Feb 8, 2021 | 2021, criminal justice |
Post by Drew Persinger, JMU ’21, Political Science, Campus Election Engagement Project Democracy Fellow Background Middle River Regional Jail is a detention facility located in Staunton, VA that serves Harrisonburg, Staunton, Waynesboro, and the counties of...
Sep 17, 2020 | 2020, Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement, criminal justice, Issues |
By Angelina Clapp (JMU ’20, Political Science), Kyel Towler (JMU ’21, Communication Studies) and Ryan Ritter (JMU ’22, History and International Affairs) Read the full paper with footnotes here. Abstract Modern day prison labor in the United States...
Jun 10, 2020 | 2020, Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement, criminal justice, Issues |
1 in 5 Americans interacts with law enforcement yearly. Of those encounters, 1 million result in use of force. And if you’re Black, you are 2-4 times more likely to have force used than if you are White. Center for Policing Equity The death of unarmed Black men at...
Dec 11, 2019 | 2019, criminal justice, Local Politics |
Post by Garrison Ratliff and Zeina Saliba, students in Local Politics and Issue Governance, Fall 2019 On Monday, December 2nd, the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Community Criminal Justice Board held its second meeting of the year. There was an array of topics discussed that...
Jan 4, 2019 | 2019, criminal justice, Events |
On December 4, the Mahatma Gandhi Center for Nonviolence at James Madison University hosted a discussion on parole and parole reform in Virginia with Virginia Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security Brian J. Moran and Adrianne Bennett, Chair of the Virginia...
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