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San Quentin State Prison and the Prison University Project
Posted on September 8, 2015A recent NPR story, “Why aren’t there more higher ed programs behind bars?” by Eric Westervelt, highlights the Prison University Project (PUP) […]
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First-Year Students Receive Copies of Just Mercy at Chancellor’s Convocation
Posted on September 1, 2015The Class of 2019 was welcomed today at the Chancellor’s Convocation, held at the Kohl Center. This year’s theme was “Be the […]
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Teens Tried as Adults: Wisconsin’s “Slender Man” Stabbing Case
Posted on August 28, 2015Many of the cases Bryan Stevenson describes in Just Mercy deal with juveniles being convicted as adults, even at the ages of […]
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A Look at Solitary Confinement in the United States
Posted on August 13, 2015A recent New York Times article, “Solitary Confinement: Punished for Life,” by Erica Goode, profiles the work of Craig Haney, a professor […]
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Second Chance Pell Pilot Program for Incarcerated Individuals
Posted on August 7, 2015At the end of July, the U.S. Department of Education announced that some incarcerated Americans will once again have the opportunity to […]
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WPR: A Look at the Push for Criminal Justice Reform
Posted on July 30, 2015President Obama recently became the first president to visit a federal prison while in office. Wisconsin Public Radio host, Joy Cardin, held […]
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Acknowledging Our History: Commemorating Lynched Americans
Posted on July 15, 2015The recent Los Angeles Times article “Civil rights lawyer seeks to commemorate another side of southern heritage: Lynchings” profiles Bryan Stevenson and the Equal […]
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Understanding the Legacy of Racial Injustice
Posted on July 9, 2015This week, on July 7th, the Equal Justice Initiative released an animated film Slavery to Mass Incarceration. The film is narrated by […]
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Bryan Stevenson: Winner of the 2015 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Nonfiction
Posted on July 1, 2015On Saturday, June 27th, at the annual American Library Association conference, Bryan Stevenson was awarded the Andrew Carnegie Medal for nonfiction for […]
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Helping the Poor in the Criminal Justice System
Posted on June 24, 2015One of the focuses of Bryan Stevenson and the Equal Justice Initiative’s work is helping the poor in the United States criminal […]