Watch the five part documentary
BRICK CITY on the Sundance Channel
Created and directed by the award-winning filmmakers Mark Benjamin and Marc Levin, BRICK CITY is a five-part documentary series that fans out around the city of Newark, New Jersey to capture the daily drama of a community striving to become a better, safer, stronger place to live. Against great odds, Newark's citizens and its Mayor, Cory A. Booker, fight to raise the city out of nearly a half century of violence, poverty and corruption. In the five one-hour episodes of BRICK CITY the lives of Mayor Booker, citizens on the front lines, and key figures re-making the city – from developers to gang members and youth mentors - intertwine in a portrait of a city at a critical moment in history.
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HELPFUL LINKS
Wrongful Prosecutions:
60 minute account of eyewitness error with the victim and accused
Partnership for Safety and Justice
The Innocence Project
Rates of Incarceration:
US Department of Justice
Stanford University - Higher Incarceration Rates Harm Social Stability
Economic Costs of Incarceration:
Justice Policy Institute, Washington, DC
Racial Diparity:
National Education Policy Center
Harsh Discipline Policies Applied Unfairly to Minority Students
Youth:
Center for Safe Youth
US Dept. of Health - Girl's Health
US Dept. of Health - Youth Issues
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
US Dept. of Justice Office of Justice Programs
Woodbury Reports Inc. (for parents of struggling teens)
The Children's Defense Fund
Children of Incarcerated Parents:
The number of children with incarcerated parents growing exponentially
Alabama Leads Nation in Sentencing Black Kids to Life Imprisonment
July 27, 2009 A national study found that more prisoners today are serving life sentences across the country than ever before. Alabama ranks among the top three states for number of life sentences imposed and is the national leader in racially disproportionate sentencing of children to life in prison. read more at:
Re-Entry
Multiple Options Inc.
Multiple Options Inc. is a St.Louis based organization that focuses on assisting inmates reentering society. The organization provides services that facilitate transitioning back into society including shelter in a structured environment, well balanced meals and drug counseling when needed. Participants are required to seek employment and participate in vocational or educational training.
Domestic Violence:
Employment & Ex-Offenders:
Homelessness:
Mental Illness:
HIV-Aids:
Legislative Lookup:
Under Ongoing Construction
This page is under ongoing construction. If you have relevant information, please submit via email at
ChristiGriffin@gmail.com or by using the Contact Form.
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SUGGESTED READING - Children of Incarcerated Parents – by Katherine Gabel & Denise Johnston
- Prisoner’s Once Removed by, Douglas A. Blackmon
- The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
- The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
- Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome by Joy DeGruy, PhD
- Slavery By Another Name by Jeremy Travis and Michele Waul
- The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley
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For Innocence Projects by state see Ethics Tools
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