenty-...
My name is Nashe Cain, and I’m from Brooklyn, New York. I care about the issue because there’s a...
My name is ShaDiamond Pinckney and I am a 15 years old sophomore. I attend Nelson Mandela School for...
My name is Jah-kym McMillon, and I am from New York. Teens are being tried as adult for any...
This is a letter I wrote to my elected officials about the Raise the Age issue. Dear Governor Cuomo,...
Copied below is a letter I wrote to Andrew Cuomo, Governor of New York recently when they were considering Raise the...
This is a letter I wrote to Mario Cuomo when they were considering laws to Raise the Age. Dear...
The overwhelming amount of studies preformed on the various inmate populations of the prison system suggest that the system...
In attempt to understand the effects of prison on mental health I have found interesting information about inmates organized...
Being a person of color is harder than you may think. Especially when it comes to the crimes that...
In research to answer the question, does the prison experience cause psychological issues, I have found the following information...
After reading Dead Man Walking by Sister Helen Prejean, and picturing the inmates on death row in 1995, I...
In the Gospel of John, Jesus proclaims to his followers and disciples that “If the world hates you, remember...
As I was reading Dead Man Walking by Helen Prejean, I wondered about what amount of African Americans were...
Dear Next President, For the first time in over 20 years, the president of the United States granted clemency...
For a while, I have been reading the book After by Francine Prose. This book takes place in the...
Unfortunately, a lot of people have committed some horrendous acts throughout the nation recently. This is not a new...
Dear Youth Voices Community, My name is San Ly, a senior at Fremont High School in Oakland The social...
The population of the United States makes up only 5% of the world’s total population yet we house 25%...
Dear Future President, I am a 17-year-old student in Oakland California. I attend Fremont High School and I would...
The book, Life in Prison, talks about how Stanley “Tookie” Williams ended up in prison and how life is...
I read this article because this article is the topic that I chose for my senior project. This article...
Happy, Glad, Joyful, Cheerful Teen He was shot At a gas station Jacksonville, Florida. November 23, 2012 ...
Dear President, Congratulations on the election. We hope that you can pay attention and solve many of...
Dear Future President, Hello, my name is Christopher Ochoa, I come from South Central Los Angeles, where poverty is...
Incoming freshmen at CSU, Chico created a film version for letters to the next president (#2nextprez). Their letters can be...
In modern times, people are used to certain situations that it seems justifiable for people to live under the...
