Pearl River Living in New Orleans, we become accustomed to being in the news. People like our food, music, Mardi Gras, and festivals for just kicks or business conventions, so the headlines follow. Somebody wants to report on climate change, New Orleans will be front and center. We get used to all that, and …
Category: Mass Incarceration
Carceral Con
New Orleans In the post-Floyd era, we want to believe that real reform is coming to our criminal justice system. There was so much talk that we deeply want to believe that there has been some action. We know that these issues have become polarized politically, but we still hope that some of the …
Predatory Criminal Justice
New Orleans When you subscribe to Sciencemagazine, you expect to be able to try and keep up a bit with new discoveries at the frontier of experimentation and exploration. If you’re like me, you hope to be able to sit at the back of the classroom, keep quiet, and learn something about things …