Integrity House Offers New Treatment Model for Previously Incarcerated People
Community Wise Seeking Participant
Seeking men with a history of substance use disorders transitioning into Newark from incarceration (up to 4 years since release date) to participate in the evaluation of Community Wise, a new community based intervention to reduce substance use:
THE INTERVENTION: You will be randomized into receiving all or a combination of:
1) Group dialogue.
2) Personal goal development […]
Community Wise! An Art Exhibition and Fish Bowl Conversation Celebrating the U-M Bicentennial
Rogério M. Pinto, Assoc Prof of Social Work, U-M; Liliane Windsor, Asst Prof of Social Work, U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Warren Thompson, Pgm Director, Urban Renewal Community Corrections; Eric Anderson, Newark Community Collaborative Board
Declaring Addiction a Health Crisis Could Change Criminal Justice
The surgeon general’s new approach on substance abuse has policy implications for law enforcement. Direct Link
Let’s quit abusing drug users
Carl Hart, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology at Columbia University, offers a provocative, evidence-based view of addiction and discusses how it should impact drug policy.
13th
13TH is a 2016 American documentary by director Ava DuVernay. Centered on race in the United States criminal justice system, the film is titled after the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution which theoretically outlawed slavery.
Jay Z: ‘The War on Drugs Is an Epic Fail’
SEPTEMBER 15, 2016
This short film, narrated by Jay Z (Shawn Carter) and featuring the artwork of Molly Crabapple, is part history lesson about the war on drugs and part vision statement. As Ms. Crabapple’s haunting images flash by, the film takes us from the Nixon administration and the Rockefeller […]