Truthworker Theatre Co. Puts the Spotlight on Solitary Confinement
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A collaboration with an unusual theater group over the last few months has lifted the spirits of a man on death row and given his life renewed purpose.
Different Ways of Measuring Recidivism Leads to Incomplete Data, Report Says
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How do you measure a youth’s success after they’ve gone through the juvenile justice system? Stellar grades and a job at a Fortune 500 company may set the bar a little high — so many states rely on recidivism rates, which track whether juveniles have repeated run-ins with the law.
Harlem Raid Families from Both Sides Make a Plan
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It was early August, exactly two months after the largest raid in New York City history at the Grant and Manhattanville housing projects, when 20 people, mostly older folks, crammed into the Community Board 9 office in a tiny storefront in Harlem.
Police Brutality Protests Spread from Ferguson to New York City
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Thousands protested in Union Square Park Thursday night as part of a national moment of silence for victims of police brutality.
California Teacher Uses Writing to Inspire Incarcerated Youth
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For InsideOUT Writers volunteers like Johnny Kovatch, California's juvenile halls hold an infinite amount of potential and opportunity.
Basketball Tournament Honors Slain Harlem Teen Tayshana ‘Chicken’ Murphy
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The Tayshana Chicken Murphy Foundation hosted the 2014 Ball N Peace Citywide Showcase at Lindsay Park on Sunday, attracting more than 200 inner-city children to compete on the same courts where Murphy once learned the game of basketball. Taylonn Murphy, Tayshana's father, founded the annual tournament in 2012 to honor his slain daughter and “all children who have lost their lives due to gun violence.”
"This is where it all started for Tayshana. It's only right we start the Ball N Peace showcase here, too."
Jonathan Lippman: New York’s ‘Pro-Activist’ Judge
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A life-long New Yorker, Jonathan Lippman, chief judge of the New York State Court of Appeals, uses his role as the chief judge to promote alternatives to incarceration and backed the creation of nine pilot community courts, called Adolescent Diversion Courts.
Drug Program Aids Staten Island Prescription Drug Abusers
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John Scarabaggio’s near-death overdose is a story that’s heard far too often on Staten Island, where prescription drug abuse is rampant.
A Celebration of Peace in a Community Touched By Gun Violence
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At a children’s summer party last Saturday afternoon at the Redfern Houses in Far Rockaway, Penny Wrencher made an introduction between two friends. “This is Nene,” Wrencher said to Taylonn Murphy, “She lost her daughter, too.”
From Prison to Politics: Prophet Walker’s Journey
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LOS ANGELES — The walls of Ironwood State Prison in Blythe, Calif., were hardly unfamiliar to Prophet Walker. As a teenager, Walker spent nearly half of his six-year prison sentence at Ironwood after he was convicted of assault causing great bodily injury and robbery at the age of 16.
This June, Walker, now 26, returned to Ironwood. However, this time it was not as a prisoner, but as a candidate for state office and a role model to the young men who stand where Walker stood just several years ago.