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Library Information: Prison Reform

The Legacy Project: Prison Reform

On February 11, 2016 the Legacy Project welcomed Glenn E. Martin of JustLeadershipUSA, an organization dedicated to cutting the U.S. correctional population in half by 2030.

Glenn E. Martin: Just Leadership USA

About Glenn E. Martin

Glenn is a national leader and criminal justice reform advocate who spent six years in New York State prisons. Glenn served for seven years as Vice President of Development and Public Affairs at The Fortune Society, one of the most respected reentry organizations in the country and six years as Co-Director of the National HIRE Network at the Legal Action Center. Glenn is Co-Founder of the Education from the Inside Out Coalition, a 2014 Echoing Green Black Male Achievement Fellow, a 2012 America’s Leaders of Change National Urban Fellow, and a member of the governing boards of the College and Community Fellowship, Prisoners’ Legal Services, the Petey Greene Program, the Reset Foundation, the New York Foundation, and California Partnership for Safe Communities.

 

NPR’s Brian Lehrer show: “Pell Grants for Prisoners”

 

MSNBC: “Pilot Program Helps Students in Prison Pay for College”

 

Huffington Post: “The Death of Kalief Browder is an American tragedy Almost Beyond Words”

 

CCM Library: Articles

Cloud, David H, Jim Parsons, and Ayesha Delany-Brumsey. "Addressing Mass Incarceration: A Clarion Call For Public Health." American Journal Of Public Health 104.3 (2014): 389-391. MEDLINE. Web. 12 Dec. 2015.

Smith, Earl and Angela Hattery. "African American Men And The Prison Industrial Complex." Western Journal Of Black Studies 34.4 (2010): 387-398. Academic Search Premier. Web. 12 Dec. 2015.

Taxman, Faye S. "Community Supervision In The Post Mass Incarceration Era." Federal Probation 79.2 (2015): 41-45. MasterFILE Elite. Web. 12 Dec. 2015.

Burkhardt, Brett C. "Criminal Punishment, Labor Market Outcomes, And Economic Inequality: Devah Pager's Marked: Race, Crime, And Finding Work In An Era Of Mass Incarceration." Law & Social Inquiry 34.4 (2009): 1039-1060. Academic Search Premier. Web. 12 Dec. 2015.

Mallory, Jason L. "Denying Pell Grants To Prisoners: Race, Class, And The Philosophy Of Mass Incarceration." International Social Science Review 90.1 (2015): 1-27. Business Source Elite. Web. 12 Dec. 2015.

Kilgore, James. "Mass Incarceration And Working Class Interests: Which Side Are The Unions On?." Labor Studies Journal 37.4 (2012): 356-372. Business Source Elite. Web. 12 Dec. 2015.

Karakatsanis, Alec. "Policing, Mass Imprisonment, And The Failure Of American Lawyers." Harvard Law Review 128.6 (2015): 253-267. Business Source Elite. Web. 12 Dec. 2015.

Haney López, Ian F. "Post-Racial Racism: Racial Stratification And Mass Incarceration In The Age Of Obama." California Law Review 98.3 (2010): 1023-1073. Business Source Elite. Web. 12 Dec. 2015.

Madden, Denis. "Prison Addiction." America 212.6 (2015): 14-16. MasterFILE Elite. Web. 12 Dec. 2015.

Skarbek, David. "Prisonomics: Lessons From America's Mass Incarceration." Economic Affairs 34.3 (2014): 411-421. Business Source Elite. Web. 12 Dec. 2015.

Jewkes, Yvonne. "Punishment In Black And White: Penal “Hell-Holes,” Popular Media, And Mass Incarceration." Atlantic Journal Of Communication 22.1 (2014): 42-60. Communication & Mass Media Complete. Web. 12 Dec. 2015.

Muhammad, Dedrick. "Replace Mass Incarceration With Major Economic Opportunity." Crisis (15591573) 121.1 (2014): 34-35. MasterFILE Elite. Web. 12 Dec. 2015.

