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Issues - WWFOR

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Seeking to replace war, racism, and economic injustice with nonviolence, equality, peace and justice. Partial History of the FOR in the Pacific Northwest. Local Chapters and Contacts. Global Days of Listening. Mike Yarrow Peace Fellowship. 2015 Mike Yarrow Peace Fellows. Tibaria Alnouri- The American Immigrant Project. Edwin Carlos- Nonviolent Communication. Sofian Mahmoud- Palestinian Human Rights. Sophie Morada- Intersectional Feminist Club. Sitara Nath- Restorative Justice. MYPF: How We Are Organized.

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Panopticon: R.I. Legislator Seeks to Restore Equity in Districting

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Addressing horrors of the American Gulag, and efforts to reform it. Friday, March 19, 2010. RI Legislator Seeks to Restore Equity in Districting. Periodically the issue gets raised that prison populations skew census results and subsequently political districting and allocation of government resources. The issue seldom merits more than a passing mention, but one Rhode Island legislator. Proposes to address the inequity, even if only on principle. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). ACLU of Washington Blog.

carceralstate.blogspot.com

Panopticon: More on incarcerated children victimized

http://carceralstate.blogspot.com/2010/02/more-on-incarcerated-children.html

Addressing horrors of the American Gulag, and efforts to reform it. Wednesday, February 17, 2010. More on incarcerated children victimized. The NY Review of Books has been a voice of conscience on this and other issues of carceral excess. Latest story here. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). ACLU National Prison Project. ACLU of Washington Blog. Commission on Safety and Abuse in America's Prisons. JPI: How Cutting Corrections Can Save Money and Protect Public Safety. Partnership for Safety and Justice.

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Panopticon: Maryland Nixes Prison Census Gerrymandering

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Addressing horrors of the American Gulag, and efforts to reform it. Thursday, April 29, 2010. Maryland Nixes Prison Census Gerrymandering. In recent years felon disenfranchisement has become a lively topic for civil rights and social justice activists. A related, lesser-noted phenomenon has been prison gerrymandering. Where a city council member was elected with precisely two votes. How? Because Iowa's largest penitentiary is located in his district. In April, Maryland became the first state in the nation.

carceralstate.blogspot.com

Panopticon: February 2010

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Addressing horrors of the American Gulag, and efforts to reform it. Wednesday, February 17, 2010. More on incarcerated children victimized. The NY Review of Books has been a voice of conscience on this and other issues of carceral excess. Latest story here. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). ACLU National Prison Project. ACLU of Washington Blog. Commission on Safety and Abuse in America's Prisons. JPI: How Cutting Corrections Can Save Money and Protect Public Safety. Partnership for Safety and Justice.

carceralstate.blogspot.com

Panopticon: October 2010

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Addressing horrors of the American Gulag, and efforts to reform it. Friday, October 22, 2010. WA Supreme Court justices' comments send jaws dropping. Recent comments by two Washington State Supreme Court justices. Suggesting that dramatic racial disparaties in criminal convictions are merely an accurate reflection of race-based differences in crime rates have sparked heated controversy. Within hours of the story's publication a prominent national legal blog posted the story. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).

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Washblog || Washington State

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Progressive Voters Guide: For those tough voting decisions. Sun Oct 28, 2012 at 01:40:38 PM PST. You likely have already figured out whether you are voting for President Barack Obama or Mitt Romney. However, what about for the Commissioner of Public Lands? By Fuse Washington can help. Must-Know Voting Rights Resources for GOTV. Sat Oct 20, 2012 at 12:33:19 PM PST. 730 comments, 604 words in story) Full Story. Washington State Voters' Guide is Supported by Kathleen Drew for Washington State Secretary State.

carceralstate.blogspot.com

Panopticon: 80,000 Victims a Year: AG Holder Needs to Approve PREA Standards

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Addressing horrors of the American Gulag, and efforts to reform it. Friday, October 22, 2010. 80,000 Victims a Year: AG Holder Needs to Approve PREA Standards. A recent blog post from the ACLU of Washington. Notes the staggering numbers of sexual assaults in American prisons and jails, and calls on the Obama administration to adopt national standards for correctional sexual assaults ASAP. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). ACLU National Prison Project. ACLU of Washington Blog. Sentencing Law and Policy.

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Panopticon: November 2010

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Addressing horrors of the American Gulag, and efforts to reform it. Monday, November 29, 2010. ACLU: Washington Death Penalty is Hoplessly Broken. The good folks at the ACLU of Washington explain why the state's death penalty system is a mess here. You can see proposed legislation to address the issue here. And you can easily encourage your legislators to support the plan here. Take a moment to contact your legislators, put a but in the ear of friends and family, and cross your fingers.