Tag Archive for: criminal justice

Reader Exercise: How Would You Fund Public Safety?
As Minneapolis in particular faces greater scrutiny about public safety leading up to the 2021 city elections, we are exploring the data about crime and potential solutions for prevention.

Legislative Update: Cannabis Bill Passes Minnesota House
A total of 36 states, District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands have approved comprehensive, publicly available medical marijuana/cannabis programs.

“Prison By Any Other Name”
Prisons and penitentiaries (derived from the word penitent) were considered by early Christians as a way for people to reflect on their sins in isolation and emerge obedient. Eventually, Schenwar and Law write, the mission of penitence evolved into “the need to establish racialized control."

What are the risks of extremism in Minnesota?
Moonshot, a safety tech firm, analyzed more than six months worth of search data showing online appetite for extremist mobilization to targeted violence, political violence, anti-government, conspiracy theories, and armed groups.

Valerie Castile & Deneal Trueblood
I am tired of the lip service. Let’s do this.

The Value of After-school Programs
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"We are calling on lawmakers, businesses and others in Minnesota to help us make after-school programs more available to young people and families."

Caught in the Crossfire of the War on Drugs
This is an excerpt of an article published in Minnesota Women's Press in August 1999, by reporter Patty Marsicano, which appears in "35 Years of Minnesota Women."

We Are All Criminals
Baxter’s juxtaposition of photographs and stories reveals how much race and privilege affect which future a person might have after making a mistake. As she reveals, we are all criminals; some simply get penalized differently than others, and are restricted from growing past their mistakes.

Breaking the Pipeline
In the male-dominated criminal justice field, Anika Bowie…