Paltrow, Lynn M. "Roe V Wade And The New Jane Crow: Reproductive Rights In The Age Of Mass Incarceration." American Journal Of Public Health 103.1 (2013): 17-21 5p. CINAHL with Full Text. Web. 12 Dec. 2015.

Coates, Ta-Nehisi. "The BLACK FAMILY In The AGE OF MASS INCARCERATION. (Cover Story)." Atlantic 316.3 (2015): 60-84. MasterFILE Elite. Web. 12 Dec. 2015.

Hatzenbuehler, Mark L., et al. "The Collateral Damage Of Mass Incarceration: Risk Of Psychiatric Morbidity Among Nonincarcerated Residents Of High-Incarceration Neighborhoods." American Journal Of Public Health 105.1 (2015): 138-143 6p. CINAHL with Full Text. Web. 12 Dec. 2015.

Novek, Eleanor. "The Color Of Hell: Reframing Race And Justice In The Age Of Mass Incarceration." Atlantic Journal Of Communication 22.1 (2014): 1-4. Communication & Mass Media Complete. Web. 12 Dec. 2015.

Steiker, Carol S., and Jordan M. Steiker. "The Death Penalty And Mass Incarceration: Convergences And Divergences." American Journal Of Criminal Law 41.2 (2014): 189-207. Academic Search Premier. Web. 12 Dec. 2015.

Crutchfield Robert D., and Gregory A. Weeks. "The Effects Of Mass Incarceration On Communities Of Color." Issues In Science & Technology 32.1 (2015): 46-51. Academic Search Premier. Web. 12 Dec. 2015.

Cox, Robynn. "The Impact Of Mass Incarceration On The Lives Of African American Women." Review Of Black Political Economy 39.2 (2012): 203-212. Business Source Elite. Web. 12 Dec. 2015.

Turney, Kristin. "The Intergenerational Consequences Of Mass Incarceration: Implications For Children's Co-Residence And Contact With Grandparents." Social Forces 93.1 (2014): 299-327. Academic Search Premier. Web. 12 Dec. 2015.

Phelps, Michelle S. "The Paradox Of Probation: Community Supervision In The Age Of Mass Incarceration." Law & Policy 35.1/2 (2013): 51-80. Academic Search Premier. Web. 12 Dec. 2015.

Martensen, Kayla. "The Price That US Minority Communities Pay: Mass Incarceration And The Ideologies That Fuel Them." Contemporary Justice Review 15.2 (2012): 211-222. Academic Search Premier. Web. 12 Dec. 2015.

Enns, Peter K. "The Public's Increasing Punitiveness And Its Influence On Mass Incarceration In The United States.American Journal Of Political Science 58.4 (2014): 857-872. Academic Search Premier. Web. 12 Dec. 2015.

Meredith, Marc. "The Punishment Imperative: The Rise And Failure Of Mass Incarceration In America." Political Science Quarterly (Wiley-Blackwell) 130.1 (2015): 166-167. Academic Search Premier. Web. 12 Dec. 2015.

Vesely-Flad, Rima. "The Social Covenant And Mass Incarceration: Theologies Of Race And Punishment." Anglican Theological Review 93.4 (2011): 541-562. Academic Search Premier. Web. 12 Dec. 2015.

Rivett-Carnac, Mark. "U.S. Police Leaders Demand An End To Mass Incarceration." Time.Com (2015): N.PAG. Middle Search Plus. Web. 12 Dec. 2015.

Lobuglio, Stefan F., and Anne Morrison Piehl. "Unwinding Mass Incarceration." Issues In Science & Technology 32.1 (2015): 56-61. Academic Search Premier. Web. 12 Dec. 2015.

Shucart, Brenden. "Where Are 1.5 Million Missing Black Men?." Advocate 1080 (2015): 26. Academic Search Premier. Web. 12 Dec. 2015.

Pinto, Nick. "Why Can't We End Mass Incarceration?." Rolling Stone 1247 (2015): 36-39. MasterFILE Elite. Web. 12 Dec. 2015.