Please join us in welcoming Tori Cook as Program Coordinator of Alley Oop Hoops!🔥👏

Congratulations to GSC Professional Development Award Winner, Victoria Cook! She will be using her award to attend The Racial Equity Institute, Phase 1 & Phase 2! #universityofkentucky #msw #gradschool UK College of Social Work

for their families. Read our new blog post by former intern Tori Cook here medium.com/@justicepolicy… 2/2

Nearly half of Americans serving life without parole are elderly, reports The Sentencing Project. The number of elderly people serving LWOP is set to spike in the coming years, yet prisons continue to be unprepared to handle their needs. bit.ly/3OngQpK ##EndExtremeSentences

Almost half of people who are in jails have a history of mental illness, yet less than half of them receive treatment while incarcerated there. Unaffordable cash bail is a major barrier to people accessing critical care in their communities. #MentalHealthAwarnessMonth

Our forthcoming workshop with Lynne Haney will examine the intersection of mass incarceration and mass child support enforcement in the contemporary U.S. Based on her latest book, Prisons of Debt, the workshop takes place online, 29 May, 4pm. 👉Register bit.ly/3wvQ8aE

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In 2022, the average NC 15 minute phone call in our state prisons and local jails costs $3. No one should be profiteering of those confined in prisons or jails. Good news - FCC votes to slash prison and jail calling rates and ban corporate kickbacks | PPI prisonpolicy.org/blog/2024/07/1…

Should I be learning R before starting a PhD program?

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Started a Substack. First up, The Political Rhetoric of Crime open.substack.com/pub/toricook/p…

Democrats Abandoned Their Anti-Death Penalty Stance. Those on Federal Death Row May Pay the Price. by @lilianasegura theintercept.com/2024/08/23/dnc…