Johnson County Iowa – Incarceration and Racial Disparity – Causes and Solutions
The justice system in Johnson County seems to be disproportionately arresting and incarcerating people simply on the basis of race. (Source: “Time to correct underlying causes of jail overcrowding,”...
View ArticleFoundational Causes of Crime and Incarceration
The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world, with 500 to 700 people incarcerated for every 100,000. Click here or the above image for a larger view. The rate of incarceration has...
View ArticleIncarceration and Hospitalization – Correlations in Institutional...
Hospitals Making People Sick. The goal of hospitalization is to replace illness with wellness. In most cases, this is the outcome. However, it’s becoming common knowledge that a high rate of people...
View ArticleAlcohol is a factor in 40% of all violent crimes today
Introduction. People complain when college students are arrested and jailed for public intoxication, “It’s just young people having a good time.” Unfortunately, this attitude seems to minimize the...
View ArticleA Program to Eliminate Public Intoxication Charges and Arrests
Public intoxication is a serious problem. We know that alcohol is a factor in 40% of all violent crimes today. This suggests that anyone who is excessively intoxicated is at risk of unlawful behavior...
View ArticleJoin our 20% by 2014 Campaign to Reduce Incarceration Rates
We Can Do Better. Justice Equity is based in Iowa City, and our county has one of the lowest incarceration rates in the world. [source] That’s good, but we can do better. That’s why we’re launching our...
View ArticleBlaming Police for Racial Disparity Will Have Minimal Impact on Finding and...
Just about everyone agrees that it’s imperative we find solutions to problems of racial disparity among those incarcerated. Over 45% of those incarcerated are people of color although they only...
View ArticleJeff Cox: Yes We Can….Control Local Arrest Rates. The War on Drugs and Racial...
Below is a video presentation by Jeff Cox recorded 23 April 2013 at Alternatives to a Bigger Jail: A Public Forum.
View Article“Stabilizing Jail Population Growth in Johnson County Iowa” by Bob Thompson
[Source: The following article is submitted by Bob Thompson and addresses viable initiatives and proposals to stabilize or reduce jail population growth in Johnson County, Iowa.] * * * UNDERSTANDING...
View Article“We Have Found the Enemy, and They Are Us”– Finding Cures for Racist Outcomes...
In the days following the Exxon Valdez oil spill, Greenpeace came out with an unusual advertising campaign about the spill. Their ad featured a picture of Joseph Hazelwood, the man who had been...
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