Jobs and Internships
Marijuana Policy Project and Criminal Justice Policy Foundation
Incarceration
Feature: What Would Jesus Do? Religious Communities as Drug Reform Allies
The drug reform movement, much of it secular and unattached to traditional religious practices, is beginning to make serious inroads with mainstream religious denominations.
Web Scan: WOLA on Mexico Drug Wars, Sentencing Project and Others Report to UN Human Rights Committee, CURE on Prisons in OAS
WOLA on Mexican Drug Trade Violence and Corruption, Sentencing Project and Others Report to UN Human Rights Committee, CURE on Prisons in OAS
Sentencing: Justice Kennedy Lashes Out at Harsh Prison Terms
US Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy told a gathering of judges in Southern California Sunday US sentencing practices were harsh and troubling.
Sentencing: California Governor Signs Bill Amending Proposition 36, Is Immediately Sued
Gov. Schwarzenegger Wednesday signed a bill to substantially alter the state's voter-approved "treatment not jail" ballot measure. One of the authors of the measure immediately filed suit to block the new law from going into effect.
Appeal/Book Offer: Race to Incarcerate, by Marc Mauer
Support DRCNet with a much-needed donation and get your copy of this important book about the unprecedented rise in the use of imprisonment in the United States over the last 25 years.
Free Kennedy Center Gala Honoring the Prisons Foundation
We are pleased to announce that the Prisons Foundation has been chosen by a blue ribbon panel as a Mayor's Arts Award Finalist in the category of Innovation in the Arts. The panel was impressed with the work done by the Prisons Foundation in allowing men and women in prison to pursue the arts and their educational development, its publishing a stunning newsmagazine Art for Justice, and its sponsorship of the Prison Art Gallery in downtown Washington.
No New Prisons Campaign
Please join us in a preliminary meeting to begin planning to stop prison expansion in Washington State
No New Prisons Campaign
Monday, December 11, 2006
6:30pm-8:30pm
2111 E. Union St, Seattle, WA 98122
Prison Arts and Crafts Show
*** Prison made jewelry, clothing, leathercrafts and more at our special prison craft shows ***
Join us at First Trinity Lutheran Church for our holiday Prison Arts and Crafts Show on Saturday, December 16, from 10 AM to 5 PM. You'll find the perfect holiday gift at prices you can afford, from jewelry, craft items, and art -- all created by prison inmates across America. Also enjoy live music by MudPie jazz trio and other musicians. Don't miss this free events sponsored by the Prison Art Gallery. Mastercard, Visa, Amex and Discover welcome. First Trinity Lutheran Church, 309 E Street NW, Washington DC (half block from the Judiciary Square metro). Call 202-393-1511
Families Against Mandatory Minimums 15th Anniversary
September 21, 2006
Sphinx Club
1315 K St. NW, Washington, DC
6:00 reception
7:00 dinner and program
Families Against Mandatory Minimums Foundation invites you to join in commemorating the 15th anniversary of FAMM's sentencing advocacy in Washington, DC on September 21.