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Former Prisoner Advocates for Social Justice

by Christina Sturdivant | January 25, 2016 Dwayne Betts, imprisoned for more than eight years, has turned his life around and become an au Read more

Catholic University Finds Clemency Project Rewarding Experience

by Jamaal Abdul-Alim | January 18, 2016
CUA’s Columbus School of Law is one of 30 law schools involved in the Clemency Project 2014 t [...] Read more

Expanding Postsecondary Opportunities for Incarcerated Americans

by Michelle Asha Cooper and Julie Ajinkya | August 12, 2015
In the past three decades the United States’ incarceration rate has exploded, with seven mill [...] Read more

In Case You Missed It…

| August 6, 2015
Last Year, Fewer Black Men Applied to Med School than in 1978 Senate Seeks Ways to Take Income [...] Read more

Administration Wants to Give Prisoners Access to Pell Grants

by Associated Press | July 28, 2015
The Obama administration is taking steps to expand the Pell grant program to prisoners. [...] Read more

Judge Denies Freed Illinois Man Certificate of Innocence

by Associated Press | June 18, 2015
A Cook County judge on Thursday denied a certificate of innocence to a man whose murder convict [...] Read more

The Lunar New Year Starts and the Day of Remembrance Never Ends

by Emil Guillermo | February 23, 2015
Special times as communities celebrate and commemorate. [...] Read more

Native Explorer

| December 4, 2014
In this issue, Diverse profiles the Bard Prison Initiative and other prison education programs, [...] Read more

Ex-Offender/Law School Grad’s White House Access Plight Brings Reality to Table

by Jamaal Abdul-Alim | June 8, 2014
When a delegation went to the White House recently to deliver a set of policy recommendations r [...] Read more

Trial Date for Five Charged in FAMU Hazing Death Set

by Associated Press | May 27, 2014
The five remaining defendants charged in the hazing death of a Florida A&M drum major are heade [...] Read more

Gilda R. Daniels – Associate Professor of Law, University of Baltimore

| April 25, 2014
A voting rights expert, Daniels is an associate professor of law at the University of Baltimore [...] Read more

Howard Univ. Honors Mandela in Photo Exhibit

by Jamal Watson | December 8, 2013
“Nelson Mandela: Character, Comrade, Leader, Prisoner, Negotiator, Statesmen,” a 37-panel e [...] Read more

Former Florida A&M Band Member Pleads No Contest in Hazing Death

by Associated Press | April 16, 2013
A former Florida A&M University student faces a possible prison term after he pleaded no contes [...] Read more

Forum: Black Male Incarceration Adds to Social Woes Predicted in Moynihan Report

by Ronald Roach | February 24, 2013
Scholar and author Michelle Alexander says misguided criminal justice policies have worsened co [...] Read more

From Jail to Juris Doctor

by Dorothy Givens Terry | October 11, 2012
James King’s experience on the undesirable side of the legal system spurred his drive to beco [...] Read more

Diversity in Graduate Education: Looking at — and Beyond — Admissions

Does Testing Serve a Purpose in Holistic Application Review?

Supporting Noncognitive Factors: Connecting Students with Resources, from Theory to Practice