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Prison’s Window of Opportunities
Jonathan, , Drugs, Prison, Orange Cove High School, United States of America, 0In 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...
Prison Education Saved My Life and Stopped an Environmental Cycle of Incarceration
Araxan, , Career & Job Readiness, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Prison, Quality Education, Reduced Inequalities, education equality, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 2This article follows a man who seems to fall in line with many of the statistics following prison inmates...
Should Juvenile offenders be locked away for life?
Sayra, , Crime, Prison, jail, Orange Cove High School, 2In the article Locked Away for Life, I read that in recent years, there’s been a growing trend from...
Education Opportunities in Prison Are Key to Reducing Crime
Araxan, , Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Prison, Quality Education, Reduced Inequalities, Equality, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, reform, 1The 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 societal benefits of postsecondary prison education (summary)
Araxan, , Career & Job Readiness, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Prison, Quality Education, Reduced Inequalities, Spring 2022, education, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 1The 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...
Goodbye Innocence
Alaina, , Fall 2021, Family, Gender, Good Health and Well-Being, Listening with understanding and empathy, Prison, Privacy, Questioning and posing problems, Remaining open to continuous learning, Showcase, childhood, RHS, rosaryhighschool, 0Loss of Innocence is a concept that is commonly misunderstood. It is not merely just a physical change but...
The Presence Of Discrimination and Racism In Society…
Isaiah, , Black Lives Matter, Gender Equity (Women), Latino Power, Prison, This is America, USvsHate, #women #society #equality, Discrimination, Racism, 1Discrimination and racism have a presence in modern society, not just in the people but in the systems that...
Ethics of Stanford Prison Experiment
Emmy, , Prison, Psychology, #psychology, ethics, Prison system, stanford prison experiment, 1The Stanford Prison Experiment was cruel and inhumane but led to great psychological change and discovery. The study was...
Inmates are learning to be their own bosses after they leave jail behind
Patrick, , Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Prison, Showcase, Spring 2021, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, rehabilitation, 3One effect of the criminal justice system that needs to be talked about more is the lack of employment...
Life Outside of Prison
Sarah, , Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Prison, Showcase, Spring 2021, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, Prison system, 0After former inmates are released from prison, they struggle to find support that ensures they don’t end up back...
Involuntary Servitude in United States Prisons
Matylda, , Fall 2020, Prison, Showcase, Slavery, #WeneedPrisonReform, prison, slave labor, 0According to the Prison Policy Initiative, about 0.7% of the United States was incarcerated in 2016, this is approximately...
Why improving education in youth detention centers improves society as a whole
Erica, , Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Partnerships for the Goals, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Prison, Quality Education, Responsible Consumption and Production, Showcase, Spring 2020, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 2I have read and annotated three articles that look into education systems inside of youth detention centers, also known...
Lack of Education Inside the Juvenile Justice System Creates an Endless Cycle
Erica, , American Dream, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Crime, Fall 2019, Goals, Incarceration, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Politics, Prison, Quality Education, Raise Your Voice, Reduced Inequalities, Rights, Showcase, Youth Activism, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 2In some schools, counties, or even states, there is a direct school-to-prison pipeline. Students who, more times than not,...
China’s Big Secret
Charlie, , Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Crime, Dystopia, Fall 2019, Good Health and Well-Being, History, Immigration, Incarceration, No Poverty (Economy), Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Police, Politics, Prison, Privacy, Protest, Quality Education, Reduced Inequalities, Refugees, Religion, Rights, Showcase, Slavery, Terrorism, Violence, War, china, communism, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, justice, 1For a while now, I’ve always noticed that countries with totalitarian Governments like the Soviet Union and North Korea,...
Unjust Justice
asher, , Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Fall 2019, Prison, Showcase, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 1After a man accused another man of stealing his phone Richard Jones was arrested. He was sentenced to 19...
Fact: Epstein Killed Himself-Truth: He didn’t.
