America’s Toxic Prisons: The Environmental Injustices of Mass Incarceration

Nada KhaderPosted on June 23, 2017 Posted in Criminal Justice

US prisons may be largely hidden from sight, but their environmental toxicity spreads far beyond their walls.

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How Cities Can Send the Right Responder to Every 911 Call.
Very interesting report by Amos Irwin and Betsy Pearl. Amos presented at WCPR's last meeting. Full report is available here: lawenforcementactionpartnership.org/alternatives911/
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How cities can send the right responder to every 911 call

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Hello all! WESPAC is part of this really important coalition committed to protecting the results of the upcoming election. Please visit this page to see where the rallies and actions will be post November 3rd: Westchester Protect The Results Coalition ... See MoreSee Less

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Amos Irwin, Program Director of the Law Enforcement Action Partnership, discusses their Community Responders Initiative at this evening's WCPR monthly meeting. Community Responders are peer counselors/clinicians/social workers (for mental health/homelessness/substance abuse-related calls) and Credible Messengers -- formerly incarcerated community members with street cred and mediation training (for disturbances/disputes/suspicious person/trespassing/juvenile disturbance calls not related to mental health issues). ... See MoreSee Less

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