By Kyle Ellison October 12, 2020 I attended last year’s Kentucky Criminal Justice Forum in Louisville and appreciated the opportunity to discuss re-entry issues with legislators and people working on the front lines of criminal justice reform. (https://www.kentuckycjf.org/). This brought back thoughts and feelings from my years with Kentucky Department of Corrections (KDOC) as a … Continue reading Overview of Kentucky’s Prison and Jail System
Incarceration
Politics and prisons, populations and pardons: repeating the past in more expensive ways
By Kyle Ellison February 6, 2020 (Revised October 12, 2020) Disabled prison inmates in Frankfort, Kentucky circa 1911 In his final days in office Governor Bevin issued 650 pardons, several of which were highly controversial. We should think about the remaining 37.000 people who remain in Kentucky’s prisons and jails. Over the 220 years Kentucky has … Continue reading Politics and prisons, populations and pardons: repeating the past in more expensive ways
Systemic racism and the costs of incarceration
By Kyle Ellison July 3,2020 A version of this article appeared in the Courier-Journal The nine-minute video of George Floyd’s murder is proving to be the most influential video ever made. Racist policing is front and center now, causing white people to stop ignoring other elements of systemic racism. Black people have endured persistent inequalities … Continue reading Systemic racism and the costs of incarceration
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