Eggert, , Crime, Fall 2019, Media and Message, Politics, Prison, Showcase, conspiracy, epstein, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 8Many a conspiracy theory was born when news of Jeffrey Epstein’s imprisonment reached the American public. A powerful financier...
Should people in prison have the right to vote?
Melanie, , Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Fall 2019, Partnerships for the Goals, Prison, Showcase, Spring 2019, Summer 2019, Back of the Yards College Preparatory High School, 17In the United States, a large percentage of the population is incarcerated. Some of them are petty crimes and...
Mental Illness and Homelessness: Facts and Figures
Sera, , Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Prison, Showcase, Spring 2019, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 0https://nowcomment.com/documents/136780 This article gave statistics for mentally ill people, homeless people, and incarcerated people, as well as how these...
The Glorification of Serial Killers in Society Today.
Maggie, , Prison, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, 12The topic I am studying for my Exploratory Essay (EE) is about the glorification of serial killers in society....
Policing Immigration
Gwendolyn, , American Dream, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Crime, Immigration, Incarceration, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Politics, Prison, Reduced Inequalities, Rights, Showcase, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, Police, 1Immigration may well be the hottest issue in the United States today. Some people want to build physical walls...
Re-education is Important for the Prisoners
Li, , Prison, Quality Education, Showcase, Summer 2017, Summer 2018, 0Criminal offenders are imprisoned and released over and over again. Therefore, some people think that governments probably need to...
Everyone should be EQUAL: The message of “This Is America”
Adelphe, , Argument, Black Lives Matter, Community, Crime, No Poverty (Economy), Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Prison, Pro Gun Control, Showcase, Spring 2018, The Fifth Column, This is America, Violence, P.U.L.S.E. High School, 7I believe the video “This Is America,” by Childish Gambino represents how America is today in 2018. This...
Guards Hurt Inmates
Kamyiah, , Incarceration, Prison, Showcase, Spring 2018, The Fifth Column, Upstander, #upstander, #WeneedPrisonReform, Life Academy of Health and Bioscience, 6Dear Superior Court of California-County of Alameda, We are choosing to write to you because you are our county...
How can gun violence be avoided?
Adelphe, , Black Lives Matter, Crime, Decision Making, March for Our Lives, No Poverty (Economy), Prison, Pro Gun Control, Showcase, Spring 2018, P.U.L.S.E. High School, 8The question i have is why is gun violence still playing a big role in the number of deaths...
Multi-Level Marketing and its Uncanny Resemblance to the Pyramid Scheme
Maxwell, , American Dream, Debt, Good Health and Well-Being, Happiness, Incarceration, Politics, Prison, Psychology, Social Class, bernie madoff, Money, multi level marketing, pyramid scheme, 0In business, there exists a competitive craving to be smarter, faster, and bigger than everyone else. This urge stems...
Should the United States decriminalize Drugs?
Oliver, , 2nextprez, Biases, Debt, Decision Making, Drugs, Fall 2017, Family, Friendship, Good Health and Well-Being, Happiness, Incarceration, No Poverty (Economy), Politics, Prison, Protest, Research Help, Science, Showcase, Violence, Voting, War, 0The United States does not tolerate drugs at all, since Ronald Reagan started the war on drugs. If someone...
There’s nothing wrong with private prisons
Angelica, , Argument, Biases, Crime, Decision Making, Fall 2017, Incarceration, Prison, Research Help, Showcase, Prison system, 2Seems like a good idea at first glance. Too many prisoners, no money to build prisons. Let private companies...
The Juvenile Justice System: Deeply Flawed
Sophia, , Death Penalty, Incarceration, Inquiry, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Politics, Prison, Race Relations, Showcase, Violence, 0In 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...
Teens Need To Develop Into Adults Before Getting Treated Like One
Sha’Diamond, , Prison, Showcase, Spring 2017, 3My name is ShaDiamond Pinckney and I am a 15 years old sophomore. I attend Nelson Mandela School for...
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 Effects of Prison- Research Paper
Giselle, , Prison, Psychology, Race Relations, Showcase, Spring 2017, 1The overwhelming amount of studies preformed on the various inmate populations of the prison system suggest that the system...
