{"id":8487,"date":"2014-06-18T11:56:14","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T15:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/?p=8487"},"modified":"2014-06-18T11:56:14","modified_gmt":"2014-06-18T15:56:14","slug":"prison-resources-from-my-readers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2014\/06\/prison-resources-from-my-readers.html","title":{"rendered":"Prison Resources: From My Readers"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>In response to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2014\/06\/resources-on-prisons-help-a-reader-out.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">this question<\/a> (and you can find a couple more links in that post). Keep \u2019em coming, y\u2019all.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/prisonlaw.wordpress.com\/resources\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">A large list of resources focusing on legal rights<\/a> from Sara Mayeux. Some of these links may be outdated but there\u2019s a portion of the list which is broken up by state, which I\u2019m guessing will be really useful to many of you.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/melanienewport.com\/2014\/04\/09\/an-american-prison-history-reading-list\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">An American prison history reading list<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/saramayeux\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sara Mayeux<\/a> (like other readers) also recommended <em>The New Jim Crow<\/em>, and linked to <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/7PB5oECNya\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">this critique<\/a> for when you\u2019ve read the book itself.<\/p>\n<p>Kelley Cutler writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1403065291557_19680\">I\u2019m an advocate on homelessness in San Francisco and a group we collaborate with that works more specifically on issues in our prison system is <a href=\"http:\/\/curbprisonspending.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" shape=\"rect\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\">CURB<\/a>. \u00a0The website is okay, but you will find more up to date info on their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CURBprisons\" rel=\"nofollow\" shape=\"rect\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\">FB page<\/a>. \u00a0The advocacy work is connected in many ways even though it tends to be on a state level, but that might be a good start even if the reader isn\u2019t in CA.<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1403065291557_19679\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1403065291557_19682\">Here are some good videos series on the subject\u2026<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1403065291557_19683\">US Prison Population: <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/lUt_fIB6A_Y\" rel=\"nofollow\" shape=\"rect\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\">The Largest in the World<\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1403065291557_19684\">Why Is the <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/W4pQg_80u3s\" rel=\"nofollow\" shape=\"rect\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\">U.S. Prison Population So Large<\/a>?<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1403065291557_19672\"><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/Hfie5bHG1OA\" rel=\"nofollow\" shape=\"rect\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\">Racial Inequality in the Criminal Justice System<\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1403065291557_19685\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1403065291557_19686\">And Frontline has done a number of excellent pieces on it. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/pages\/frontline\/locked-up-in-america\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" shape=\"rect\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\">http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/pages\/frontline\/locked-up-in-america\/<\/a><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1403065291557_19687\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kathhickey\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Katherine Hickey<\/a> notes that prison libraries often accept volunteers, and that your parish may have a book donation program which includes receiving requests from inmates.<\/div>\n<p>And I want to plug <a href=\"http:\/\/www.restorativejustice.org\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Restorative Justice Online<\/a> again. Spend some time there with the stories, and do a search for your own city or region to see what\u2019s available.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to this question (and you can find a couple more links in that post). Keep \u2019em coming, y\u2019all. A large list of resources focusing on legal rights from Sara Mayeux. 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