Meek Mill says he "would be in prison" without high-profile support Share Tweet Reddit Flipboard Email Last Updated May 8, 2018 10:48 AM EDT Rapper Meek Mill is pushing for criminal justice reform after his own controversial legal troubles. In his first live TV interview since being released from prison, Mill told "CBS This Morning" he "doesn't care about being a face" of the movement for reform. "This happens to minorities on a daily basis where they don't have a voice, and I just came from – it's almost like cities…inside prisons where people have no contact with the world," Mill said on Tuesday. Without the support of prominent names – including rapper Jay-Z, comedian Kevin Hart, Philadelphia 76ers owner Michael Rubin and New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft – Mill said, "I would be in prison. I would be in prison." "I'm just lucky to have people of power and much influe...
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Why Prison Reform Needs Social Workers
Why Prison Reform Needs Social Workers Alexander Brown, MBA, PHD, LCSW, and John Maki, JD When most of us think about prisons, we tend to imagine them merely as places we send people convicted of crimes. While prisons serve this purpose, they have also become a form of treatment for a significant number of our most troubled, mentally ill, and vulnerable citizens, most of whom are released and returned to their communities. Here are the numbers: over the past forty years, Illinois' adult prison population has increased by about 700%, going from around 6,000 to over 48,000 adult inmates and about 1,000 juveniles today. While many factors have contributed to this growth, drug policies and trends in mental health have played a particularly important role. As elected officials increased penalties for drug-based offenses and slashed state mental health budgets, they created laws and policies that have sent an increasing number of mentally ill and drug-addicted people to our state p...
"Why We Can't Wait" Dr. Martin Luther King, jr - 1963
Letter From A Birmingham Jail – “Why We Can’t Wait” My Dear Fellow Clergymen: While confined here in the Birmingham city jail, I came across your recent statement calling my present activities unwise and untimely. Seldom do I pause to answer criticism of my work and ideas. If I sought to answer all the criticisms that cross my desk, my secretaries would have little time for anything other than such correspondence in the course of the day, and I would have no time for constructive work. But since I feel that you are men of genuine good will and that your criticisms are sincerely set forth, I want to try to answer your statement in what I hope will be patient and reasonable terms. I think I should indicate why I am here in Birmingham, since you have been influenced by the view which argues against outsiders coming in. I have the honor of serving as president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, an organization operating in every southern state, with headquarters in...
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MEN’S REENTRY INITIATIVE MISSION STATEMENT AND VISION: To reintegrate ex offenders into the community, reduce prison recidivism, and improve public safety through addressing the educational, employment, healthcare, housing, and family relationship needs of ex offenders re-entering society by providing support and connection to needed services in the community after ex offenders have been released. PURPOSE: Our aim is to have a positive impact on individual’s lives and assist in their transformation to becoming productive citizens who are employable, and involved in positive, healthy lifestyles after incarceration. MRI also helps to create a welcoming community that provides opportunities for returning citizens to maximize successful re-entry, and ensure a safe community environment. THEME: TRANSFORMING & RESTORING ONE MAN AT A TIME