The Effects of Prison on Mental Health
Giselle, , Prison, Psychology, Showcase, Spring 2017, incarceration, mental health, prison, 25In 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...
Prison Life
Giselle, , Crime, Prison, Psychology, Showcase, Spring 2017, prison, 8In research to answer the question, does the prison experience cause psychological issues, I have found the following information...
Effects of Incarceration
Giselle, , Fall 2016, History, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Prison, Race Relations, Showcase, prison, 2After reading Dead Man Walking by Sister Helen Prejean, and picturing the inmates on death row in 1995, I...
Christian Persecution Then and Now
Blake, , Bullying, Call to Action, Fall 2016, Good Health and Well-Being, History, No Poverty (Economy), Politics, Prison, Refugees, Religion, Showcase, Terrorism, Violence, 3In the Gospel of John, Jesus proclaims to his followers and disciples that “If the world hates you, remember...
Incarceration of African Americans
Ellisandra, , Books or Plays, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Prison, Race Relations, Showcase, 5As I was reading Dead Man Walking by Helen Prejean, I wondered about what amount of African Americans were...
The Problem with Mandatory Minimums
Sejal, , 2nextprez, Drugs, Fall 2016, Prison, Showcase, drug policy, mandatory minimums, Okemos High School, prison, 3Dear Next President, For the first time in over 20 years, the president of the United States granted clemency...
After by Francine Prose
Breanna, , Fall 2016, Politics, Prison, Quality Education, Showcase, new rules, persuasive, principals, prison, shooting, 0For a while, I have been reading the book After by Francine Prose. This book takes place in the...
Help on my Senior Project: Mass Incarceration
San, , Fall 2016, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Prison, Race Relations, Research Help, Showcase, prison, 7Dear Youth Voices Community, My name is San Ly, a senior at Fremont High School in Oakland The social...
We don’t need figureheads and false promises
MyronJordan, , 2nextprez, Black Lives Matter, Fall 2016, Prison, Race Relations, Rights, Showcase, Violence, 0Dear Future President, I am a 17-year-old student in Oakland California. I attend Fremont High School and I would...
Life In Prison
Angel, , Crime, Inquiry, Prison, Life In Prison, 0The book, Life in Prison, talks about how Stanley “Tookie” Williams ended up in prison and how life is...
Jordan Davis: Killed for loud music
Jeremy, , Black Lives Matter, Guns, Prison, Race Relations, Violence, Florida, Guns, Jordan Davis, Michael Dunn, music, teenager, 5Happy, Glad, Joyful, Cheerful Teen He was shot At a gas station Jacksonville, Florida. November 23, 2012 ...
Juvenile Justice
Ajalyn, , Black Lives Matter, Gender, Prison, Race Relations, Rape Culture, Rights, Showcase, Summer 2016, 1Dear President, Congratulations on the election. We hope that you can pay attention and solve many of...
College Vs. Prison
Chris, , 2nextprez, Partnerships for the Goals, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Prison, Quality Education, Responsible Consumption and Production, Showcase, College, College Costs, Free Education, Letter2NextPrez, lower tuition, 1Dear Future President, Hello, my name is Christopher Ochoa, I come from South Central Los Angeles, where poverty is...
#2NextPrez: Students film letters to next president
Kim, , 2nextprez, Good Health and Well-Being, Guns, Homelessness, Immigration, LGBTQ+ Rights, Life on Land, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Prison, Quality Education, Race Relations, Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, Sustainable Cities and Communities, 2nextprez, Chico State, EOP, featured, film, 0Incoming freshmen at CSU, Chico created a film version for letters to the next president (#2nextprez). Their letters can be...
The Contributing Privilege
Akeal, , Black Lives Matter, Prison, Race Relations, Showcase, African-Americans, criminal justice, Discrimination, Letters to the Next President, 2In modern times, people are used to certain situations that it seems justifiable for people to live under the...